Attachment Import Problem VB 3.6.x to 3.6.8

[U.K.visuals]

i m trying to do a data transfer from my old vBulletin v3.6.2 to the "new" v3.6.8

when i try to import my attachements form my old forum i always get error messages.

Source file not found :: /public_html/board/attachments/2/3/9.attach
Source file not found :: /public_html/board/attachments/5/11.attach
Source file not found :: /public_html/board/attachments/3/12.attach
Source file not found :: /public_html/board/attachments/3/13.attach
Source file not found :: /public_html/board/attachments/5/14.attach


i tried several ways and paths for this improt, but none of them is working!
when i have a look in to the old AdminCP i can see the old path:
/var/www/virtual/myurl.com/htdocs/board/attachments

but this one is not existing anymore (due to server change)

What can i do in this case?

[Jerry]

but this one is not existing anymore (due to server change)


Meaning the source files aren't on the current server ?

[U.K.visuals]

they are on the current server, but the path changed! but anyway, i found a way how to move them to the right place (home/mydomain/public_html/attachments).

but the impex still gives me the same error message! :(

[Jerry]

Then either it doesn't have read permissions to that folder or the path is wrong somehow.

Why are you importing and not upgrading ?

[U.K.visuals]

how can i make this folder readable? CHMOD 777 is set!

why not upgrading? good question!
1. the old board is kind of buggy due to several old hacks and modifications!
we d like to start with a new forum!

2. i thought that its much easyer to set up a new forum and pimp it until its perfect and then just import the datas!

if you think a other way would be easyer to take over all the datas to the new forum i always have a open ear, but i m not very familliar with SQL DBs and stuff like this!

[Jerry]

If the source attachment folder is chmod 777 then it's the path that is wrong, as your running a virtual host that is common. Either give ImpEx the relative path to the old folder or ssh to the machine and run "pwd" in the folder where the attachments are.

[U.K.visuals]

i fixed the problem! i importet the files back to the database and exported them again! then it was working properly!

thanks guys for your help!

[bugzy]

i moved the filesystem into the database ... then started the import module, seems to work