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Chapter 2:
A Quick Setup For Those Who
Don't Like to Read Manuals
2.1.1 Understanding The System
4D-BBS can be broken down into 6 different sections. These sections
each have a directory or multiple directories that coincide with the
section. Although you can change these pointers using the /D parameter
(see appendix B) the default directory pointers are:
System Files Directory BBS:
* Message Bases Directory BOARDS:
* File Transfers Directory FILE:
* Text Files Directory TEXT:
Menus Directory MENU:
* Users Directory USERS:
* Doors Main Directory DOORS:
Note: As of V2.0 the mail directory is no longer needed/used, and the
mail is by default stored in the BOARDS:Board_0/ directory.
Directories denoted with a * indicate a second level of directories
exists inside this directory. Refer to chapters four through seven for
more information on an individual directory.
Each of the above directories contain specific data files for that
section. In most cases, 4D-BBS will not run, if the first six
directories and appropriate data files are not found.
2.2.1 Quick Installation For Floppy Users:
Although running a BBS on a floppy based system can sometimes be
difficult, 4D-BBS will try to maintain maximum performance in this type
of environment. The distribution diskette you received with this
package, contains the directories mentioned in section 2.1.1.
2.2.2 Single Floppy Drive:
If you have a single floppy drive, you will need to make a bootable
workbench disk containing only the required files (see Appendix E for a
list of files required by 4D-BBS). Once you have this disk, simply
copy the above directories from the distribution disk to your new disk.
In the BBS directory you should find a script called "BBS-Startup".
This script contains the necessary assignments to run 4D-BBS on a
floppy system. Executing this script will run the BBS.
2.2.3 Multiple Floppy Drives:
If you have more than one floppy disk drive, follow the steps for a
single disk drive installation, but instead of copying all directories
to your boot floppy, you then need to create a floppy for each drive
you have. Then you can put directories on different disks. An example
would be to put your BBS:, MENU:, TEXT:, and DOORS: directories on
DF0:, and your BOARDS: and FILE: directories on DF1:, assuming you have
two drives. For three drives, you might want to put BOARDS: on DF1:
and FILE: on DF2:. You can experiment to find out what is the best
situation for your system. When you have the directories copied, you
must edit the BBS-Startup file to reflect your new setup, before
executing it, to run the BBS.
2.2.4 Tips for Floppy Drive Systems:
A good way to speed up the BBS when using a floppy drive based system,
is to copy your MENU: and TEXT: directories to RAM:, if possible. This
will stop the pause every time a user looks at a menu or text file.
When using this setup, the log files are NOT copied down to floppy, so
if you opt to use this setup, you might want to do a scheduled
maintenance every night to copy your logs. There is no files in the
MENU: and TEXT: directories which 4D-BBS updates, besides the log files
in the TEXT:Log directory. Refer to the script file in the BBS
directory "BBS-Startup.Ram" to see an example of this setup.
2.3.1 Quick Installation For Hard Drive Users:
There is a script file in the BBS directory which will do a simple
install of the BBS from the distribution disk, to your hard drive.
Simply execute it followed by the path to put the main 4D-BBS root
directory. For example, if you want to install 4D-BBS onto DH1:,
type:
BBS-Install DH1:
which will create the directory DH1:4D-BBS, and then copy all necessary
directories. In your S: directory will be a script called BBS-Startup,
which will reflect your system installation. Simply execute this
script to run the BBS.
2.4.1 Where To Go From Here:
You should be able to load and run the BBS at this point. The default
setup allows a user with name SYSOP and password SYSOP to log into the
BBS. You can now browse through the BBS, and play with the default
setup. When you are ready to configure the BBS to your needs, continue
to chapter 3.