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From: | "Ian Harding" <ianh(at)tpchd(dot)org> |
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Subject: | NetBSD Live CD/PostgreSQL? |
Date: | 2002-06-21 16:45:43 |
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A really cool CD image is available for NetBSD which boots and runs NetBSD/KDE/KOffice/Samba without using a hard drive.
I am not smart enough to know exactly how it works, but it must be creating some kind of magic hard drive in memory.
I know similar questions have been asked before, but I think they implied using the on-disk operating system. The question is, is it theoretically possible, given enough system resources, to create such a thing with just the OS and a PostgreSQL server installation to use for demonstrating the capabilities of PG to someone who does not want to install it?
ftp://smaug.fh-regensburg.de/pub/NetBSD/life-cd/
From: | Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com> |
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To: | Ian Harding <ianh(at)tpchd(dot)org> |
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Subject: | Re: NetBSD Live CD/PostgreSQL? |
Date: | 2002-06-21 21:16:22 |
Message-ID: | 3D1397A6.8070407@potentialtech.com |
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Ian Harding wrote:
> A really cool CD image is available for NetBSD which boots and runs
> NetBSD/KDE/KOffice/Samba without using a hard drive.
There are a set of scripts (called LiveCD) for doing this with FreeBSD.
It might even be the same scripts ported to NetBSD.
> I am not smart enough to know exactly how it works, but it must be
> creating some kind of magic hard drive in memory.
The LiveCD scripts use memory filesystems.
> I know similar questions have been asked before, but I think they
> implied using the on-disk operating system. The question is, is it
> theoretically possible, given enough system resources, to create such
> a thing with just the OS and a PostgreSQL server installation to use
> for demonstrating the capabilities of PG to someone who does not want
> to install it?
Absolutely. I've been playing with the LiveCD scripts and I should
probably make a bootable FreeBSD CD with a number of spiffy programs
on it. PostgreSQL would be a terrific candidate.
This comes up every now and again. What kind of demand is there for
such a CD? Email me if you want one (off-list please) and if I get
enough requests, I'll throw away some of my free time to create one
and post the ISO on the web.
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
From: | Tina Messmann <tina(dot)messmann(at)xinux(dot)de> |
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To: | Ian Harding <ianh(at)tpchd(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: NetBSD Live CD/PostgreSQL? |
Date: | 2002-06-22 19:08:35 |
Message-ID: | 3D14CB33.6000407@xinux.de |
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Ian Harding wrote:
> A really cool CD image is available for NetBSD which boots and runs NetBSD/KDE/KOffice/Samba without using a hard drive.
>
> I am not smart enough to know exactly how it works, but it must be creating some kind of magic hard drive in memory.
>
> I know similar questions have been asked before, but I think they implied using the on-disk operating system. The question is, is it theoretically possible, given enough system resources, to create such a thing with just the OS and a PostgreSQL server installation to use for demonstrating the capabilities of PG to someone who does not want to install it?
>
> ftp://smaug.fh-regensburg.de/pub/NetBSD/life-cd/
check out Knoppix, this is i Linux Live CD based on Debian.
ISO images can be downloaded at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
It does not contain postgresql but it is possible to change the contents
of the cd. i didn't do it myself but i have a description how to
'remaster' the knoppix cd. If you don't find out how to do it on the web
page, i can mail you the description - it is in german, so i have first
to translate it :)
Tina
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