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     Topic: How to run on an usb stick | 
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James Blond Moderator
  
  Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 7443 Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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 Posted: Tue 17 Jul '07 13:47    Post subject: How to run on an usb stick | 
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To use apache on an usb stick you have to change the pathes. Which a little trick You don't have to do that. Using / stead of \
 
Based on that apache is from *nix land, it don't need drive letter. 
 
 
 
this example is based on that folder structure
 
x:\server\apache <= Apache base bolder
 
x:\server\php <= php base folder
 
x:\server\mysql <= mysql base folder
 
x:\server\logs
 
 
 
e.g. with most needed section from httpd.conf
 
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ServerRoot "/server/apache"
 
PidFile /server/logs/httpd.pid
 
 
PHPIniDir "/server/php"
 
LoadModule php5_module "/server/php/php5apache2_2.dll"
 
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
 
 
DocumentRoot "/server/www"
 
 
<Directory "/server/www">
 
....
 
 
Alias /icons/ "/server/apache/icons/"
 
<Directory "/server/apache/icons">
 
 
ErrorLog /server/logs/error.log
 
 
CustomLog /server/logs/access.log common
 
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some values in php.ini 
 
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error_log = /server/logs/phperror.log
 
 
include_path="/server/php/pear;;"
 
 
upload_tmp_dir = /server/tmp
 
extension_dir = /server/php/ext/
 
session.save_path = /server/tmp
 
 
;zend_extension_ts = "/sever/php/zendOptimizer/lib/Optimizer-3.0.1/php-5.1.x/ZendOptimizer.dll"
 
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts = "/server/php/zendOptimizer/lib/Optimizer"
 
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The mysql.ini is to set up in the same way. Only start and stopping mysql is a bit tricky
 
 
start_mysql.cmd
 
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@ECHO OFF
 
title MySQL-Server
 
cls
 
echo.
 
echo Please dont close Window while MySQL is running
 
echo.
 
echo MySQL is trying to start
 
echo Please wait  ...
 
echo MySQL is starting (console)
 
ECHO ON
 
mysql\bin\mysqld-nt --defaults-file=\server\mysql\my.ini --standalone
 
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stopping_mysql.cmd
 
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mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root -p password shutdown
 
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So you can set up your WAMP(P) on an usb stick. I haven't finde out a way how to set up perl this way. Maybe some other can help!    | 
 
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