Subj : Re: Migration Journey repost
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : fusion
Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 18:09:32

On 14 Jan 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> Doesn't sound simple at all. I've tried a couple of times and given up.

i did it once for a short while (router died so bbs machine became the router.. heh)

basically you swap the binaries and then hunt through the configuration program for every single directory reference and swap them for the new ones.

so system paths, general settings if python2/3 is listed in there, every echo node can have in/out directories for things.. qwk general settings, every message and file base, the archive and protocol editor if you put full paths in there, the event editor for sure..

it's a lot of stuff. if i did it again i think this time i'd just 'grep' through the whole mystic folder for like 'c:\mystic' or whatever and hunt
them down that way.

then i did it all again once i had another machine to put it back on! i can see why someone might just give up and reinstall

also, iirc mystic was doing something weird where the messages in the message bases were different on linux vs windows (a single linefeed vs a carriage return and linefeed on the end) .. not sure why that'd be necessary but *shrug* .. they weren't entirely obnoxious to read so i just let them eventually roll off the end once they got old or past 1000 or whatever it's set at.

sorry for the infodump ;) just thinking maybe someone else might go for it and need some info

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
 * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (21:1/616)

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