-=> Quoting Russell Tiedt to All <=-   
      
    RT> @MSGID: <44ECAE0F.1497.tub@vert.synchro.net>   
    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 :\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.   
      
      
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