Converting old 2.5 Oracle Reports to 6i (.rdf)

Hi!
I wonder if anyone can help me with this issue. I have .rdf files from mid 1990's ( I'm not sure what is the version ) and now I would like to modify them by Oracle Reports Builder 6i. If I try to open those files by Oracle Reports Builder 6i I get the following error message:
REP-0110: Unable to open file 'C:\file.rdf'
REP-1070: Error while opening or saving a document
So I made a conclusion that those .rdf files are too old for 6i. Do I need to convert, and especially how, those files?
.rdf files where copied from Unix machine to Win XP machine where Oracle Report Builder is installed.
Thanks in advance!

Hi Eduardo Lucas,
I have done such installation on the same machine under same ORACLE_HOME. The order I followed is 2.5 first and then 6i. I did on Windows NT. Also both worked fine without any problems. But haven't tried for XP.
Thanks,
Vinod.

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