Telegard Bulletin Board Software, v3.00 Installation Documentation Copyright (C) 1995 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 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) NEW INSTALLATION 1) Create a new directory for your Telegard BBS 2) Copy INSTALL.TG into the new directory 3) Type "PKUNZIP INSTALL.TG -sALIVE" 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. 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. 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_UPG30.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 -sALIVE" 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_UPG30.ZIP" file into your new directory. 9) Type "PKUNZIP TG_UPG30.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) Type "INDEX BUILD ALL" at the DOS command prompt, to complete the update of your index files. TELEGARD 3.0 GAMMA UPGRADING INSTRUCTIONS 1) Copy INSTALL.TG into your BBS directory 2) Type "PKUNZIP INSTALL.TG -sALIVE" 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 " at the DOS command prompt, without the quotes, replacing with the .TWS filename and with the directory for the unpacking. 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 ORIGINAL.TXT and if you desire, ENGLISH.TXT (this will wipe out any changes that you did to your language file) 4) 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.). 5) You may delete INSTALL.TG and *.TWS after the upgrade has been completed.