[FADCA] FBB in a Linux box

[Chuck Hast]

On 6/1/05, Charles S Schuman <k4gbb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I just can't stay out of trouble!

Yea, we know...

> I added FBB BBS to the Linux Lab.
> Since I have a WinFBB box at home I realy didn't
> expect to have too much trouble.
> 
> I downloaded & installed the package w/o any pbms.
> The Deb pkg mger that comes with the Knoppix system does a real good job!
> 
> There must be some docs... I haven't found them yet. I dug out the Docs
> from WinFBB and typed fbb. Since there were no configuration files...
> the system started creating them. It took abt three passes before I
> got thru clean.
> 
> I now have a BBS/FPAC/Telpac Linux box. It's going to take some tweeking
> afore it is usable. There are differences between linux & Windoz, but
> for the most part my Windoz files will fit w/o any modifications

Well that is a nicely stacked box. I tend to like to keep the bbs and network
on separte boxes so that if I have to pull one down the other one is still up,
but to each his own. that does get the box count down which in many 
situations maybe the only way to roll.





-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."