Subj : Fido on a removable drive
To : RUSSELL TIEDT
From : Mvan Le
Date : Thu Aug 24 2006 07:47 pm
-=> Quoting Russell Tiedt to All <=-
RT> @MSGID: <
[email protected]>
RT> Hello everybody.
RT> Well, I am back online after the telco took 16 days to replace fix the
RT> cable a few hundred meters from my wall socket to almost at the
RT> exchange, which leads me to ask,
RT> about fidonet on a USB memory stick, and the problem of changing drive
RT> letters.
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Why not just install your entire BBS into one directory, eg.
C:\Bbs (or \\bbs (UNC path))
and map that directory to a network drive eg. M:.
Then set up global environment variables in Autoexec.bat or Control Panel->
System->Advanced->Environment Variables.
I currently run my BBS under Windows 2000, and here's what I do with my
AUTOEXEC.bat / AUTOEXEC.NT:
set bbsdrive=m
set boardroot=%bbsdrive%:\board
set fossroot=%bbsdrive%:\fossils
set mailroot=%bbsdrive%:\mailing
set toolsroot=%bbsdrive%:\tools
rem ; +----------+
rem ; | Comments |
rem ; +----------+
rem ;
rem ; bwave is run from %bbsdrive%:\batch
rem ; mtelnet is run from %bbsdrive%:\batch
rem ; mm.exe / multimail is run from %bbsdrive%:\batch
PATH=%boardroot%\max;%boardroot%\max\batch;%bbsdrive%:\batch;%toolsroot%\arcers;%fossroot%\TelSrv\NETFOSS
SET MAXIMUS=%boardroot%\Max\max.prm
set SQUISH=%mailroot%\squish\squish.cfg
set fd=%mailroot%\fd
doskey
and all your other BBS batch files would draw the same root directories from
those environment variables.
That way you could copy your entire C:\Bbs to <anydrive/media>:\Bbs, and
map a network drive to whatever %bbsdrive% you defined.
All the BBS programs/doors would then be run under the mapped drive.
The limitations I've experienced with this approach is when batch files
cannot be used, and where path name & filenames need to be hardcoded eg.
*.cfg files. Or if your desired mapped drive letter is already in use by
something else and cannot be changed eg. for business and/or practical
reasons.
Unless you're going to dedicate a whole PC to your BBS, it's more convenient
and portable to structure your BBS files & folders under one parent directory
eg. C:\Bbs.
... RAM = Rarely Adequate Memory
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