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.