Can someone tell me the steps to migrate and upgrade my BBS.

source:
v3.20 on a raspberry pi bullseye armv71

target:
v3.21 on a Intel i5 with ubuntu 25.04

I've compiled and built the synchronet v3.21 on my target system.
I've got all the directories and links setup.

I just don't really understand what copy from the source to the target. -------------------------------------------------

I've attempted to copy the following:

./ctrl
./data
./extra
./fido
./mods

then run the upgrade_to_v320 script, which seems wrong because my build is at 3.21 on the target, and there is no upgrade_to_v321 script.
nonetheless I did receive an error about user.dat to user.tab no such file user.dat.

when I start up the bbs I get a critical error about name.dat doesn't match expected lenght of 0.
Also some of my emails are gone, but not all of them.

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Re: upgrade and move bbs raspbian to ubu intel
By: bbsing to All on Thu Mar 12 2026 02:38 pm

Can someone tell me the steps to migrate and upgrade my BBS.

source:
v3.20 on a raspberry pi bullseye armv71

target:
v3.21 on a Intel i5 with ubuntu 25.04

Migration instructions are here: https://wiki.synchro.net/faq:misc#migration Upgrade instructions are here: https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev

I've compiled and built the synchronet v3.21 on my target system.
I've got all the directories and links setup.

I just don't really understand what copy from the source to the target. -------------------------------------------------

I've attempted to copy the following:

./ctrl
./data
./extra
./fido
./mods

then run the upgrade_to_v320 script, which seems wrong because my build is at 3.21 on the target, and there is no upgrade_to_v321 script.

'update.js' runs the approrate upgrade* scripts and binaries as and when needed.

when I start up the bbs I get a critical error about name.dat doesn't match expected lenght of 0.
Also some of my emails are gone, but not all of them.

Try the instructions and let us know if you continue to have issues.
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