First thing that comes to mind are the startup scripts .. you'll need to comment out the parts that search for CATALINA_HOME in the system environment, so that it defaults to the current directory on the CD. Next thing I can think of is the fact that Tomcat creates files in the work directory (compiled JSPs). You could perhaps pre-compile your web application sources, but I still think it may end up trying to write to the CD. I personally don't know how, but that's for me the biggest issue I can see - writes to the file system .. other than that, the system will need Java (I think a JDK too unless 5.5 which may be able to run with a JRE) and the JAVA_HOME env. setting too, so how you do that is another question for you to answer ;)
A. > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 March 2005 14:32 > To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org > Subject: Running Tomcat from a CD-Rom > > > Hi, > > I want to run Tomcat from a CD-Rom complete with a web application. My > application needs to be able to run on any PC without networkor an > install program so everything would have to be installed on > the CD-Rom. > To get Tomcat to run directly from CD-Rom I am thinking I will have to > change all configuration files that point to the Tomcat home directory > and point them instead to a temporary folder under windows. > > Can anyone think of any other issues I am going to run into > or if there > is something I have overlooked. > > Env. is Tomcat 5.0, & Windows > > Thanks in advance, > Regards, > Julian > <http://www.seregon.com/> > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> ------------------------------------------------------- QAS Ltd. Developers of QuickAddress Software <a href="http://www.qas.com";>www.qas.com</a> Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 ------------------------------------------------------- </FONT> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
