Yes, I want to set up a Cygwin installation on a CD-ROM. I can use my home machine for that, then put the CD into the laptop when I need some of the tools.
I did a search on CD-ROM and got over 100 hits, mostly related to installation and not finding the drive as I recall. Do you remember a better phrase to search on? John -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 16:46 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Running Cygwin from a CD-ROM At 12:08 PM 10/6/2002, John Purser wrote: >Apologies if this is a much asked question. I did not find it in an archive >search nor in the FAQ. > >I'd like to use Cygwin at work but am not allowed to install any software on >my computer (Windows 2000 Compaq laptop) nor am I likely to get permission >to run any of that hated (virus prone, pornography related, system crashing, >etc.) free software. So I'd like to set up a Cygwin installation on a >CD-ROM for use when needed. I don't need too much, mostly just some >networking utilities (tcpdump especially) and python along with bash to give >me a useful shell and to keep me from getting that "Command not found" error >every time I type in "ls". > >I know I'm skirting the limits of the law here but honestly would you like >to explain why you need Cygwin to a "system administrator" who doesn't know >what FTP means? No thanks. I'll leave that to you! ;-) So what's the question? Are you asking if this can be done? The answer to that is - yes. There have been many in the past that have wanted to do this (including me). The list saw a question about this as recently as last week. The key is to manage the mounts and the files that may need write access (~/.bashrc, /etc/profile, /etc/passwd, etc). So you might find another look at the email list archives instructional if this is your question. But I don't want to jump to any conclusions on your request, since it's not clear what request you're making, if you actually are. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
