mlF> yeah, i've always done these chores manually and written them off as   
    mlF> part of the task of setting up and configuring a system... once it   
    mlF> is done, that's another task removed from the TODO list ;)   
      
   I have always done things the same way but when I was given an entire bbs    
   collection of CDs things changed...:)   
      
    mlF> one possibility might be to install an older RA that addrom works   
    mlF> with and then convert those file areas database files up to 2.6's   
    mlF> format... i don't know if that would work well, though... i would   
    mlF> attempt it in another set of directories well away from your install   
    mlF> you are working on now... and make sure that you don't have any RA   
    mlF> environment variables pointing to your final installation...   
      
   I did try that trick but for some reason areas created by addrom became    
   corrupted after the upgrade.  I'm not sure exactly why....   
      
      
   If only RA came with a command-line utility for adding areas :)   
      
   Thanks bud   
      
   Grant   
      
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