[Xitami-Dev] running Xitami from a CD-ROM?

[Ewen McNeill]

In message <5.1.0.14.0.20020227115837.02d96d58@pop.mail.yahoo.com>, Lok Yek Soon writes:
>Is it possible to run Xitami from a CD-ROM without installation?
>
>I'm trying to create a full functionality site with some form of CGI (or 
>PHP or Java etc) programs on the CD-ROM. Eg. The web site on the CD-ROM 
>can have a database to store the content and a "search engine".

In theory it should be possible to run Xitami from a CD-ROM directly,
although you'd have to configure it to save its log files, etc,
somewhere else.  Basically Xitami looks for stuff in its own directory
(typically the current directory when it starts up), and so you should
be able to configure most things relative to wherever it happens to be.

The tricky thing would be ensuring that Xitami was started from the
right direction (irrespective of where the CD is mounted, drive letters,
etc).

I don't know of anyone whose done it, but it doesn't sound _too_
difficult to do to me.

Ewen

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Ewen McNeill, Technical Consultant, iMatix Corporation  www.imatix.com