Forum OpenACS Development: Re: article on knoppix customization at O'Rielly

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Posted by Bjoern Kiesbye on
Hi ,

I'm still working on a new KNOPPIX CD, it will have the latest KNOPPIX
version including aolserver 4 and postgress.
I'm still waiting for the new dotlrn final relase to use that instead
of the old one.

As well I'll make the CD  useable inside a local network (wich
requires DHCP server running) , users inside the network will be able
to access the demo server on the KNOPPIX CD by typing the IP (assigned
by DHCP to the computer the KOPPIX system runs on) in their Browser.

In case we finish the postgress port of the jabber package in time ,
I'll but the package including a Jabber Server on the cd a well.

I can put a ISO image of a littel older version with  a exsample
instalation of dotlrn1.0 (including examle data from a dump,
and a little bug in the db ) for you to download on our server.
In case you want to get an impression on what it will look like.

- how to manage writable media.

- If you want data to be modifieable (like db tablespace) you'll
  have to install them on the ramdisk,  save a coppy of them else
  where (like /usr/local/aolserver/data) and then create the cd.
  You'll have to modify the KNOPPIX startup scripts , to copy
  everything from /usr/local/aolserver/data to the ramdisk befor you
  can  start postgress / aolserver or what ever app. you want
  to start.

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Posted by Roberto Mello on
Why do you want to make the demo browseable to the local network? Do you expect people to run this for semi-real, for anything else besides a demo?

I would expect this to be used for demos, so accessible to localhost would suffice, but then it's your ISO 😊

BTW, I'm going to make an AOLserver 4 Debian package tomorrow. Should be ready by thursday or so, before the weekend for certain. I'll also package all the modules required by OpenACS/dotLRN, and if I have time before the weekend, I'll try to package up all the modules available at sourceforge.

-Roberto