Hi, this is my first posting so bear with me if I am asking something dumb. I am studing a BSc Hons degree in Computer Science at University of Ulster, so I am using the networked PCs in University. The is my first attempt at installing my own Wiki.
I am following the document http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_on_a_stick as I cannot install it on any particular PC in university, so need it to be portable.
I want to install my own Wiki on a 256MB memory drive. But I'm stuck. An help would be appreciated!! I am stuck at the section Configure The Wiki - Initial Wiki Configuration.
I am at the stage of starting the web and database servers by running the start.bat file in the folder UniServer3_2. Is that all i have to do? I don't understand the bit about start.bat w mysql in the document. Running the batch file does open the web browser re-direct page, but then when I try to open localhost/wi/config/index.php I just get "Page cannot be found" error message.
Any ideas? I've checked for log files for any clues, as suggested by troubleshooting section, but they haven't been created yet.
Also I am not sure about the HTTP TCP Port section and how to check if another Apache.exe is running(both referred to in the document).
Thanks in advance, Alison
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:26:50 +0000, Alison Russell alisonrussellireland@hotmail.com wrote:
help would be appreciated!! I am stuck at the section Configure The Wiki - Initial Wiki Configuration.
I am at the stage of starting the web and database servers by running the start.bat file in the folder UniServer3_2. Is that all i have to do? I don't understand the bit about start.bat w mysql in the document. Running the batch file does open the web browser re-direct page, but then when I try to open localhost/wi/config/index.php I just get "Page cannot be found" error message.
Any ideas? I've checked for log files for any clues, as suggested by troubleshooting section, but they haven't been created yet.
Also I am not sure about the HTTP TCP Port section and how to check if another Apache.exe is running(both referred to in the document).
"start.bat w mysql" is for your command prompt or as a line in a batch file. It will set up Apache (with PHP, Perl) on a new fake disk W: and start MySQL too.
If that doesn't work, run start.bat and go to http://localhost/a/ and click on "Start MySQL Server" on the left. A prompt will briefly pop up and disappear.
Did you extract the MediaWiki source into a directory "wi"? Try going to W:\www\ and find the MediaWiki source code. If you can't find it, no worries; just unpack it to there.
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