Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-29 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 29/03/2007 20:18, Peter L. Berghold wrote: Or having what happened to me... my emergency crash recovery data (pgp keys, Lotus Notes ID, stuff like that) on a USB drive got chewed up by the dog. Thankfully I didn't actually need the thing before I could Heh heh heh.dogs are merely dange

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-29 Thread Peter L. Berghold
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 11:59 +, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > > Not to mention the danger of losing the confounded thing :) Or having what happened to me... my emergency crash recovery data (pgp keys, Lotus Notes ID, stuff like that) on a USB drive got chewed up by the dog. Thankfully I didn'

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-29 Thread Mark
Here results of what I've done. Just a note all this was done on 7.4.16: First of all problems: 1. cannot complete configure on flass drive ./configure --prefix=/media/sda1/app/psql/postgresql-7.4.16/bin --without-readline ... configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating GNUmakef

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-28 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 3/28/07, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ideally, I'd like to have all postgresql related files on flush drive. and OS on another device (CD). Database data will be small and I don't think I will run into the problem with a space. But how can I install postgresql (including all libraries) on

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-28 Thread Mark
Ideally, I'd like to have all postgresql related files on flush drive. and OS on another device (CD). Database data will be small and I don't think I will run into the problem with a space. But how can I install postgresql (including all libraries) on flash drive? I remember that 7.4.X rpms always

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-24 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 24/03/2007 03:24, Stephen Liu wrote: The advantage of running thumb drive is convenient to carry. Its disadvantage is having life-time. I don't know how big will be your Not to mention the danger of losing the confounded thing :) . I've had a scare or two in the past with these devic

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Mark, > Since it's going to be a development environment I don't need it > fast. > > So, I would still prefer to go ahead with USB drive. I like your idea. Last year I tested installing a complete Linux OS on USB drive (thumb drive) of 1G size. It worked booting direct on PC. It has a comp

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 3/23/07, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to use postgresql with knopixx, Sounds like a simple idea :-) and I would like to get full version of postgresql stored on flash drive. I remeber I've seen postgresql tar files before, but do not recall the location - can anybody point? A

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread Mark
Since it's going to be a development environment I don't need it fast. So, I would still prefer to go ahead with USB drive. Mark --- James Neff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark wrote: > > I would like to use postgresql with knopixx, Sounds like a simple > > idea :-) and I would like to get ful

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread Vladimir Zelinski
SQLite database is much better choice for flash drive from my point of view. --- James Neff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark wrote: > > I would like to use postgresql with knopixx, > Sounds like a simple > > idea :-) and I would like to get full version of > postgresql stored on > > flash drive

Re: [GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread James Neff
Mark wrote: I would like to use postgresql with knopixx, Sounds like a simple idea :-) and I would like to get full version of postgresql stored on flash drive. I remeber I've seen postgresql tar files before, but do not recall the location - can anybody point? Also, how big (in MB) postgresql

[GENERAL] question: knopixx and postgresql on flash drive

2007-03-23 Thread Mark
I would like to use postgresql with knopixx, Sounds like a simple idea :-) and I would like to get full version of postgresql stored on flash drive. I remeber I've seen postgresql tar files before, but do not recall the location - can anybody point? Also, how big (in MB) postgresql takes after in