I'm looking for a LiveCD that will run a LAMP server, e.g. from files on a USB pen.
I've heard of SLAMPP, which looks like it could be what I need but the homepage isn't loading today.
There's also LAMPPIX, however at first glance it looks like this involves burning a new CD every time I have a new project (not what I want to do - I'd rather just burn once and update the stuff on the USB pen).
What other options do I have, and what's worked well for you?
Why don't you simply install a debian or whatever on your USB pen and boot from there?
Get UNetBootin and download a LAMP install. Run UNetBootin on it and it will create a bootable pen drive.
The good thing about Linux distros is they are absurdly well mirrored:
A search for "Index of /" slampp returns a lot of mirrors.
Out of interest - why do you want to run a web-server of a live-CD? It always seemed odd running a web-server on a machine on which all files (and thus configs) will be destroyed when you reboot..
Why not grab the Ubuntu Server CD, burning it to a CD (or installing it of a USB drive, which I'm sure is possible) and checking the "Install LAMP" option is easy, and the installer. Then to update the system, you can just use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt dist-upgrade to get the latest version of everything..
If you are worried about breaking the currently installed OS, why not run the web-server on that? If it's Windows, XAMPP is great, on OS X you can either use the built-in webserver, or something like MAMP
There are many linux distros that can run on a USB drive, including Ubuntu. You can of course install AMP on it.
Just found out about Reconstructor - it claims to make customising a Ubuntu Server (or desktop) CD easier.
If space is a consideration on your USB pen drive, you could use DSL (Damn Small Linux) to get going, then run XAMPP on top
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