Subj : New Win32 BBS with v3.20?
To   : Alpha
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Apr 12 2023 17:33:28

  Re: New Win32 BBS with v3.20?
  By: Alpha to All on Wed Apr 12 2023 05:03 pm

 > Hey there... If I'm starting fresh with a Win32-based Synchronet BBS and
 > wanted to use v3.20 (I'm OK with nightly builds!), is this the right
 > sequence?
 >
 > 1. Install v3.19b, e.g. using the Windows installer
 > 2. Go through normal setup e.g. w/Configuration Wizard
 > 3. Download sbbs_dev.zip and extract to sbbs/exec
 > 4. Run sbbs/exec/upgrade_to_v320.exe
 >
 > This is what I've done, so probably something isn't right with those steps,
 > ha. Upon running upgrade:
 >
 > ---
 >   upgrade - Upgrade Synchronet BBS to 3.20
 >
 >   Loading configuration files from C:\sbbs\ctrl
 >   !ERROR loading configuration files: 2 (No such file or directory) opening
 > C:\sbbs\ctrl\msgs.ini
 > ---
 >
 > Any tips appreciated!

That should be a non-fatal error message from JSexec (it continues to run the update.js/upgrade_to_v320.js script). Did it create the ctrl/msgs.ini file? Then it worked.

I didn't see the download/extract of sbbs_run.zip in your list of steps. Maybe you just missed that one?
step?
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                                            digital man (rob)

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