Alternatively, I suggest you look into VMWare. There are several free versions (player, server, etc) if you don't want Workstation (which I absolutely love!) Workstation will give you such life-savers as multiple Snapshots amongst other things.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ Then you can setup a LAMP VM with your favorite distro (I use Gentoo myself, but don't recommend it for a VM as the compilation all the time is painful). You can download some already setup and ready to go. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/cat/53 This is how I do all my development. I run XP as my host OS. VMware is NAT. Setup SAMBA & ssh on the VM and don't forget to edit your "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" with an entry to point to your VM's virtual host(s): 192.168.222.128 askeet 192.168.222.128 askeet.LAMP.com And your /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/askeet.conf <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/home/sfprojects/askeet/web" ServerName askeet.LAMP.com ServerAlias askeet.LAMP.com askeet ErrorLog logs/askeet-error_log CustomLog logs/askeet-access_log common DirectoryIndex index.php Alias /sf /usr/share/php/data/symfony/web/sf <Directory "/usr/share/php/data/symfony/web"> AllowOverride All Options FollowSymLinks +Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "/home/sfprojects/askeet/web"> AllowOverride All Options FollowSymLinks +Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> Then you just go to http://askeet.LAMP.com in your XP host and you're hitting your VM LAMP virtual host. Add this to your /etc/samba/smb.conf file: [askeet] comment = askeet symphony development VMWare path = /home/sfprojects/askeet read only = no public = yes create mode = 0666 directory mode = 0777 force user = daevid WIN+R and \\askeet and you'll connect to that directory to start coding in your favorite PHP editor. Works like a f'n champ! :D I'll also suggest SQLYog and SecureCRT as my two other tools I just can't do without. Daevid Vincent http://daevid.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:06 AM > To: Ryan S; php php > Subject: RE: [PHP] Xampp question, pretty much 0T > > Top posting from my cell... > > 1. Format hard drive > 2. Install redhat fc8 or Ubuntu 8.04 > 3. Load the new MySQL installation with your backup file > > If you really have to stay with windoze, remove and re-install apache. > Look at the system log files as they SHOULD tell you what was causing > the crash. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 6:26 PM > To: php php <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: [PHP] Xampp question, pretty much 0T > > > Hello! > > I have been using XAMPP for quite some time now (thanks to the > recommendations from this list) without any real complaints... > and the only reason I am writing here is because i am sure a lot of you > guys run the same thing considering the amount of people who > recommended it to me when I asked for an easy install of AMP. > It was easy to install and has given me months of hassle free use... > but today i have started facing some strange problems of everytime I > start Apache.. it crashes my laptop, anybody else run into this? > I use this only for PHP, no perl. > > My config: > Win Vista home premium with all updates and patches (genuine, not > pirate copy) > core2 duo 2ghz > 2 gigs ram > > Nothing installed today for it to be acting up so. > > Do you suggest I reinstall? or can I just reinstall Apache in some way? > If i have to reinstall is there an easy way of backing up my stuff and > then reinstalling then putting my stuff back? (I know i can just copy > the files that were in the htdocs... but am talking about an easy way > to copy the files and the DBs and put them back... or is that just > wishful thinking? > > TIA, > Ryan > > > > > ------ > - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. > - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! > > > [The entire original message is not included] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
