Don't every load the root when using --nowrite, just use load().

src/scripts/zeoup.py

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ def check_server(addr, storage, write):
     # is called.  The only thing we care about, though, is that
     # registerDB() calls _startup().
 
+    if write:
         db = ZODB.DB(cs)
         cn = db.open()
         root = cn.root()
-    if write:
         try:
             root['zeoup'] = root.get('zeoup', 0)+ 1
             get_transaction().commit()
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ def check_server(addr, storage, write):
             pass
         cn.close()
         db.close()
+    else:
+        data, serial = cs.load("\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", "")
+        
 
 def usage(exit=1):
     print __doc__