From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-08-08T08:07:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby app on a CD



On Aug 7, 3:30 pm, khai...@enigo.com wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Hans Fugal wrote:
> > So I envision a .bat file (.sh on linux/osx) that fires up a local webserver
> > (mongrel or webrick) and serves up a camping or rails app off the CD,
> > accessing the data in SQLite, or perhaps just reading it in from a YAML or
> > XML file (the data set is not huge).
>
> Sure.  This works just fine.
>
> I've done this for a couple customers, setting up copies of their
> applications and sites to run off a CD, so that they could go to trade
> shows and demonstrate their stuff without needing an internet connection.

Did you use rubyscript2exe or did the computer already have the Ruby,
etc. installed?

Another alternative, I imagine, is a mini-boot disk.

T.