Well I have wondered about this as well. I guess you could do this, but if you want the MySQL databases to be updateable, then as the CD-ROM is read-only, the databases would have to remain somewhere on the hard drive. If you put the databases on the CD-ROM this would make them read-only and not updateable.
It might even be possible to squeeze a minimal Linux distro onto the CD-ROM as well, and make it self-bootable and just running the Linux kernel, Apache, php and MySQL. Regards Keith Roberts In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Jay Blanchard wrote: > To: Jay Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, php-general@lists.php.net, > mysql@lists.mysql.com From: Jay Blanchard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Run Apache/PHP/MySQL > from CD? > > [snip] I have no idea if this is possible or not but is > there a way to run Apache, PHP, and MySQL from a CD? I'd > like it to be possible to run it on Windows, Mac OSX and > *nix. If it is possible could someone point me in the > right direction? [/snip] > > You'd have to have CD's for each OS on which you'd like to > run. You can test this by putting the Apache executable > (or one of the other executables) on a CD and trying to > run it. > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=run+apache+from+CD -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
