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Telegard Bulletin Board Software, v3.00 Installation Documentation Copyright (C) 1995,1996 by Tim Strike All Rights Reserved. INTRODUCTION Welcome to Telegard Bulletin Board Software, version 3.00. This documentation contains quick instructions for installing Telegard for the first time, or for completing an upgrade from previous versions of the Telegard software. Please read README.DOC before continuing with this installation. Please read these instructions very carefully. The steps we have outlined are designed to ensure that you install our system with minimal effort and with success the FIRST time! If you are upgrading from a previous version of Telegard, you should refer to the section titled "UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS", otherwise if you are a first time user of Telegard, please follow the "NEW INSTALLATION" section. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Memory 440K minimum Diskspace, installation 2 megs post-installation 1 meg + messages + files + doors + data recommended 10+ megs at least Fossil Driver (level 5) Share/OS-equivalent (for multinode) PKZIP VERSION NOTES Our package is released with PKZIP version 2.04g. This is the latest publically available version of PKZIP as of Jan 5, 1996. There are several hacked versions of PKZIP 1.10 going around which have versions in the 3.nn and 4.nn series of numbers. PKZIP 1.10 and subsequently these hacked versions, are *not* compatible with the encryption method used in 2.04g and in the file INSTALL.TG. NEW INSTALLATION 1) Create a new directory for your Telegard BBS 2) Copy INSTALL.TG into the new directory 3) Type "PKUNZIP INSTALL.TG -sONLYRAINS" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will extract the necessary install files for your system. 4) Type "TELEGARD" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will start the installation process. We will ask you a few simple questions regarding the placement of the remaining data files. You should configure these directories in such a manner that the directory structure is not obvious (i.e. do not use /DATA/ as your data directory). 5) The installation process will build the desired directory structure, unpack the enclosed data files, and create any other data files which are needed for BBS installation. 6) Run "INDEX BUILD ALL" from the main /bbs/ directory to create the index files as required by the system. 7) From your main bbs directory run "MAKELANG .\LANGUAGE\ENGLISH" to compile your new language file (Note: Replace \LANGUAGE\ with your correct language path). 8) Run "TELEGARD -?" to familiarize yourself with the commands available from the command line. 9) Run "TELEGARD -L" to load the BBS locally -- Hit "ESC" for the menu commands available -- Use the System Configuration and System Manager commands to setup the remainder of your BBS system (remember to change the information in the first user record to your OWN personal information!). 10) You may delete INSTALL.TG and *.TWS after the installation has been completed. These files are only temporary installation files and are not used in the general operation of the BBS. You should save a copy of the original archive (TG_nnn@n.ZIP) in case you want or need to reinstall the software at a later date. You can also delete the UPGRADE.EXE file, which is only used if upgrading from a previous gamma of Telegard. 11) Remember to read RELEASE.DOC at some point in the near future. UPGRADING INSTRUCTIONS If you are upgrading from Telegard 2.7, please refer to the section immediately following this text. If you are upgrading from a gamma release of Telegard 3.0, please skip to the section for gamma upgrades. TELEGARD 2.7 UPGRADING INSTRUCTIONS The differences between Telegard 2.7 and Telegard 3.0 are quite profound. We suggest that you take the upgrade slowly and tackle it over a couple of days to ensure that you get the upgrade right before putting your new 3.0 system online. To successfully upgrade from 2.7 to 3.0, you will need the archive "TG_UPG32.ZIP", distributed at the same time that Telegard 3.0 was distributed. This file contains the upgrade program which is needed to upgrade from Telegard 2.7. Create a backup of your 2.7 BBS system. This will ensure you have a downgrade path if necessary. Telegard 3.0 should be placed in a new directory -- your old BBS directory will no longer be used. This will mean that many of your system files will have to point towards new directories, etc. This is good for two reasons; firstly, it will ensure that you use software which is only compatible with Telegard 3.0, and secondly; it will ensure that your system security is preserved. 1) Create a new directory for your Telegard BBS 2) Copy INSTALL.TG into the new directory 3) Type "PKUNZIP INSTALL.TG -sONLYRAINS" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will extract the necessary install files for your system. 4) Type "TELEGARD" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will start the installation process. We will ask you a few simple questions regarding the placement of the remaining data files. You should configure these directories in such a manner that the directory structure is not obvious (i.e. do not use /DATA/ as your data directory). 5) The installation process will build the desired directory structure, unpack the enclosed data files, and create any other data files which are needed for BBS installation. 6) Follow the remaining instructions as provided by the installation process, except skip "INDEX ALL BUILD" for now. 7) You may delete INSTALL.TG and *.TWS after the installation has been completed. These files are only temporary installation files and are not used in the general operation of the BBS. You should save a copy of the original archive (TG_nnn@n.ZIP) in case you want or need to reinstall the software at a later date. 8) Copy the "TG_UPG32.ZIP" file into your new directory. 9) Type "PKUNZIP TG_UPG32.ZIP" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will extract the necessary upgrade files for your system. 10) Review UPGRADE.DOC to familiarize yourself with the upgrade instructions. 11) Type "UPGRADE" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. When prompted, input your Telegard 2.7 information and then follow the remaining instructions for the upgrade. 12) Switch to your /data/ directory and type "REN CONFRENC.DAT GROUPS.DAT". 13) Type "UPDATE" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. When prompted, select Telegard 2.7 as your upgrade path, and the program will do the remainder of the updates from G1 to G4 (if using a version of TG_UPD later than 3.2, this step may not be neccessary). 14) Type "INDEX BUILD ALL" at the DOS command prompt, to complete the update of your index files. Do this -- whether you've run the index build before or not, do it again! 15) Remember to read RELEASE.DOC at some point in the near future. TELEGARD 3.0 GAMMA UPGRADING INSTRUCTIONS 1) Copy INSTALL.TG into your BBS directory 2) Type "PKUNZIP INSTALL.TG -sONLYRAINS" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes. This will extract the necessary install files for your system. You should replace TELEGARD.EXE, TELEGARD.OVR and UNPACK.EXE as well as replace *.TWS files. 3) You should then run UNPACK for each of the .TWS files in order to update the data files that are in use on the system. To do this type "UNPACK <filename> <location>" at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes, replacing <filename> with the .TWS filename and <location> with the directory for the unpacking. Say NO to extract new/non-existant files. You want to replace some files which already exist; saying NO will ensure that you can do that. FILENAME LOCATION OVERWRITE? notes.tws /notes/ directory yes defaults.tws data directory yes* language.tws languages directory yes** utility.tws main bbs directory yes text.tws default text directory menus.tws default menus directory * overwrite TELEGARD.* files, MENUS.DAT and HARDWARE.DAT files. ** overwrite ENGLISH.TXT if you desire (this will wipe out any changes that you did to your language file) 4) ONLY IF UPGRADING DIRECTLY FROM GAMMA-1 TO GAMMA-3: (i) Switch to your /data/ directory and execute "COPY CONFRENC.DAT GROUPS.DAT" (this will copy your conference file to the new filename; the old one is kept just for backwards compatibility until utilities which use it can be completely updated). (ii) From your main bbs directory run "INDEX QWK RENUMBER" (this fixes problems caused by the previous INDEX release). 5) Run "INDEX BUILD ALL" to update your files to repair any damage inadvertently caused by the previous INDEX releases and to ensure your indexes are totally up-to-date. 6) ONLY IF UPGRADING DIRECTLY FROM GAMMA-1 OR GAMMA-2: (i) Copy your CONFIG.TG file to a backup (CONFIG.BAK) and copy your /data/NETWORK.DAT file to a backup (NETWORK.BAK) 7) Run UPDATE.EXE from the main BBS directory. Select the version from which you are upgrading, and the let the utility update your data files. 8) Review WHATSNEW.300 for changes done since the previous gamma. There will be several instructions in this file on things which need to be updated (i.e. language strings which are new, no longer used or changed, etc.). If you replaced ENGLISH.TXT with the new one, you do not need to update your languages (except if you have other languages defined). Remember to update all your languages! 9) From your main bbs directory run "MAKELANG .\LANGUAGE\ENGLISH" to compile your new language file (Note: Replace \LANGUAGE\ with your correct language path). Repeat as neccessary for each of your remaining languages. 10) You may delete INSTALL.TG and *.TWS after the upgrade has been completed, and UPDATE.EXE after it has been run (step 7). 11) Remember to read RELEASE.DOC at some point in the near future.