Thanks for the suggestion. Shane
Kevin Anderson wrote: > I assume that you use a legacy Windows OS for your desktop, and run Linux on > your server. Here's what I'd suggest. > > Run VMware on your desktop, and create a Linux session which runs a > webserver identical to your production webserver. Then I'd map the DocRoot > to your CDrom, and use a rewritable CD to house the data. That would allow > you to EASILY update content, and would provide a perfect demo opportunity > for you. > > I've found that VMware has almost no overhead. So as long as the load on > running a pure Linux server on your laptop, plus the load of running the > Legacy stuff was less than a 100% load on your laptop, you should be fine. > > VMware is pretty expensive though. > > A potential way around the cost of VMware would be to create a Ghost of your > laptop, then set up VMWare for the demo. When the demo was over, save the > virtual PC session file (Virtual PCs (Your Linux Server) are just files that > can be copied and saved, and moved around as neccessary), and reghost your > laptop back to it's original state. This would allow you to install and > reuse VMware repeatedly without exactly breaking the license on the demo. > Having said that, you'd be breaking the "spirit" of the license, if nothing > else, so at best it would be unethical. Legal or not. If you can afford > it, then just buy it. It's a great product, and you WILL find other uses > for it. > > Kev. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 1:52 PM > Subject: (clug-talk) Offline content server/viewer? > > > Hi All. > > Is anyone aware of a good way to stroe/view a web > > site on a CD. > > > > Here's the situation: > > > > The outfit I work for has a site that provides > > services for our clients. (Mostly providing > > information) but some of the pages rely on Perl > > scripts/CGI. > > > > Often, staff from our program go out to schools and > > the like where there is no means to connect to the > > internet. > > > > It would be cool if we could save the current > > version of the site to a CD and have the Perl CGI > > etc work. > > > > Anyone encounter a way to do this? > > > > Shane > > > > > >
