[Xastir] knoppix qemu

[Bruce, KQ4TV]

I love the idea of a bootable CD with xastir on it.
Assuming that a group of people that get together and use this kind of 
resource (SAR, Marathon, etc.) would be networked together on a private 
TCP/IP subnet (192.168.0.x, 10.0.0.x) would it be posible to define an 
online file (similar to tigermap.geo) but it has an IP address or URL 
for a local server that is running a web server and has the Tiger 2003 
or 2004 map files or some other map files so that every one in the 
group draws from the same set of maps and you don't have to duplicate 
them around to each machine.
I am thinking you could have a separate file with a different URL for 
different kinds of maps (APRSdos, MacAPRS, Tiger, GPS shapes of trails 
and routes, etc.)

Does this make sense?
Is it already being done and I just missed the discussion?

Bruce, KQ4TV

On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Wes Johnston wrote:

> Don't knock it until you try it...
>
> There are two versions of knoppix 3.8 floating around in bittorrent.  
> The 695meg
> version does NOT contain QEMU.  The 699 meg version does.
>
> You simply place the CD in the drive on your windows box, and it 
> autoruns.  QEMU
> window pops up and knoppix will appear Real Soon Now on your desktop.  
> The
> problem is that it is very slow.  Very Slow.... but hey, it works.  
> This will
> not be the cygwin killer b/c it's so very slow.  (did I mention it was 
> slow?) I
> booted it last night at 10:28pm and left it running thru the night.  
> This
> morning before work I checked and the KDE taskbar clock said 11:06pm.  
> Problem
> is, it was 8 hours later in real time.
>
> I have remastered a copy of knoppix to include xastir (had to remove 
> open office
> and GIMP), I can easily remaster this Qemu version to autostart xastir 
> as soon
> as KDE loads.
>
> And, yes, a dvd copy of knoppix with loads of maps would be nice.  I 
> have had
> difficulty getting two of my PCs to boot from DVD.  One is a toshiba 
> laptop
> with a DVD/CD drive, the other a PC with a 1st gen DVD recorder.  
> However the
> idea of comandeering any PC or laptop for SAR use or EOC use is very 
> appealing.
>  The other thing that is very appealing about a CD based O/S is that 
> when (not
> if) someone screws something up, you just reboot the PC and no harm 
> done.
>
> You know, come to think of it, when you format your next windows load 
> on your
> laptop, create a linux swap partition of say, 2gigs so that when you 
> do boot
> from a knoppix CD it can auto find that swap partition and make use of 
> it.
>
> Wes
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Quoting Jason Winningham <jdw at eng.uah.edu>:
>
>>
>> On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:03 PM, Jason Hitesman wrote:
>>
>>> That's just it though.  QEMU lets Knoppix run inside windows.
>>
>> The FAQ at the qemu page says:
>>
>>> Is QEMU ported to Windows ?
>>>  Yes, look at the documentation, but the port is in very alpha stage.
>>
>> "very alpha stage" doesn't sound stable. Has anyone actually used this
>> on top of windows, especially for extended runs?  Can I count on it to
>> run 24 hours? a week?
>>
>> I think a knoppix/mepis/whatever style DVD image (so we can include
>> some maps) that will boot on most any PC without doing an OS install 
>> is
>> the way to get at the windows users. Most of 'em aren't sophisticated
>> enough to install unix, much less unix on top of an emulator, unless 
>> we
>> hand them a double-clicky package that installs smoothly.
>>
>> Getting a disk that I can hand to a senior EE student so they can plug
>> the disk in, click a couple of times, and have xastir running on
>> whatever x86 laptop they have in hand is one of my personal goals for
>> xastir. I don't particularly care if it's a unix boot disk, a canned
>> cygwin install, or a qemu install, as long as it's reliable and
>> requires minimal user interaction. Unfortunately, I don't have the 
>> time
>> to work on it.
>>
>> -Jason
>> kg4wsv
>>
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