Re: new sysinstall

[Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With all the messages in this wandering thread, I've gotten lost.  Matt, 
can you explain what you have in mind again, please?

Richard Coleman
richardcoleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Something small like thttpd would work as a plain server.  Or would Apache 
> :module support be useful in  the future?
> :
> :In any case, this sounds darn good to my uneducated ear.
>
>     Apache is fairly small, a complete install of Apache2 is less then 4MB I
>     think.  We should probably just use Apache2.
>
>     PHP5 looks very cool but it does depend on Python and a number of other
>     things, so it takes a lot of CD space.  Maybe we could start with PHP4,
>     which is also only around 4MB installed.  PHP5 could be an upgrade path
>     for us down the line.
>
>     The more I research this option, the more I like it.  Small, compact,
>     easy to run, portable, multiple display options, remote install
>     capability... it seems to take care of all the issues.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>