[Xitami] xitami/php/mysql on thumbdrive

R O xitami@lists.xitami.org
Tue, 17 May 2005 15:27:44 -0700


I am highly interested in this format.  I am constantly developing my 
site(s) and am tired of copying everything between 4 different computes 
(based on where I am at) - I would love to be able to just plug in my usb 
thumbdrive and start working.

-R

Russel P. Olinger
rolinger1@hotmail.com




>From: "Michael diLorenzo" <mdilore1@nycap.rr.com>
>Reply-To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
>To: "xitami@lists.xitami.org" <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
>Subject: [Xitami] xitami/php/mysql on thumbdrive
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:39:35 -0400
>
>I finally got xitame, php, and mysql to run on a thumb drive.  No  
>"installation" of any files onto the host computer needed.  Just plug it  
>in, run a batch file to start the programs, and start browsing.
>
>It seems most of the trick was to make sure that all .ini files use  
>relative addressing, so that everything works regardless of what drive  
>letter your computer assigns to the thumb drive.  Because of this, the  
>directory structure of the thumb drive cannot be changed, although  
>anything under xitami/webpages/ is up to you.
>
>I use it to demonstrate my php/mysql pages on localhost, but I'm sure the  
>computer will listen and respond on whatever addresses you put in  
>xitami.cfg.  The total size of the install is about 50 meg plus whatever  
>size your database is, plus whatever session variables you might have  
>running.  Logging of the web server is turned off.  Security is not a big  
>concern for my purposes.
>
>If anyone would like a step-by-step, copies of the .ini files, etc. feel  
>free to ask.  It might be a week or two before I can get back to you,  
>since I now have to take this package to a few spots around the country  
>and demonstrate my pages.
>
>If this has already been done, I apologize for taking up your time!
>
>Michael
>
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