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