In article <matt-pace-49810F.21595425022004@news.povray.org>,
	Matthew Pace <mat### [at] lycoscom> writes:
> In article <4036daac$1@news.povray.org>,
>  "Stephen" <pen### [at] shawca> wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible to install Povray to a CD so it runs as a standalone, guided
>> by scripts. I want to send some files to family without having them actually
>> install the software, so is there a basic engine file which will work?
> 
> 
> For mac, yes (but I dont think you are talking about mac, as the 
> installation is so easy for mac).  Windows, no, Linux, not sure.

Linux, sure you can. The best way to accomplish this is to create a
knoppix-derivative that contains a POVRay-installation, your source,
and to make sure that POVRay is started using the right options after
the system is booted. That shouldn't be too hard. If you get this to
work, you can have your family boot from CD-ROM, which will not touch
anything on their harddisk, but which will run POVRay to show off what
you want (and give them a fully-functional Linux test-environment in
the mean time, while they're at it)

Alternatively, I think it's possible using Windows; you need to get
the POVRay installation working on the CD-ROM (dunno whether that's
possible); then, all you need is to add a autorun.inf that will run
POVRay with the right options. No experience with that one, though.

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