Subj : Re: Changing BBS to 32-bit from 64-bit
To : Alonzo
From : Avon
Date : Mon Jun 19 2023 09:23 pm
On 18 Jun 2023 at 07:17p, Alonzo pondered and said...
Al> Hello everybody - I am wanting to convert my BBS to 32-bit so that I can
Al> run doors more easily. Right now I am running the Windows 64-bit
Al> version. I have installed the latest 32-bit version of Mystic but is
Al> there a way to transfer all of my text files and files and messages and
Al> everything over to my 32-bit BBS?
You're in for an easy ride, backup everything first!
Assuming you are you have a 32 bit OS installed you can essentially copy
all of your Mystic across to the new system.
Next step is to update the binary files of your (now old) 64bit Mystic to the 32bit versions...
Grab a 32 bit of Mystic from the website and unpack the installer files.
Now assuming your (soon to be updated) version of the 64bit Mystic is sitting in c:\mystic you could run this command
install replace c:\mystic
That will update the binaries in the c:\mystic directory and put in the 32 bit ones overwriting the 64 bit ones.
Once that's done I'd jump into c:\mystic and then run
mplc -all
That will recompile your scripts
check things out with a mystic -ver and you should see 32 bit against the info that comes back.
Try logging in locally etc. and confirm all is well
The you can restart MIS, check your OS has firewall ports open to MIS for your telnet, binkP port etc.. and you should be good to go.
If you were moving from a linux to a windows OS you would need to worry about file paths and changing the paths in Mystic and in your filebases but if it's 64 to 32 bit windows it's much easier.
Hope that helps
Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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