Comments on: Foswiki 1.0.7 on a USB Stick http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/ Sven Dowideit - Consulting Wiki Engineer Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Sven Dowideit Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:53:15 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-126 mmm, where to start. yes, The Foswiki On USB Stick <em>must</em> be installed into the root of the drive - it is specifically built to work from a USB stick - though it will work from a HD or mapped share (for testing I often share a directory, then create a mapped drive that it can then run from. Sven mmm, where to start.

yes, The Foswiki On USB Stick must be installed into the root of the drive – it is specifically built to work from a USB stick – though it will work from a HD or mapped share (for testing I often share a directory, then create a mapped drive that it can then run from.

Sven

]]> By: DKnight http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-125 DKnight Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:22:20 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-125 I hate to appear as a complete idiot but I am very confused. I downloaded Foswiki on a USB v.05 with the intention of having a look at this to see how it works so that I can "sell" the concept to my wiki ignorant colleagues. I extract to my USB but it creates a directory Foswiki and dumps everything in there. Should I move the lot to the root (E:\)? Then I cannot find a start-foswiki.bat file, just an autorun. Also should xampp and perl be set up on my C drive or on my USB? Sorry that this appear dim but using apache and servers is outside of my area? Any advice? I hate to appear as a complete idiot but I am very confused. I downloaded Foswiki on a USB v.05 with the intention of having a look at this to see how it works so that I can “sell” the concept to my wiki ignorant colleagues. I extract to my USB but it creates a directory Foswiki and dumps everything in there. Should I move the lot to the root (E:\)? Then I cannot find a start-foswiki.bat file, just an autorun. Also should xampp and perl be set up on my C drive or on my USB? Sorry that this appear dim but using apache and servers is outside of my area? Any advice? ]]> By: Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Sven Dowideit Wed, 05 May 2010 21:51:15 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-65 yes, there are quite a number of parts that need to be able to assume that the files are at the root of the USB stick / hard drive. XAMPP's apache has been built with this assumption, and so has strawberry perl. yes, there are quite a number of parts that need to be able to assume that the files are at the root of the USB stick / hard drive. XAMPP’s apache has been built with this assumption, and so has strawberry perl. ]]> By: TorbenGB http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-64 TorbenGB Wed, 05 May 2010 13:10:29 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-64 Question: Does this need to run from the root of a USB stick? Reason: I've extracted the files to a subdirectory of my harddisk, and it won't run. Perhaps my work computer is too locked down to even start this. Details: "start_foswiki.bat" does give a very nice spash-screen (which immediately disappears) and then nothing happens. "apache_start.bat" creates a command window saying "Starting apache..." and after a while it shows "apache is not started, press any key to continue" which just closes the command window. Brgds! Question: Does this need to run from the root of a USB stick?
Reason: I’ve extracted the files to a subdirectory of my harddisk, and it won’t run. Perhaps my work computer is too locked down to even start this.
Details: “start_foswiki.bat” does give a very nice spash-screen (which immediately disappears) and then nothing happens. “apache_start.bat” creates a command window saying “Starting apache…” and after a while it shows “apache is not started, press any key to continue” which just closes the command window.
Brgds! ]]> By: Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Sven Dowideit Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:56:51 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-59 I gues syou could use it on your production server - I wouldn't, but then I wouldn't use Windows as a production foswiki server - Windows isn't particularly great at Perl scripts on a web server. Sven I gues syou could use it on your production server – I wouldn’t, but then I wouldn’t use Windows as a production foswiki server – Windows isn’t particularly great at Perl scripts on a web server.

Sven

]]> By: Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Sven Dowideit Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:55:44 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-58 ah, don't download and install manually, use the configure user interface - which you should be able to get to using the systray menu Sven ah, don’t download and install manually, use the configure user interface – which you should be able to get to using the systray menu

Sven

]]> By: Sven Dowideit http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sven Dowideit Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:54:51 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-57 start_foswiki.bat starts the xampp apache - you should not need to do anything other than insert, run start_foswiki.bat and from there use the systray icon to access foswiki. Hopefully you've solved your problem - I missed your post :( Sven start_foswiki.bat starts the xampp apache – you should not need to do anything other than insert, run start_foswiki.bat and from there use the systray icon to access foswiki.

Hopefully you’ve solved your problem – I missed your post :(

Sven

]]> By: crowd.storming http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-56 crowd.storming Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:11:41 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-56 I am a beginner withh Wiki's and seting up a server in general, but I got it running from USB pretty easy! THank you very much quite good environment to play arround and test a bit. I however have some trouble in getting a plugin running... (BugTracker plugin). Can you help me out a bit? As i said I am realy a beginner with perl and servers... At the moment I have the problem that perl is not found in the base Foswiki location where I would like to execute the installer of the plugin. Probably a stubid question, so Im sorry to bother... but would be very thankful for help (^_^) I am a beginner withh Wiki’s and seting up a server in general, but I got it running from USB pretty easy! THank you very much quite good environment to play arround and test a bit. I however have some trouble in getting a plugin running… (BugTracker plugin). Can you help me out a bit? As i said I am realy a beginner with perl and servers… At the moment I have the problem that perl is not found in the base Foswiki location where I would like to execute the installer of the plugin. Probably a stubid question, so Im sorry to bother… but would be very thankful for help (^_^) ]]> By: Akilan http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Akilan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:52 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-55 Hi I tried to install the Foswiki on a Stick , but after starting the apache from xampp application, I tried to start the start_foswiki.bat file, it is giving me an error "object not found" . http://localhost/foswiki/bin/view, this was the URL it took me to, The error message reads as "The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. " Can you please help? Thanks Hi I tried to install the Foswiki on a Stick , but after starting the apache from xampp application, I tried to start
the start_foswiki.bat file, it is giving me an error “object not found” .
http://localhost/foswiki/bin/view, this was the URL it took me to, The error message reads as
“The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. ”

Can you please help? Thanks

]]> By: viddhu http://fosiki.com/blog/2009/09/22/foswiki-1-0-7-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-54 viddhu Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:23:33 +0000 http://fosiki.com/blog/?p=291#comment-54 How is this different from a Windows installer? Can I use this on my production server? Will there be a performance/scalability issue? How is this different from a Windows installer? Can I use this on my production server? Will there be a performance/scalability issue? ]]>