On 2001.08.22, Kerry Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dossy: It states in the Admin documentation
> (http://www.aolserver.com/docs/admin/tech-ch1.htm#20993) to start the server
> you must type nsd -t nsd.tcl in its simplest form
> This may work after a user has the system up and configured, however on a
> new install there is no nsd.tcl file. I did find a sample-config.tcl,
> however when i type
> nsd -t sample-config.tcl from the BIN directory the AOlserver says it
> cannot find the config file. I am guessing I need to enter a path statment
> in the Windows version.
The sample-config.tcl isn't in the BIN directory, is it? If
you're in the bin/ directory, you may need to do:
nsd -t ..\sample-config.tcl
The documentation is VERY Unix-centric.
> 2) The Online documentation TOC(table of contents) does not work either. if
> you go to
> http://www.aolserver.com/docs/admin/admin.htm and click on the TOC icon,
> you will get a
> page saying "table of contents" in a text link
> (http://www.aolserver.com/docs/index.html) clicking on this link generates
> an error.
> [Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server.]
Yeah, the online documentation has suffered from severe bit-rot and
neglect. That's why I want to try and get more and more documentation
up on the wiki.
> 3) Finally there is a Aolserver binary download for Windows based systems.
> However there is not a downloadable documentation file for Windows. The
> documentation files are in .tar.gz format. These are not useable on Windows.
> I suppose there is a convertor program someplace, but why make things
> difficult for a new user.
This is going to be a hard one to address, unless there's a nice
tool out there that can convert from nroff to Windows Help format,
which I think there is ...
Currently, the help files are all HTML format, and any Windows
user can go out and download WinZip which can easily handle .tar.gz
format. But yes, the average Windows user isn't going to know
this, I guess.
> I believe I came in late on this discussion, it appears like people are
> attempting to fix these errors I pointed out.
We're always trying to improve things. It's just hard when people
tell us that there "are problems" but don't tell us exactly what
those problems are...
Thanks for taking the time to point out exactly what needs to be
addressed!
Perhaps it's time I created the "AOLserver Quickstart Guide" page
on the wiki ...
-- Dossy
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