Re: httpd on install cd
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:43:40PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 07:20:59PM +0200, Michael Welle wrote:
> > I do not know, if this was discussed before. What about having a small
> > pre-compiled httpd for the 11 debian platforms and some common OS
> > (Solaris etc.) on the install cd? With this, you need only a machine
> > with cdrom drive and some floppy disks (rescue, root, perhaps driver)
> > to install a new debian box. You do not need root access to the
> > machine with the cdrom drive. I guess, it takes less than 50 kB disk
> > space per supported platform. What do you think about this?
>
> Mh, you could argument for every software like this. You mean a life-cd?
no, he means: take the debian woody cd, put it on your local solaris
box, run the script,
take the boot images, and point them at your new solaris system with the
woody mirror on CD, with the http running, and BAM! off you go.
i don't think it is that bad an idea, personally. you would want a small
trivia httpd (dhttpd seems to fit that bill.
http://packages.debian.org/testing/web/dhttpd.html the other one i
would suggest would be publicfile, but that one is non-free)
so, you'd have to decide which OS's you'd want it to be able to run on:
Solaris, w32, *BSD, OSX, MacOS, and what is the version that each can
run
solaris can run SunOS, but SunOS cannot run solaris, so you'd build for
SunOS. w32 can run MSDOS, so compile for MSDOS, etc.
for the UNIX type systems, a smart script can use uname to determine the
binary to run. the non-UNIX systems would have to use a different
mechanism.
of course, you _could_ take the cd and cp its contents (or symlink the
main webserver over to the CD mirror . . . )
how much space and energy do you wish to throw at it? if the space is
there, and someone is willing (note: i am not willing, though i am not
averse to the idea 1) i have no ownership of the debian-cd's 2) there
exist better mechanisms 3) i have no intention of doing the work) to do
it - why not?
-john
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