PunBB on a stick (Page 1 of 2)

here is the link to download punbb_lighttpd version
http://southernhotbody.com/lighttpd.rar
then click unzip, click ok then close
now go to my computer then open up the c drive
double click the folder lighttpd
next double click the icon labeled start-lighttpd
wait about 5 seconds then open your browser(internet explorer, firefox, opera, lynx, etc)
in the address bar type
http://localhost
hit enter
now click login
username: admin
password: password
and your logged into the admin account for punbb and you're done

Enjoy!

Q

Ok, what I've learned so far:

a) XAMPP Lite 1.5.5 occupies 129mb of the USB drive.
b) Easy to start and stop with xammp_start and xampp_stop.
c) Drive works rather well, I have it hooked to a Belkin powered hub.

Now, let's see how it runs PunBB.

Nifty idea if I don't say so myself.

Don't want to kill this but...
Why would you ever want this, if you want to run punbb on your site, you almost certainly want to upload it to some kind of webhost, or if you just want to test punbb on your local system you probably know what you're doing and just want to install it :\

wel... to carry a development environment that can be cool. But in thaat case i preffer to carry a full small linux distro.

hctv, i dont see so much the point of those who buy those products you liked. Like... is it that dificult or time consumming to install apache and php?

as pointed before you can even dload a all in one fully working package in minutes.

I am a little tempted to try this out myself. The idea of being able to bring my punbb dev environment on a USB stick is very tempting. It also means I don't have to litter my work computer or my home computer with mysql, apache etc.

If you dont have winzip you can download lighttpd.exe: http://d.turboupload.com/de/1437680/kj013dkgbb.html# You nead to wait 29 seconds and click download fille then write the code on the piczhure and then click Download Page and then click: Click here to download file And do the tings quaker write and you ar done . And i uploadet it

Well, it doesn't for me. Unless you're running it without services.
And my school computer is pretty much blocked out: it even crashes when running a .bat file

ok i got it working on a cf in a usb adaptor.. now i got to make it autorun with xp..lol...

quaker, nice small download, I'll give it a try and let you know.

Spent the day in USB land, what I've learned:
a) Not every USB stick is the same, even the same model from a manufacturer.
b) Your system is a determining factor, a local port, either in the front or back or a USB hub can vary speeds.
c) Online reviews or tests are to be taken with a grain of salt, use them as a baseline.
d) Dual channel technology is coming, that's why all current USB drives in the retail channel are on sale.
e) Most sticks come formatted as FAT, they can be formatted as FAT32 for extra storage.
f) FAT32 could speed up the drive or make it slower, depends on the drive.
g) NTFS can be used via a command prompt: convert e: /fs:ntfs
h) NTFS is the fastest at transferring files and overall usage, but the drive light glows all the time.

Went with a full XAMPP install on my PNY 1GB stick:
XAMPP 1.5.5: 311MB FAT, with Perl addon: 579MB FAT
Via the xampp-control.exe program, it's a cinch to start and stop the programs.

In conclusion, get the cheapest first generation 1GB stick you can find to play around. Then shop around for the dual channel versions when they come into the retail stores.

The current speed freaks: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/384/1

I carry 2 stick in my pocket
1- 256m NTFS format and encrypted for my backup of source
2- 1G SD stick with TiniUSB slot i used for downloads or images for my camera.

But it is dangerous to put your work on it because stick always some day will dead, and fail to work, you must make backups to hard disk.

quaker, yes I tried it, pretty cool, could be used for a kiosk or demo type of application.

A few suggestions to make it slimmer:
a) Clear the ib_log files in the mysql/data directory.
b) Get rid of some of the language files in phpMyAdmin or the whole thing if it's just a PunBB demo.
c) Do we really need ImageMagick?

WOS has done a good job, it could be taken a step further to make it very small for distribution.

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