Subj : Re: Upgrade issues
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Mar 25 2024 10:25:30

  Re: Re: Upgrade issues
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Mon Mar 25 2024 06:38 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
 >
 >  > I did my usual every couple of months download of sbbs_dev.zip and
 >  > sbbs_run.zip and copied over my exec and xtrn directories. I usually need
 >  > to do a couple of tweaks here and there, and it's been painless the last
 >  > times I've done this.
 >
 >  DM> When was the last time you did this?
 >
 > Probably January? Not too long ago.
 >
 >  DM> Yes, using the node utility (e.g. exec/node.exe), you can set any node
 >  DM> to any state. But you shouldn't have to if your terminal server's
 >  DM> "lastnode" setting is set to node 6.
 >
 > That did it -- in SCFG under system, it was set to 4 nodes, not 6. Not
 > sure what I did. Nodes 5 and 6 reset when the system recycled.
 >
 >  DM> It sounds like maybe you upgrade from v3.19 to v3.20 but didn't run
 >  DM> 'jsexec update' as part of that process. --
 >
 > I was definitely on 3.20 before.
 >
 > I got cocky, usually I snapshot the VM or at least copy the directories
 > I'm overwriting elsewhere first. Live and Learn.

Maybe your ctrl/sbbs.ini file was over-written? That's where the terminal server's "LastNode" value is stored.
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