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3 Installation
Included in the distribution archive are several files. This document
will walk you through the installation and configuration of the
system. All path names and directories suggested here are not
required. You can change them as you wish, but I suggest you use the
example in this document for a start and then move on to change
things as you become more familiar with the system. In the example,
it is assumed that you are about to install FrontDoor on your C
drive.
3.1 CONFIG.SYS
FrontDoor needs to have a few extra file handles allocated to
keep the nodelist and other files open. Your CONFIG.SYS file
should contain FILES=25 (or higher). If you do not know what
handles means, that is okay, as long as you have the FILES=25
statement in your CONFIG.SYS file. If you are using multi-tasking
software, your FILES= setting must usually be set to something
higher than 25.
You should also have BUFFERS=30 (or higher) in your CONFIG.SYS
file to improve DOS' buffer performance. If you are using a disk
cache, you should have BUFFERS=3 or something close to that.
3.2 AUTOEXEC.BAT
Add SET FD=C:\FD to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This will make sure
FrontDoor can find all its system files. You may NOT have spaces
between FD and =.
3.3 Directories
From your root directory (C:\) create a directory called FD. This
is the main (ROOT) directory for FrontDoor. Change the active
directory to FD. Create the following directories:
NODELIST
MAIL
PACKET
FILE
3.4 Files
Copy FD.EXE, FD.OVR, FM.EXE, FM.OVR, FDNC.EXE and FDSETUP.EXE to
C:\FD.
The program files are now installed.
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