Live CD

1  Download.

2  Using the Live CD

1. Insert the Knoppix cd and reboot your computer. Be sure the bios is set to boot first from cd.
2. The window manager is Fluxbox. You can bring up a menu by right clicking anywhere on the desktop.
3. Open the WebWork quickstart guide at the top of the menu. Now open an Xterm in a second window. I suggest you resize the windows so that you can read the quickstart guide as you enter commands in the Xterm. (Drag the lower right corner of the window to resize.)
4. Enter the following commands in Xterm. The # below indicates a comment.
   • su #change to system user status
   • cd /UNIONFS #change directories to the root of the Knoppix directory
   • ln -s demo_opt opt #make a symbolic link to the demo_opt directory
   • cd /var/lib # change directories to the dirctory containing the mysql demo files
   • ln -s demo_sql mysql # make a symbolic link to the demo sql files
   • /etc/init.d/mysql start #start the sql server. Note - I suggest this method of starting sql rather than using mysql &
   • apachectl start # start the Apache web server.
5. Now open a second workspace (desktop) from the menu . You can switch to the second workspace by using the scroll wheel on the mouse or clicking on the arrows on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.
6. On the second workspace, open Firefox and go to http://localhost/webwork2
7. If you want to access your new server from other machines, enter the command ifconfig in the terminal window. You should see the URL of your machine in the displayed information. Usually something like "init addr:128.163.129.214"
   From a second machine you would reach your server by entering
   http://128.163.129.214/webwork2 where the 128.*** is replaced with the URL of your machine discovered using ifconfig.