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 Posted by K.S. Bhaskar on Monday September 20, 2004 @ 08:15 AM
from the WorldVistA dept.
VistA as traditionally released by the VA did not run on GT.M. OpenVistA as available to date has been FOIA VistA ported to GT.M, but it also had some enhancements not in the FOIA software. With the release of a recent patch, FOIA VistA now runs on GT.M, which makes possible an OpenVistA VivA live CD that is exactly the software available under FOIA, no more and no less. Since the FOIA software has been referred to as the "gold standard", the name of this live CD is "OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold".
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Technically speaking, OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold is a live DVD because the ISO image is too large to fit on a CD. This is because I built it using Knoppix (http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) rather than Morphix (http://morphix.org). Knoppix is the state of the art in Linux live CDs, and manages to pack an amazing volume of software into a single CD (Morphix is a pared down version of Knoppix). Knoppix version 3.6, and hence OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold 0.1, is a visually appealing user interface that includes multiple browsers; OpenOffice.org for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.; GIMP version 2 for image processing, and much, much more. It also includes an optional 2.6 kernel, ndiswrapper for loading drivers for proprietary wireless network cards, and many other contemporary system level programs. However, since Knoppix itself fills an entire CD, the only way to add GT.M and the FOIA software was to go to a DVD. [In the future, I may make a line of thin live CDs that are small as they possibly can be.]
Please try OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold 0.1 and tell me what you think.
Note that the OpenVistA VivA live CDs are my personal work, and my employer Fidelity Information Services, Inc., is not involved in any way.
Since not everyone has a DVD burner, I will offer to burn and mail DVDs to anyone who makes a donation of $25 to WorldVistA. You can do this right from the project page at Source Forge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/worldvista). WorldVistA is a worthy cause recognized as a non profit by the Internal Revenue Service, and your donation may be tax deductible (consult your tax adviser). Please make your donation and let me know (I don't need a receipt - your word is good enough for me).
-- Bhaskar
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by Jim on Monday September 20, 2004 @ 01:13 PM
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I've got a "newbie" type question. How much about Vista can I learn if I download this version?
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by K.S. Bhaskar on Monday September 20, 2004 @ 02:36 PM
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Given that any OpenVistA VivA is a full VistA implementation, you can in principle learn all about VistA with this software using the documentation on the Internet from the VA, WorldVistA and Hardhats. That said, launching into VistA unaided is not for the faint hearted, and you may be able to start off on the right foot at a VistA Community Meeting organized around the country by WorldVistA (http://worldvista.org). The next meeting is Oct 21-24 in the Washington, DC, area.
-- Bhaskar
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by Alberto Odor, MD on Wednesday September 22, 2004 @ 08:20 PM
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More than a newbie:::::::
I have DL the software, and burned the DVD. It boots the computer without problems.
Now, how do I see the VistA application?
Sorry ;)
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by K.S. Bhaskar on Wednesday September 22, 2004 @ 08:58 PM
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Start a shell.
Mount a partition with read/write capabilities (at least 300MB: must be of a Linux file system or a Windows VFAT, but not Windows NTFS; a USB flash drive is OK), e.g.:
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
Execute the command: sudo /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista
This will open a dialog box asking you where you want to install the database, etc. Eventually, you will get to a GTM> prompt from where you can run VistA (which I cannot really help with, since I don't know VistA personally). Type h (short for halt) to get back to the shell.
You might want to join the mailing list hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net - go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/hardhats and click on Lists to join.
Have fun!
-- Bhaskar
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by Alberto Odor on Wednesday September 22, 2004 @ 09:09 PM
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Thanks a lot, I'll do that
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by Alberto Odor, MD on Monday September 27, 2004 @ 08:04 PM
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I now have a box with Fedora 2, would it be easier to test it in that computer? If so, how?
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Re: Introducing OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live CD
by K.S. Bhaskar on Tuesday September 28, 2004 @ 08:29 AM
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If you have already downloaded OpenVistA VivA, it may be easier just to work with it. If you already have Fedora core downloaded, you can download OpenVistA SemiVivA and in a shell, as root, execute:
cd /usr/local
tar zxvf <filename of OpenVistA SemiVivA>
From then, to run it, you can execute /usr/local/OpenVista/vista
You should probably ask these technical questions at hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net rather than on this forum (go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/hardhats and click on Lists to join)..
Regards
-- Bhaskar
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