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Installation
Quick Install
Detailed Installation Instructions
For PCBoard to operate properly, you must install it on your system. The
installation program provided on disk #1 will insure that PCBoard is properly
installed. If you are installing PCBoard for the first time or upgrading a
previous version, the installation program will get you running in a minimal
amount of time.
Quick Install
If you have previously installed a version of PCBoard or are very familiar
with installing a bulletin board, this section will provide you with only the
necessary information that you will need to install PCBoard. If you require
explanations of each of the questions that the install program will ask you,
skip to the Detailed Installation Instructions section of this chapter.
PCBoard is supplied on both 3.5" and 5.25" disks. Both disk sets are the
same. Select the disk size appropriate to your machine and insert Disk #1
into your A or B drive as required. At the DOS prompt, enter:
a:install (ENTER) (if using Drive A)
or
b:install (ENTER) (if using Drive B)
The installation program will then ask you for the destination of your
PCBoard installation on your hard disk (defaulting to C:\PCB), as well as
verifying the source location of the installation disks (A or B above).
If you are upgrading from a previous version of PCBoard, or installing a
registered copy of PCBoard in place of a demo copy, the installation program
will automatically recognize your previous installation and will only update
the necessary files required for the upgrade. In either case, the install
program will not modify your previous configuration.
Continue with the installation by following the instructions that are
displayed on the screen. When the installation is complete, change to the
directory where you installed PCBoard and run BOARD.BAT.
Detailed Installation Instructions
PCBoard can be installed directly from the distribution disks, or from a
temporary location on your hard disk. If you will be installing several
copies of PCBoard on multiple machines in a network environment, it is
suggested that you install from a temporary location on your main file
server. For additional information on installing more than one node, refer
to the Multiple Nodes chapter of this manual once PCBoard is installed.
If you are installing PCBoard for the first time, you will be asked to enter
information regarding the System Operator (SysOp) - including their name,
remote logon password, etc. Please be prepared to complete this information
during the initial installation.
If you have downloaded a new release of PCBoard from Salt Air, follow the
instructions under Upgrading a Current Installation from Hard Disk Files
found later in this section.
At any time during the installation procedure, you may press E when a prompt
is displayed to abort the installation. Files which have already been
installed will not be removed from your hard disk. If you abort an initial
installation and perform a subsequent complete installation, do not select
the upgrade option since all files may not have been installed during the
initial aborted install. Instead, tell the install program that you are
performing a new installation to ensure all files are properly installed on
your system.
Installing from the Distribution Disks
PCBoard is supplied on both 3.5" and 5.25" high-density disks. Both disk sets
contain the same information. Select the disk size appropriate to your
machine and insert Disk #1 into your A or B drive as required. At the DOS
prompt, enter:
a:install (ENTER) (if using Drive A)
or
b:install (ENTER) (if using Drive B)
If you are upgrading from a previous version of PCBoard, or installing a
registered copy of PCBoard in place of a demo copy, the installation program
will automatically recognize your previous installation and will only update
the necessary files required for the upgrade. In either case, the install
program will not modify your previous configuration.
The installation program will then ask the following two questions:
Are you installing from a Floppy Drive ? Y
Installing from Floppy Drive (A or B): ? A
You should enter a Y at the Are you installing from a Floppy Drive question,
and enter the floppy drive letter you are installing from at the Installing
from Floppy Drive (A or B) question. You may skip the next section,
Installing from Hard Disk Files, and proceed with the section entitled
Installation Instructions Common to All Installation Methods.
Installing from Hard Disk Files
NOTE: If you are installing PCBoard for the first time, you will be asked to
enter information regarding the System Operator (SysOp) - including their
name, remote logon password, etc. Please be prepared to complete this
information during the initial installation.
PCBoard is supplied on both 3.5" and 5.25" high-density disks. Both disk sets
contain the same information. Select the disk size appropriate to your
machine and insert Disk #1 into your A or B drive as required. Next, decide
on a temporary location on your hard disk to which you will be copying the
distribution disks. This location must not be the same location that you
will be installing PCBoard to. Next, copy the appropriate size distribution
disks to that location by using the DOS COPY command. For example, if your
temporary drive location is D:\TEMP, at the DOS prompt, enter:
COPY A:\*.* D:\TEMP (ENTER)
Repeat the above procedure for each distribution disk of the size chosen.
Next, switch to your temporary file location and execute the install program.
Assuming that you copied the files on the distribution disk to D:\TEMP, you
would enter the following:
d: (ENTER)
cd\temp (ENTER)
install (ENTER)
If you are upgrading from a previous version of PCBoard, or installing a
registered copy of PCBoard in place of a demo copy, the installation program
will automatically recognize your previous installation and will only update
the necessary files required for the upgrade. In either case, the install
program will not modify your previous configuration.
The installation program will then ask the following question:
Are you installing from a Floppy Drive ? N
You should enter an N at the Are you installing from a Floppy Drive question
which tells the installation program to proceed with the remainder of the
installation without prompting for a floppy drive location.
Installation Instructions Common to All Installation Methods
Next, the installation program will display a screen briefly describing the
installation process and will ask you to complete the following three
questions:
Do you want to proceed with the installation ?
Enter your destination drive (C) through (Z) ?
Enter the directory path to install ?
At the Do you want to proceed with the installation? prompt, reply with a Y
unless you do not have the required System Operator (SysOp) information
available which includes the SysOp name and password to be used for local
login.
At the Enter your destination drive (C) through (Z)? prompt, enter the hard
disk drive location on which PCBoard will be installed. The drive that you
enter should be a physical drive, not a ram drive or other temporary drive.
At the Enter the directory path to install? prompt, enter the subdirectory or
path location on the drive previously indicated that you wish the PCBoard
files to be installed to. This location defaults to \PCB. Unless you have a
specific reason to change this location, it is strongly suggested that you
accept the default location since PCBoard defaults to the \PCB location. If
you change this location from the \PCB default, you will have to manually
change all of the program defaults inside PCBSetup once the installation is
complete.
After completing the above, the installation program will create the
following subdirectories on the destination drive you have specified and in
general will contain the files indicated (if you accept the default install
location of \PCB):
\PCB Program executable files, system batch files, and
node specific data files
\DL01 Can be used to place downloadable files here
\PCB\GEN Used to store system text files, menus, bulletins,
and file listings
\PCB\HELP Used to store system help files
\PCB\MAIN Used to store USERS and MSGS files as well as other
sensitive system files which need to be protected
from downloading
\PCB\CONVERT Used to store conversion files which contain
instructions on converting 12.x and earlier versions
of PCBoard
\PCB\UPLOAD Used to store new public uploads to your system
\PCB\PRIVUPLD Used to store new private uploads to your system
Once the necessary subdirectories have been created, the installation program
will copy and expand the files from the distribution disks to their
appropriate locations on your hard disk. After all files have been
successfully installed, the program will ask you the following:
Did you purchase a registered DOORWAY ? N
DOORWAY is an advanced serial and local screen I/O redirector which can be
used to support remote DOS operations for the system operator as well as for
running applications as a door. which have not been specifically written to
operate as a door.. A non-registered version of the software is provided with
your copy of PCBoard. If you have purchased a fully registered copy of
DOORWAY with your copy of PCBoard and you have the registered DOORWAY disk
available, answer Y to this question. Otherwise, accept the default of N and
continue the installation process.
At a later date, you can purchase a registered copy of DOORWAY if desired.
To update your configuration with the registered copy, replace the
DOORWAY.EXE file in the directory where you installed PCBoard with the
DOORWAY.EXE on your registered version disk.
NOTE: The non-registered version of DOORWAY that is supplied with your copy
of PCBoard is limited to 10 minutes of activity each time you run it. Once
the 10 minutes are up, you will be returned to PCBoard.
The installation program will then ask the following question:
Will you be running in a multitasking environment such as
DESQview, TaskView or OmniView or DoubleDOS (Y/N) ? N
If you will be running multiple nodes on one machine under any of the above
multitasking programs (including Windows or OS/2), you should answer Y to
this question. If you answer Y, the installation program will automatically
adjust your default COM port opening speed to insure proper multi-node modem
operation. If at a later time you wish to adjust your COM port opening speed
to either a higher or lower setting, you can do so using PCBSetup.
After indicating whether you will be running in a multitasking environment,
the installation program will check your CONFIG.SYS file to insure you have a
sufficient number of file handles defined for proper program operation. Each
PCBoard node requires approximately 25 file handles for operation. If the
installation program detects an insufficient number of handles, you will be
asked if you wish to update your CONFIG.SYS file with an appropriate FILES=
statement. If you do not allow the install program to update your CONFIG.SYS
file, be sure to manually update it before attempting to run PCBoard.
Next, the program will ask you to complete the System Operator (SysOp)
information by asking the following questions:
What is your first name ?
What is your last name ?
City/State Information ?
Password for remote login ?
The password you enter in this screen will be the one the SysOp uses for
remote access to this system. Since the integrity of the system can be
jeopardized by unauthorized access, you should enter a password which is not
used for accessing other systems. In other words, the password entered should
be unique to this system only!
After completing the above, the program will create the system's USERS file
and associated index files. This screen must be completed before attempting
to access your system since the required USERS file information will not be
present unless the above screen is properly completed.
The installation program will now ask if you wish to configure a modem for
operation by asking the following:
Do you wish to Install a MODEM (Y/N) ?
In order to configure your modem at this time, it must be connected to your
hardware and be powered on. If you do not have a modem connected, reply with
an N to skip this operation. If you do have a modem, and it is connected and
powered up, reply with a Y. The installation program will then run PCBModem
which will setup your modem properly. For more information on PCBModem,
refer to the Utilities chapter of this manual.
Once you have selected and initialized your modem, you will be returned to
the PCBModem menu. Press E until you are informed that PCBSetup will be run.
This is the next step in the installation process.
Next, the installation program will run PCBSetup so that you can alter some
of the finer details of your configuration. If you are installing PCBoard
for the first time, it is suggested that you immediately exit from PCBSetup
without altering any of the default settings until you have reviewed the
chapters in this manual which detail PCBSetup. To exit PCBoard without
making changes, press E, and answer N to the question that you are asked.
Altering PCBoard's defaults at this time, without having a complete
understanding of the overall operation of the program, can cause frustration
in trying to put things back to their default settings at a later time.
Finally, the installation program will ask if you wish to view the WHATSNEW
and Q&A.TXT (Questions and Answers) files. If you do, simply respond with a
Y to both prompts and you will be shown the two files for review.
After completing the installation process, you are ready to run PCBoard by
entering:
board (ENTER)
at the DOS prompt in the directory where you installed PCBoard.
NOTE: If you need to setup more than one node of PCBoard, proceed to the
Multiple Nodes chapter of this manual for additional information.
Upgrading a Current Installation from Hard Disk Files
If you have already installed a demo version of PCBoard, or are upgrading
your current registered version of PCBoard with a newer version, copy the
upgrade files and/or disks supplied to a temporary location on your hard
disk. This location must not be the same location as your current program
location. For example, Using the location D:\TEMP as your temporary
location, you would copy or place the files downloaded from the Salt Air BBS,
or the disks supplied, to that location.
Next, change directories to the location where you copied the upgrade files
and type:
d: (ENTER)
cd \temp (ENTER)
install (ENTER)
Tell the installation program you are not installing from a floppy drive.
When asked to enter the destination drive and path location for the software,
enter the location of your current PCBoard files. At this point, the
installation program will display a screen indicating that you have already
installed PCBoard and ask if you wish to perform a new installation or an
upgrade:
Would you like to Upgrade or install a New system (U/N) ? U
If you are doing a first-time reinstall of the software due a previously
aborted installation, enter N. Otherwise, enter U for upgrade. Entering U
will only upgrade the necessary files on your system, leaving all other
configuration and data files intact.
CAUTION: DO NOT SELECT A NEW INSTALLATION IF YOU ARE SIMPLY UPGRADING A
CURRENT SYSTEM AS ALL CURRENT DATA FILES WILL BE OVER-WRITTEN.