I'm running Mtstic under Windows 11 and would like to completly move my current setup to a OS system. Can it just be copied to the system and ran or what else would I need to do?

Thanks,
Richard.

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Re: Changing OS
By: Richard Vonzel to All on Fri Aug 18 2023 02:06 pm

I'm running Mtstic under Windows 11 and would like to completly move my current setup to a OS system. Can it just be copied to the system and ran or what else would I need to do?

Your personal documents can be copied (Documents, Desktop, Music, etc.). You'll have to look at your installed apps and see which ones are avail on linux.

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Richard Vonzel wrote to All <=-

I'm running Mtstic under Windows 11 and would like to completly
move my current setup to a OS system. Can it just be copied to
the system and ran or what else would I need to do?

What is "a OS system"?



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My last question was poorly written. I want to move my Mystic BBS setup to a MAC OS system. Can I just copy my system to MAC OS and then run the Mystic BBS MAC OS file and will it run?

Thanks
Richard

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My last question was poorly written. I want to move my Mystic BBS setup
to a MAC OS system. Can I just copy my system to MAC OS and then run the Mystic BBS MAC OS file and will it run?

MacOS, Windows and Linux all use a different Mystic 'package' because the systems run different binary filetypes. You'll have to get the correct version of Mystic for MacOS @ mysticbbs.com and install it.

I believe that you could just copy your current backup to the new system and run an UPDATE on your ~/mystic directory... this should just write over the old binaries. Don't forget to then run ./mplc -T to convert any .mpl files.

After that, you may run into some other 'issues'. You'll need to check PATHS for Message Areas, File Areas & I'd even run thru the prompt editor to see if yer calling anything that uses paths there... for example, on Windows a Message Base might point to;
C:\USER\MYSTIC\MSGS\DIRECTORY

While on MacOs that will be;

/home/user/mystic/msgs/directory/

Last, if you've done any custom .MPL scripts and NOT built in OS path correction, those might need addressing too - but most mods that are released come with this issue built-in and won't need modification....

Did I miss anything?



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On 19 Aug 2023, paulie420 said the following...

My last question was poorly written. I want to move my Mystic BBS set to a MAC OS system. Can I just copy my system to MAC OS and then run Mystic BBS MAC OS file and will it run?

MacOS, Windows and Linux all use a different Mystic 'package' because the systems run different binary filetypes. You'll have to get the correct version of Mystic for MacOS @ mysticbbs.com and install it.

I believe that you could just copy your current backup to the new system and run an UPDATE on your ~/mystic directory... this should just write over the old binaries. Don't forget to then run ./mplc -T to convert any .mpl files.

After that, you may run into some other 'issues'. You'll need to check PATHS for Message Areas, File Areas & I'd even run thru the prompt
editor to see if yer calling anything that uses paths there... for example, on Windows a Message Base might point to; C:\USER\MYSTIC\MSGS\DIRECTORY

While on MacOs that will be;

/home/user/mystic/msgs/directory/

Last, if you've done any custom .MPL scripts and NOT built in OS path correction, those might need addressing too - but most mods that are released come with this issue built-in and won't need modification....

Did I miss anything?

Thank you that's what I wanted to know.

Richard.

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