Need a silver bullet

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 59708
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texte = I have a demo site running on OSX with WebDNA 4.5.1. I need to do some equipment shuffling. I'd like to move the sites to an Intel box running either Windows or some version of Linux so I can use the OSX box for other things. I tried Suse Linux, but WebDNA doesn't seem to install properly and I can't get a manual procedure from SMI. I tried RedHat, but learned that it is one of the only versions of Linux that can't natively read NTFS volumes, of which I have two, 120 gig drives. There's third party drivers that can read only, or read and write NTFS with great risk to the drive contents. My demo sites also use a PHP-based discussion board. I'm surprised that the WebDNA installer isn't capable of installing into any popular Linux version. Isn't this just a matter of spreadsheeting the file locations for each system? My choices appear to be: 1) Use RedHat and find a reliable way to either access NTFS drives, or convert the drives to something RedHat likes. 2) Use Suse and figure out how to manually install WebDNA 4.5.1 3) Use XP and find an alternative to IIS that runs WebDNA 4.5.1, along with PHP. 4) Any other silver bullet any of you might think of. Smith Micro really needs to get systematic at maintaining installers for more operating systems. If a prospective customer were considering WebDNA and got to the point I'm at, it's almost certain that they'd move on to different products. Lacking a reasonable variety of OS choices sends the message the WebDNA isn't a widely-used product. It's too good of a product to neglect. Any thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Need a silver bullet ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  2. Re: Need a silver bullet ( Patrick McCormick 2004)
  3. Re: Need a silver bullet ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  4. Need a silver bullet ( Patrick McCormick 2004)
I have a demo site running on OSX with WebDNA 4.5.1. I need to do some equipment shuffling. I'd like to move the sites to an Intel box running either Windows or some version of Linux so I can use the OSX box for other things. I tried Suse Linux, but WebDNA doesn't seem to install properly and I can't get a manual procedure from SMI. I tried RedHat, but learned that it is one of the only versions of Linux that can't natively read NTFS volumes, of which I have two, 120 gig drives. There's third party drivers that can read only, or read and write NTFS with great risk to the drive contents. My demo sites also use a PHP-based discussion board. I'm surprised that the WebDNA installer isn't capable of installing into any popular Linux version. Isn't this just a matter of spreadsheeting the file locations for each system? My choices appear to be: 1) Use RedHat and find a reliable way to either access NTFS drives, or convert the drives to something RedHat likes. 2) Use Suse and figure out how to manually install WebDNA 4.5.1 3) Use XP and find an alternative to IIS that runs WebDNA 4.5.1, along with PHP. 4) Any other silver bullet any of you might think of. Smith Micro really needs to get systematic at maintaining installers for more operating systems. If a prospective customer were considering WebDNA and got to the point I'm at, it's almost certain that they'd move on to different products. Lacking a reasonable variety of OS choices sends the message the WebDNA isn't a widely-used product. It's too good of a product to neglect. Any thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Patrick McCormick

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