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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Mon 06 May 2002 12:15 PM (UTC)

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quick question.. is there a way to make the hotboot code work using cgywin and windows me?

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Posted by

Kris USA (198 posts) Bio

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Reply #1 on Thu 09 May 2002 12:23 AM (UTC)

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Yes. In fact, I have it working, and I'm running cygwin and windows ME. The instructions of the snippet from Samson's site should be sufficient.

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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Reply #2 on Fri 10 May 2002 10:27 AM (UTC)

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hmm.. alright ill try it again

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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Reply #3 on Fri 10 May 2002 09:53 PM (UTC)

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ok i tried to redo it again and i managed to almost get it to compile and get the mud up however heres what happens...
gcc -c -O -g3 -DSMAUG hotboot.c
hotboot.c: In function `do_hotboot':
hotboot.c:588: warning: passing arg 1 of write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast
hotboot.c:601: warning: passing arg 1 of `write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast
hotboot.c:622: warning: passing arg 1 of `write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast
hotboot.c: In function `hotboot_recover':
hotboot.c:725: warning: passing arg 1 of `write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast
hotboot.c:766: warning: passing arg 1 of `write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast
hotboot.c:775: warning: passing arg 1 of `write_to_descriptor' makes pointer fro
m integer without a cast

only warnings.. not that big of a deal but when i go to hotboot the mud i get disconnected and i get..

Fri May 10 17:52:29 2002 :: Initiating hotboot recovery.
Write_to_descriptor: The descriptor is a file, not a socket
Write_to_descriptor: The descriptor is a file, not a socket
Write_to_descriptor: Bad file number

any one have any ideas? thanks

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Posted by

Kris USA (198 posts) Bio

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Reply #4 on Sat 11 May 2002 08:24 PM (UTC)

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I've never recieved those errors when installing it.... hmm.... You keep calling it 'hotboot'..... to my understanding, hotboot is the predecessor to 'copyover'. Copyover is basically the same exact thing, except it's adapted to work under smaug1.4a. I've never tested the older hotboot myself, so I don't know what results you'd get..... Where did you download that hotboot snippet? Did you take it right off Samson's site, or did you pick it up somewheres else?

Either way, here's something you should try. Take out all the 'hotboot' stuff that you put in; just get rid of it completely (if you made a backup of your src before you put in hotboot, just restore the backup). Then, I'm gonna have you download the copyover that actually came from Samson's site, and was proven to work on my mud anyway. Download it at:

http://www.aethiamud.org/downloads/copyover-7.tar.gz

Unzip that. You'll see a bunch of files in there, since this snippet is designed to work on many different codebases. The ONLY file you need to look at is 'smaug14.txt'. That gives you the instructions and code to use, and where to place it. Do NOT use copyover.c; that must be for something else, cuz it don't work when I tried using it anyway. All you need to use is smaug14.txt. I got it to work the first time I used it, so if you put it in right, it should work for you too.

Hope that helps =)

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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Reply #5 on Sat 11 May 2002 09:24 PM (UTC)

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hmmm.. well it compiled clean...

now i go to run the mud and i get a 'Segmentation fault (core dumped)'

i followed the instructions to a 't' too :\ well time to try it again.. thanks for the help :)

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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Reply #6 on Sat 11 May 2002 09:54 PM (UTC)

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hmm... well i got the mud to run now.. but it seems when i copyover it disconnects me still and i cant connect again to the mud... :\ hmm, ill go look around again.. if you have any ideas let me know :) thanks

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Typhon USA (112 posts) Bio

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Reply #7 on Sat 11 May 2002 10:33 PM (UTC)

Amended on Sat 11 May 2002 10:34 PM (UTC) by Typhon

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ok heres a little update :-p

Sat May 11 18:32:39 2002 :: Warmboot recovery initiated
Write_to_descriptor: The descriptor is a file, not a socket

thats the only error i get in the mud window

i get that when i reboot it using the copyover and it still disconnects me and i cant reconnect to the mud, neither can anyone else

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Posted by

Yetro (40 posts) Bio

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Reply #8 on Tue 11 Jun 2002 11:00 PM (UTC)

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Some version of smaug for windows.. has some sockets (client, client2, javaclient, and something more) remove, usally leaving just 1 or two sockets (client, and client and client2) this could cause problems with the hotboot code... just that hope help it

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Samson USA (683 posts) Bio

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Reply #9 on Mon 20 Jan 2003 02:20 AM (UTC)

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Quote:

"You keep calling it 'hotboot'..... to my understanding, hotboot is the predecessor to 'copyover'."

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I realize this is an extremely old thread - but this information is backward. "Hotboot" is the name I gave to the snippet I released. The code is a descendent of the original copyover code which you're referring to here. All someone had to do was ask me and I could have cleared this up back in May....

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