[Xitami] Xitami on a Thumb Drive

[Thomas J. Hruska]

At 03:30 PM 3/30/2005 -0500, Ron Ackerman writeth:
>
>Hey I saw this cool webserver on TV today which was completly self contained
>on a Thumb Drive. Just plug it in, install the drivers and it works. (only
>for 1 site tho) comes complete with http, ssi, cgi, php, and mysql support.
>Once installed when you plug it back up to that PC it will start
>automatically. www.webservusb.com
>
>It got me to thinkin'
>
>What do you think? Do you think it's possible to put Xitami on a thumbdrive
>and take it from one PC to another? Consider that 128mb thumbdrives are now
>down to about $20.
>
>Ron
>
>P.S. I bought one.

What's the point of having one?  You would have to drag your DNS around
with you too.  I guess it would be useful for local development purposes
and then sync with the main server for vacations and trips, but not much
beyond that...especially with wireless being (more or less) ubiquitous.

That said, the Xitami GUI (non-service) will work just fine as-is and
hardly uses any space on any drive - basically leaving 126MB of space for
content.  I don't know if it would work, but you might be able to write an
"autorun.inf" file that runs the main Xitami executable when the stick is
inserted.  Xitami might crash on eject, though (if it was still running
just before ejecting).


Thomas J. Hruska
Shining Light Productions
http://www.slproweb.com/