[Gllug] Modified Knoppix

[Andy Farnsworth]

Mark,
  You are correct, don't share this from your home connection. ADSL
typically has a connection rate of 512k Downstream (From Internet to
you) and 256k Upstream (From you to Internet).  Even faster ADSL options
seldom offer anything over the 256k upstream but some do offer something
like 384 or 400k upstream.  This still is not enough for hosting an ISO
image, especially a popular one.  You basically have two options,
distribute it via a P2P network like Kazaa or find a hosting site to
place it onto.  If it is freeware / open source you might contact one of
the mirror sites and especially contact the Knoppix people and see if
they will host it for you.  Other options are to get an cheap web site
and host it yourself, however, be aware that most of these sites have
monthly transfer limits in the contract and hosting a popular ISO will
go over this limits very very quickly.  Most sites have something like a
10 Gigabit limit each month which is fine for web pages, but download
that ISO twice and you are already over the limit.  Find a site that
will host it for you for free knowing what it is, otherwise you will
make people unhappy.  You can try Source Forge if nothing else.

Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes.

Andy Farnsworth
NLUG - Fearless Leader v1.0
http://www.nlug.org 

-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk] On
Behalf Of Mark Preston
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:52 AM
To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
Subject: [Gllug] Modified Knoppix


Hi all,
I have produced a modified Knoppix (9/2/2004) which I have called 
"Toophpix" by basically taking Knoppix and adding some free software 
"Toophpix" dental files - including a simple MySQL database table for 
name and address details. This 714Mb .iso can then be burnt to a 700Mb 
cd (under Linux) with the command:
cdrecord -v -overburn dev=0,0,0 knoppix_cd.iso
By putting the MySQL database files into RAM it is possible to modify 
data files, and demonstrate addition and deletion of records from web 
forms whilst running Linux from the CdRom.
I am pleased to say that this works well on the machines I have tested 
so far.
I would grateful if anybody on this list could explain the hosting 
options that might be available to enable me, or somebody else to upload

this .iso image somewhere, so other people could download the .iso image

of this free software. I have thought about the possibility of running 
my own server from my home ADSL Plusnet service, but have been advised 
that this isn't a very good idea because a large .iso like this could 
tie up the connection. Is this correct?
Regards,
Mark Preston

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