[Mono-dev] Is it possible to run ASP.NET from a CD?

[Joe Audette]

>
It is doable and doesn't need to be read-only (to an extent). Your live CD
system would need to have a writable tmpfs mounted on the temp directory (that
is, usually on /tmp), so that ASP.NET can generate and compile assemblies on the
fly. Additionally, the user you would be running xsp under would need their
home directory writable, so that the .wapi directory can be created and written
to. You could create a user whose home would be set to /tmp, and reuse the same
tmpfs for both purposes. Other than those two requirements - it should work.

best regards,

marek
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>
You basically always need a ram disk, so if you setup the proper links
(or mount points: there is a filesystem that allows you to view a ro
filesystem as rw) you can easily do it.

lupus
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Thanks for the responses. By using a ram disk is it possible to run
from any desktop? ie win, nix, mac?
Are we talking about a bootable disk or an executable launched from
disk (across platforms)?

Would be great if a kit could be created that allows dropping in the
web files and SQLite db file, burn to disk and go. This would be an
awesome web site backup solution. Does this seem doable? Know of
anyone else working on this type of project?

Best,

Joe

On Dec 19, 2007 10:18 AM, Joe Audette <joe.audette at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Was wondering if its theoretically possible to run xsp2 directly from
> a cd. I've seen some posts about embedding mono but don't really know
> what is involved. If anyone can confirm whether its possible or point
> me to any information that might help I'd appreciate it.
> What I'm thinking about is being able to run mojoportal directly from
> a cd probably with SQLite. Obviously it would be read only but I can
> see if it could be done it would be great for making demos and also
> maybe I could make a utility to import export from other db platforms
> so a site could be backed up and archived to cd in a way that you can
> see the site as it was at the time of backup.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
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> Joe Audette
> Software Solutions Architect
> Source Tree Solutions, LLC
> joe.audette at gmail.com
> http://www.sourcetreesolutions.com
> http://www.mojoportal.com
>



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joe.audette at gmail.com
http://www.sourcetreesolutions.com
http://www.mojoportal.com