[OSGeo-Edu] PostGIS, etc on a USB stick

Tyler Mitchell tylermitchell at shaw.ca
Sun Jan 28 18:18:16 EST 2007


I've done this before using the MS4W packages:
http://maptools.org/ms4w

I haven't tried it with PostGIS recently, though I did have it  
working at one point.  I did find it somewhat slow though...

Think this will work for you?

Tyler


On 27-Jan-07, at 3:03 PM, Brian Timoney wrote:

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> All:
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> I've seen stuff on the Web about running Apache/PHP/MySQL off of a  
> USB stick.
>
> I have an instruction lab situation where such as setup with  
> PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Apache, and PHP running off a USB stick  
> (Windows) would be ideal.
>
> Aaron Racicot has mentioned to me that this list has discussed  
> various quick start options to help folks get over the not  
> inconsiderable start-up hurdles of geospatial open-source.
>
> I'd be happy to kick a few dollars in to pay for someone's time and  
> donate the fruits to the community.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Timoney
>
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>
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