Is there an easy way to convert a Windows Synchro to Linux (Debian) system? I tried the migration set up by copying the CTRL DATA NODE1 and MODS and XTRN directories, but had some issues with errors popping up.. I started from scratch and got just about everything copied re-configured and have all the messages, files, users etc copied but now the BBS stats are not showing (total calls, etc.) Any simple ways??ããAlã--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Bucko's Den BBS (1:267/157.1)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linux..ã By: Al Derosa to All on Sat Oct 29 2022 09:14 pmãã > Is there an easy way to convert a Windows Synchro to Linux (Debian) system?ã > I tried the migration set up by copying the CTRL DATA NODE1 and MODS andã > XTRN directories, but had some issues with errors popping up..ããWhat errors?ãã > I startedã > from scratch and got just about everything copied re-configured and have allã > the messages, files, users etc copied but now the BBS stats are not showingã > (total calls, etc.) Any simple ways??ããThe stats are stored in ctrl/csts.* and ctrl/dsts.*, make sure you copied those files over. If you care about the node statistics, you'll need to copy those same files from the node directories.ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSynchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #12:ãC128 = Commodore 128 (personal computer)ãNorco, CA WX: 65.6øF, 59.0% humidity, 2 mph SW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linux..ã DM> By: Al Derosa to All on Sat Oct 29 2022 09:14 pmã >> system? I tried the migration set up by copying the CTRL DATA NODE1ã >> and MODS and XTRN directories, but had some issues with errors poppingã >> up.. ãã DM> What errors?ããNot necessarily errors, but binding issues, I watched your video and start it with sudo and it switches over to the sbbs user automatically like it is supposed to, but when I copied those directories over the previous directories it wouldn't switch anymore. Now that I think about it, I am thinking it might have been priveledge issues.. I have a backup of it I might try that again.. ããã DM> The stats are stored in ctrl/csts.* and ctrl/dsts.*, make sure you copiedã DM> those files over. If you care about the node statistics, you'll need toã DM> copy those same files from the node directories.ã DM> copy those same files from the node directories.ããCool, I will do that, I think that is the only thing holding it back now. Appreciate the help. ããAlã--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Bucko's Den BBS (1:267/157.1)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linux..ã By: Al Derosa to Digital Man on Sun Oct 30 2022 12:08 amãã > DM> Re: Conversion from Windows To Linux..ã > DM> By: Al Derosa to All on Sat Oct 29 2022 09:14 pmã > >> system? I tried the migration set up by copying the CTRL DATA NODE1ã > >> and MODS and XTRN directories, but had some issues with errors poppingã > >> up..ã >ã > DM> What errors?ã >ã > Not necessarily errors, but binding issues, I watched your video and startã > it with sudo and it switches over to the sbbs user automatically like it isã > supposed to, but when I copied those directories over the previousã > directories it wouldn't switch anymore. Now that I think about it, I amã > thinking it might have been priveledge issues.. I have a backup of it Iã > might try that again..ããYou can resolve port binding issues on *nix, a number of ways:ãhttps://wiki.synchro.net/howto:linux_non-rootããThis is not really relavent to the migration of your configuration or data from a Windows install however.ãã > DM> The stats are stored in ctrl/csts.* and ctrl/dsts.*, make sure youã > DM> copied those files over. If you care about the node statistics, you'llã > DM> need to copy those same files from the node directories.ã > DM> copy those same files from the node directories.ã >ã > Cool, I will do that, I think that is the only thing holding it back now.ã > Appreciate the help.ããSure.ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #25:ãKarl: they seen fit to put me in here and here I've been a great long while.ãNorco, CA WX: 77.5øF, 27.0% humidity, 0 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linux..ã By: Al Derosa to Digital Man on Sun Oct 30 2022 12:08 amã > supposed to, but when I copied thoseã > directories over the previousã > directories it wouldn't switch anymoã > Now that I think about it, I amã > thinking it might have been priveledã > issues.. I have a backup of it I migããJust an idea about making and restoringãbackups.. If you just 'cp', you changeãall the permissions and timestamps andãother metadata.. if you 'cp -p' you canãpreserve some of that, but some stuffãtechnically changes if you're usingãSELinux and whatnot... but if you useã'tar' to back up and then untar intoãplace (as root, of course), you shouldãget all perms and ownerships andãtimestamps as the originals.ããOops, and I just noticed you wereãcopying over from Windows, so none ofãthis applies :D... Still keeping theãpost as a suggestion for futureãbackups.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ TIRED of waiting 2 hours for a taco? GO TO TACOPRONTO.bbs.ioã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Phigan to Al Derosa on Sun Oct 30 2022 11:39 amãã > Oops, and I just noticed you were copying over from Windows, so none of thisã > applies :D... Still keeping the post as a suggestion for future backups.ãããhey i think you are lost.ããthese are sysops. nobody fucking backs up.ããI have heard "lost it in a hard drive crash" 1 million times.ããI provide bbs hosting and setup automatic backups. nobody downloads theirãbbs backups EVER.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linããã MR> hey i think you are lost.ãã MR> these are sysops. nobody fucking backs up.ãã MR> I have heard "lost it in a hard drive crash" 1 million times.ãã MR> I provide bbs hosting and setup automatic backups. nobody downloads theirã MR> bbs backups EVER.ãããLOL I just might use that as an excuse here. Restart the BBS from scratch in Linux and say I had a hard drive crash.. Would solve any and all I am doing.. LOLã--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Bucko's Den BBS (1:267/157.1)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Al Derosa to MRO on Sun Oct 30 2022 06:44 pmãã >ã > LOL I just might use that as an excuse here. Restart the BBS from scratch inã > Linux and say I had a hard drive crash.. Would solve any and all I amã > doing.. LOLããjust save the important files and copy it over.ããyou'll have to do dosemu for the games, thoughã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

these are sysops. nobody fucking backs up.

I'm working on restoring my system I used to run from the many backups I had made when I ran that system. All my data that is critical is backed up automatically and to a off site location, as I live in a forest that California likes to constantly burn down.

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Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: MRO to Phigan on Sun Oct 30 2022 04:22 pmãã > Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã > By: Phigan to Al Derosa on Sun Oct 30 2022 11:39 amãã > > Oops, and I just noticed you were copying over from Windows, so none ofã > > this applies :D... Still keeping the post as a suggestion for futureã > > backups.ãã > these are sysops. nobody fucking backs up.ããI would believe that an idiot such as you wouldn't...ããMy system is automatically backed up in the wee hours of the morning, every day, to two places. One place is a local server here, and the other place is a VPS in the cloud. Additionally I do a complete disk clone to yet another local location every now and then, manually, about once a month. Oh, and I have copies of ALL customized files on yet another local machine (laptop).ããSo...... pfffttttt.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã MR> By: Al Derosa to MRO on Sun Oct 30 2022 06:44 pmãã MR> just save the important files and copy it over.ãã MR> you'll have to do dosemu for the games, thoughãActually, only games I have on the system are the Synchro Games, the rest are on a Door Server of Synchro which runs on Windows.. My 3 boards take advantage of the same game listings. Works out well as I only have to install once..ããAlã--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Bucko's Den BBS (1:267/157.1)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Al Derosa to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 06:12 pmãã > MR> you'll have to do dosemu for the games, thoughã > Actually, only games I have on the system are the Synchro Games, the restã > are on a Door Server of Synchro which runs on Windows.. My 3 boards takeã > advantage of the same game listings. Works out well as I only have toã > install once..ã >ããit would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where it just installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

On 31 Oct 2022, MRO said the following...ã ã MR> >ã MR> ã MR> it would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where it justã MR> installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ã MR> ---ããIt would be, but what is the fun in that?!?! LOL Installing these games makes for some hair pulling, and time that you will never get back... LOLãã... BREAKFAST.COM Halted... Cereal port not responding.ãã--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (1:267/157)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: MRO to Al Derosa on Mon Oct 31 2022 06:19 pmãã > Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã > By: Al Derosa to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 06:12 pmã >ã > > MR> you'll have to do dosemu for the games, thoughã > > Actually, only games I have on the system are the Synchro Games, the restã > > are on a Door Server of Synchro which runs on Windows.. My 3 boards takeã > > advantage of the same game listings. Works out well as I only have toã > > install once..ã >ã >ã > it would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where it justã > installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ããSynchronet alredy has that feature: http://wiki.synchro.net/module:install-xtrnã-- ã digital man (rob)ããSling Blade quote #17:ãCharles Bushman: A shovel just makes too goddamned much racket.ãNorco, CA WX: 67.9øF, 55.0% humidity, 7 mph SW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Al DeRosa to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 08:37 pmãã > MR> it would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where itã > MR> just installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ã > MR> ---ã >ã > It would be, but what is the fun in that?!?! LOL Installing these gamesã > makes for some hair pulling, and time that you will never get back... LOLã >ããyeah i know. that's why i never did it.ããThere's still a guy that is running my own tg bbs after like 7 years because I put it in my file bases as an example. people were supposed to look at the scripts and learn from it. instead he said 'this is exactly like my bbs that i used to run!', and ran it.ããalso doorgames aren't that hard to run.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 08:08 pmãã > > it would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where it justã > > installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ãã > Synchronet alredy has that feature:ã > http://wiki.synchro.net/module:install-xtrnãããthis is all i see:ããinstall-xtrn.js v3.18cã 1: C:\sbbs\xtrn\bublbogl/ã 2: C:\sbbs\xtrn\bullshit/ã 3: C:\sbbs\xtrn\chickendelivery/ã 4: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dicewarz/ã 5: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dicewarz2/ã 6: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dpoker/ã 7: C:\sbbs\xtrn\druglord/ã 8: C:\sbbs\xtrn\go-for/ã 9: C:\sbbs\xtrn\gooble/ã 10: C:\sbbs\xtrn\hamtest/ã 11: C:\sbbs\xtrn\jeopardized/ã 12: C:\sbbs\xtrn\knk/ã 13: C:\sbbs\xtrn\lemons/ã 14: C:\sbbs\xtrn\maze/ã 15: C:\sbbs\xtrn\starstocks/ã 16: C:\sbbs\xtrn\startrek/ã 17: C:\sbbs\xtrn\synchronetris/ã 18: C:\sbbs\xtrn\syncwall/ã 19: C:\sbbs\xtrn\synkroban/ã 20: C:\sbbs\xtrn\thirsty/ã 21: C:\sbbs\xtrn\uberblox/ã 22: C:\sbbs\xtrn\war/ãããis this an old version i have? is there an option to install lord, usurper, mechwars, deathmasters, globalwar, tradewars2002 scrabble, etc?ããi know there was an option to install those scripts, but i meant the popular games that users want.ããbut now that i think about it, it would be a bad idea because that would be yet another easy thing. maybe just a feature for the sysop to FETCH the popular doors and then they can config them themselves.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Nov 01 2022 12:21 amãã > Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã > By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 08:08 pmã >ã > > > it would be nice if synchronet had a doorgame repo function where itã > > > just installed the popular doorgames if you selected it.ã >ã > > Synchronet alredy has that feature:ã > > http://wiki.synchro.net/module:install-xtrnã >ã >ã > this is all i see:ã >ã > install-xtrn.js v3.18cã > 1: C:\sbbs\xtrn\bublbogl/ã > 2: C:\sbbs\xtrn\bullshit/ã > 3: C:\sbbs\xtrn\chickendelivery/ã > 4: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dicewarz/ã > 5: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dicewarz2/ã > 6: C:\sbbs\xtrn\dpoker/ã > 7: C:\sbbs\xtrn\druglord/ã > 8: C:\sbbs\xtrn\go-for/ã > 9: C:\sbbs\xtrn\gooble/ã > 10: C:\sbbs\xtrn\hamtest/ã > 11: C:\sbbs\xtrn\jeopardized/ã > 12: C:\sbbs\xtrn\knk/ã > 13: C:\sbbs\xtrn\lemons/ã > 14: C:\sbbs\xtrn\maze/ã > 15: C:\sbbs\xtrn\starstocks/ã > 16: C:\sbbs\xtrn\startrek/ã > 17: C:\sbbs\xtrn\synchronetris/ã > 18: C:\sbbs\xtrn\syncwall/ã > 19: C:\sbbs\xtrn\synkroban/ã > 20: C:\sbbs\xtrn\thirsty/ã > 21: C:\sbbs\xtrn\uberblox/ã > 22: C:\sbbs\xtrn\war/ããBecause those are the doors you physically copied/extracted already. There are 159 total 3rd-party doors already supported (see xtrn/3rdp-install/*.ini).ãã > is this an old version i have?ããNo, that looks like the latest.ãã > is there an option to install lord, usurper,ã > mechwars, deathmasters, globalwar, tradewars2002 scrabble, etc?ããIf not, they can be added.ãã > i know there was an option to install those scripts, but i meant the popularã > games that users want.ã >ã > but now that i think about it, it would be a bad idea because that would beã > yet another easy thing. maybe just a feature for the sysop to FETCH theã > popular doors and then they can config them themselves.ãã<shrug>ã-- ã digital man (rob)ããRush quote #18:ãLeave out condition, courageous convictions will drag the dream into existenceãNorco, CA WX: 66.5øF, 62.0% humidity, 3 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Nov 01 2022 11:12 amãã > > 22: C:\sbbs\xtrn\war/ã >ã > Because those are the doors you physically copied/extracted already. Thereã > are 159 total 3rd-party doors already supported (seeã > xtrn/3rdp-install/*.ini).ããokay i thought that all that could be installed is whats pulled up on install-xtrn.jsããyou might want to have the doorgames hosted someplace, then have the script download them and unzip them and run the setup for the sysop if it's needed.ããI don't really see many people using this for those other doorgames unless some complications are removed.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Conversion from Windows To Linã By: Al Derosa to MRO on Mon Oct 31 2022 06:12 pmãã > are on a Door Server of Synchro whicã > runs on Windows.. My 3 boards takeããCan others connect to that?ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ TIRED of waiting 2 hours for a taco? GO TO TACOPRONTO.bbs.ioã

On 01 Nov 2022, Phigan said the following...ã ã Ph> ã Ph> Can others connect to that?ã Ph> ããYes, just send me a email at bucko@wrgnbr.com and I will let you know how to get going.. :)ããAlãã... Back up my hard drive? I can't find the reverse switch!ãã--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64)ã * Origin: The Wrong Number Family Of BBS' - Wrong Number ][ (1:267/157)ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã