[Zope] Zope on CD ROM

[Jens Vagelpohl]

1) the loading time depends on the size of your ZODB. since reading from=20=

CD ROM is slower than from hard drive it will always be slower. if you=20=

have a large ZODB there isn't much you can do.

2) this is normal and i don't see a way to change it unless you invoke a=20=

real installer and write stuff to the user's hard drive. you cannot make=20=

something into a service in windoze unless you install the whole thing =
and=20
twiddle in that dreadful registry thing. the CD ROM when done like in =
the=20
howto is supposed to not touch anything on your machine and run =
completely=20
self-contained, so it doesn't install anything. besides, you can only =
make=20
something into a service that runs from the command line on NT/2000/...=20=

but not win9x.

3) check if the start script starts zope with the -D switch or if it=20
explicitly sets the STUPID_LOG_FILE environment variable. you want to =
make=20
sure that -D is not set. i'm not sure how you redirect stuff into the =
bit=20
bucket in windoze, like you can redirect to /dev/null in unices, but =
that'
s probably where the STUPID_LOG_FILE environment variable should point =
to.

jens

On Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at 05:04 , Laleh Baschardust wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am producing a manual on CD ROM with ZOPE, like I found in the HOW =
TO=20
> "Running Zope off CD ROM" from Jens, 2001/07/13. It helped me a lot.
>
> Autoran starts the browser (with a first information page) and the=20
> ZServer starts in read-Modus at the same time. Afterwards the pages =
can=20
> be loaded.
>
> Unfortunately now I have some problems:
> 1. The ZServer needs a long time (nearly 3 minutes) for the start-up
> 2. The dos-window opens
> 3. The ZServer in read-Modus writes the Logs in cmd
>
> Maybe you can help me to answer my questions:
> to point 1: How can I shorten the loading time at the beginning?
> to point 2: Can I run the ZServer in the background, like a service =
from=20
> WindowsNT?
> to point 3: How can I manipulate ZOPE so it will not write Logs in =
cmd?
>
> Are you interested why I decided to use ZOPE?
>
> I decided to go this way because:
> =B7 The manual has a complex tree structure including often 5 levels.
> =B7 I had to include a glossary database
> =B7 I use the ZCatalogue to search the manual
> =B7 I wanted to separate text and layout
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your help
> best wishes
>
> Laleh
>
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