I assume this CoLinux virtual machine can have configuration work done on it just as a VMWare virtual machine, correct? If so, my 100 points go straight to that right now and we should endeavor, as a group, to work on configuring a copy of VistA for you to stick on there and warm up for porting VistA Office there when it comes out. I presume that a 1 G thumb drive or a external USB hard drive would allow a more fleshed out installation of a Linux Virtual machine or the use of a lot of apt-gets?
On Thursday 10 February 2005 03:01 pm, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > Please provide input on the future of VivA packages of VistA. > > Current state: I now have the process down to where, given a new set of > routines and globals, creating a SemiVivA package takes me perhaps 15 > person minutes over 2 elapsed hours. Uploading the release to Source > Forge and making it available takes me perhaps another 15 minutes over 2 > elapsed hours. Creating a VivA package takes me perhaps 30 person > minutes over a half day (longer if I use the -b option for "best" > compression, which slows down the create_compressed_fs step by a factor > of 10, but makes the resultant live CD/DVD image perhaps 5% smaller). > Uploading it and making it available takes perhaps 30 minutes over a > day, with much of the difference coming from the fact that a live CD/DVD > is big enough that the first load fails as often as not, and I need to > make a second (and sometimes a third) attempt to upload. I have also > published a recipe for anyone to create a custom live CD of their own > routines and globals. > > Releases of VistA and OpenVistA are infrequent enough that the effort is > not onerous, so I can continue releasing these packages from time to > time (although because of other commitments, it sometimes does take me a > period of enforced down time before I get around to it - witness the > fact that the FOIA Gold 0.2 releases, whose routines and globals were > available on the VA FTP site in late November, are just being released > as VivA and SemiVivA packages). > > There appear to be several directions in which I can take this line of > work. In order of increasing effort: > > Go no further - I have caused enough damage already. > > OpenVistA VivitA - based on Damn Small Linux > (http://damnsmalllinux.org), this would be a complete live CD in perhaps > a 200MB download (by using best compression, it may even be able to fit > on a 192MB 3" mini CD). If I were to start today, I could have this out > next week. > > OpenVistA VivA USB - boots and runs in a USB flash drive (I may not be > able to fit it all on a 512MB USB flash drive, so a 1GB drive may be > required). The PC would boot and run Linux. If I were to start today, > I would probably have this out in a month. > > OpenVistA VivA XP - boots and runs VistA on Linux from a USB flash drive > or a hard drive, in a virtual machine using CoLinux (http://colinux.org) > while the main PC runs Windows XP. CPRS would be bundled with it, and > could execute on the Windows XP host against VistA on the guest virtual > machine. The download would probably be on the order of 1GB. If I were > to start today, I may have this out in two months. > > So, please allocate 100 points to the following to provide your input > (while I reserve the right to do what I darn well please, I do try to be > responsive to community needs): > > Go no further: > OpenVistA VivitA: > OpenVistA VivA USB: > OpenVistA VivA XP: > > Any other qualitative feedback is always appreciated. Thank you very > much for your interest and support. > > -- Bhaskar > > *************************************************************************** > This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged > information intended only for the person(s) named. Any use, distribution, > copying or disclosure by another person is strictly prohibited. > *************************************************************************** > > NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) destinataire(s) > mentionne(s) ci-dessus et peut contenir de l'information privilegiee, > confidentielle et/ou dispensee de divulgation aux termes des lois > applicables. Si vous avez recu ce message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous est > pas destine, veuillez le mentionner immediatement a l'expediteur et effacer > ce courriel. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=Click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
