Hello my friends,

I am in need of some help with FrontDoor.

I have installed Windows XP in an old laptop here at home to install a BBS
with FrontDoor.

All went fine, but when I try to run FD I get the following error message:

"C:\FD": Path not found.

The system path is correct (C:\FD\ at FDSETUP), environment variables are set (PATH, FD and TASK)... I simply ran out of options...

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Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
* Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)

On 01/06/18, Nighthawk pondered and said...

Hello my friends,

I am in need of some help with FrontDoor.

OK I'll do my best :)

I have installed Windows XP in an old laptop here at home to install a
BBS with FrontDoor.

Yep so you can try polling NET 3 right?

All went fine, but when I try to run FD I get the following error
message:

"C:\FD": Path not found.

The system path is correct (C:\FD\ at FDSETUP), environment variables
are set (PATH, FD and TASK)... I simply ran out of options...

Well I would run FD using a batch file that sits in the FD directory, call it something like RUNFD.BAT

Here's mine

[snip]

@Echo On

:LOOP
C:
CD\FD
set task=0
FD

if errorlevel 15 goto Fderror
if errorlevel 10 goto userbrk
if errorlevel 0 goto done

:Userbrk
cls
@Echo Front Door terminated by your request
goto done

:Fderror
cls
@Echo Modem Initialization failure...!!
goto done

:DONE


Let me know how you get on

Best, Paul


`I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

I have installed Windows XP in an old laptop here at home to install a
BBS with FrontDoor.

All went fine, but when I try to run FD I get the following error
message:

"C:\FD": Path not found.

The system path is correct (C:\FD\ at FDSETUP), environment variables
are set (PATH, FD and TASK)... I simply ran out of options...

I have Front Door running with RemoteAccess on a win 7 32Bit, but have also
had it going on a XP box as well.
In windows I only have c:\FD in my path and don't set any other variables.

Then I run everything from a batch file similar to what Avon runs and set the environment in there eg:
SET FD=C:\FD
SET TASK=1

I think I recall having some funny issues similar to yours if I did it
any other way.

Give it a go and let me know.

Cheers
Lloyd

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (Windows/32)
* Origin: - Micro Link BBS - QLD, OZ (21:1/103)

On 01/07/18, Avon said the following...

I have installed Windows XP in an old laptop here at home to install BBS with FrontDoor.

Yep so you can try polling NET 3 right?

That's right. :)

Well I would run FD using a batch file that sits in the FD directory,
call it something like RUNFD.BAT

Thanks! Actually at the end it was an issue with the folder permissions. Apparently, when I installed Frontdoor, there was a +S attribute added to the C:\FD directory and FD.EXE did not like it very much. After removing that attribute with the ATTRIB command, it worked.

The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what was
going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 90 USD,
is there any cheaper alternative to it?

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Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
* Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)

On 01/07/18, Lloyd said the following...

Then I run everything from a batch file similar to what Avon runs and
set the environment in there eg:
SET FD=C:\FD
SET TASK=1

At the end of the day it was something related to a S attribute at the C:\FD folder. Now it's working!

----
Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
* Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)

On 01/28/18, Nighthawk pondered and said...

The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what was going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 90 USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post it here when I find it. :)

Best, Paul


`I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/30 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 01/29/18, Avon said the following...

The problem now is that it took so long for me to figure out what going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee is 9 USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post it here when I find it. :)

Great, looking forward to it. ;) Thank you!

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Regards from Nighthawk - AKA Flavio Bessa
Sysop of Saturn's Orbit BBS - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
fcbessa@gmail.com - saturnsorbit.hopto.org

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (macOS/64)
* Origin: Chiron, orbiting Saturn - Brazil (21:1/146.1)

On 01/28/18, Nighthawk pondered and said...

going on that the NetSerial trial period ended. Registration fee USD, is there any cheaper alternative to it?

Yes there is a cheaper sysops rate. I will dig out the link and post here when I find it. :)

Great, looking forward to it. ;) Thank you!

Here we go, head to http://pcmicro.com/netserial/sysop/

This gets you the software for just $25 USD ... hope this helps :)

Best, Paul


`I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/30 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)