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  • Migrate SBBS Data Windows -> Linux?

    From SBDSTech@VERT/SBDSTECH to All on Tue May 19 04:06:44 2026
    Is there any way to bring my Windows data files over to the Linux version?

    Was looking thru the Wiki and couldn't find any info regarding this ..

    Thanks :)

    - Vito aka SBDSTech
    bbs.sbdsdev.com

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to SBDSTech on Tue May 19 08:02:48 2026
    Re: Migrate SBBS Data Windows -> Linux?
    By: SBDSTech to All on Tue May 19 2026 04:06 am

    Is there any way to bring my Windows data files over to the Linux version?

    Was looking thru the Wiki and couldn't find any info regarding this ..

    I moved my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago, and simply copied the files over. They're the same format, so you don't need to do any conversion, and Synchronet for Linux will be able to use them without any problems.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to SBDSTech on Tue May 19 10:56:30 2026
    Re: Migrate SBBS Data Windows -> Linux?
    By: SBDSTech to All on Tue May 19 2026 04:06 am

    Is there any way to bring my Windows data files over to the Linux version?

    Was looking thru the Wiki and couldn't find any info regarding this ..

    https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#migration

    Thanks :)

    No problem,
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  • From SBDSTech@VERT/SBDSTECH to Nightfox on Tue May 19 11:20:56 2026
    Re: Migrate SBBS Data Windows -> Linux?
    By: SBDSTech to All on Tue May 19 2026 04:06 am

    I moved my Synchronet BBS from Windows to Linux a few years ago, and simply copied the files over. They're the same format, so you don't need to do any conversion, and Synchronet for Linux will be able to use them without any problems.

    Nightfox

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    Perfect... Thanks for the info ... very much appreciated.. :)

    - Vito

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to SBDSTech on Thu May 21 08:04:01 2026
    SBDSTech wrote to Nightfox <=-

    Perfect... Thanks for the info ... very much appreciated.. :)

    The only issue I had when I tested it out a while ago were hard-coded
    paths. I had some paths down as c:\sbbs\ instead of relative paths - and switched all of the forward slashes to backslashes.



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  • From SBDSTech@VERT/SBDSTECH to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 25 07:42:32 2026
    yeah i ran into that as well.. not too much of a headache though...

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