Prerequisits

Install Debian 7(Wheezy) or Debian 8(Jessie) i386 architecture:

https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/debian-installer/

Update Package Manager Sources and add contrib. See below:

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main

Install SSHD if not installed via the installer

apt-get install openssh-server

Enable root login at GUI

vi /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf

Add AllowRoot=true under the security section

...
[security]
AllowRoot=true
...

vi /etc/pam.d/gdm3

Comment out the following line:

...
#auth   required        pam_succeed_if.so user != root quiet_success
...

Logout and log in using root

Install Subversion

apt-get install subversion

Checkout BBS package

svn co https://svn.jmehan.com:8443/svn/PROJECTS/bbs

Run Install

cd bbs

install.sh

Renegade BBS

Configuration

Using dosemu

g:

cd g:\rg

local

Select S - System Config

Select A -  Main BBS Configuration

Configure these values to your hearts content.

System Toggles

New User Question Toggles

User Editor

From the local window, select U

Update the SYSOP user.

Tradewars 2002

Installation

Start DOSEmu

dosemu

Install from DOSEMU

g:

cd g:\doors\tw2002

install.bat

If you need to redo the BIG BANG, you will find a file called bigbang.exe in the tradewars folder.

bigbang.exe

Configure TradeWars

tedit.exe

Select O - BBS node editor

Fill in Path to Drop File, Drop file type.

Configure Renegade

In Renegade, perform the following steps:

Using Dosemu

g:

cd g:\rg

local.bat

Select # for the menu editor

Select M and 17

Select C

Select M and 1

Configure like above. The values for %N won't be use unless you have multinode setup in TradeWars.

Update the tw2002.bat file

edit tw2002.bat

@echo off
g:
cd g:\rd\doors\tw2002
call tw2002.exe TWNODE=1
rem pause

Since by default, you only have a license for 1 node of Tradewars. If you are having issues, uncomment the pause to see the error.

References

Renegade

Trade Wars 2002