Tag Kai,

On (15 Jul 06) Kai Richter wrote to Stephen Haffly...

 KR> Tag Stephen!

 SH> but I am trying to move away from DOS.
 SH> eCS, PPoint/IREX, Fedora Core 5

 KR> Please state your destination OS if asking for FAQ, howto and help.
 KR> eCS is eComStation aka OS/2, you didn't say you are moving away from
 KR> OS/2. ;)

No, OS/2 still has a place.  I am trying to target the setup for Linux
though.

 SH> Is there any sort of FAQ or HOWTO that explains how to set up a Husky
 SH> system for a point?

 KR> I don't know any. But if you can find the old huskybse-0.1b of Oct2000
 KR> you will find example configs included, but those may be outdated.

Okay.  After we move, I'll take a look there.

 KR> I rechecked the actual stable versions on sf.net, my wish that the
 KR> VERSION file of the smapi should refer to huskybse was not done.



 KR> Husky is not simple, it is a powerful tool for FTN Users. I don't know
 KR> the software you are used to. If you never seen ASCII type
 KR> text-configs before you may get confused because of lots of keywords.

That first part is obvious from what I have seen so far.  I am familiar
with text-configs.  I have had to tweak several of them in my Linux
setup already. :)

 KR> A simple guide is just to follow the INSTALL docs step by step, then
 KR> read the man or info for the modules and check every keyword for your
 KR> needs. The tparser tool of the fidoconf module will help you to check
 KR> your config.

I'll keep tparser in mind.  Thanks.


TTYL,

Stephen
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