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RE: Running Cygwin from a CD-ROM
- From: "John Purser" <jmpurser at attbi dot com>
- To: "'Larry Hall \(RFK Partners, Inc\)'" <lhall at rfk dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 17:14:15 -0600
- Subject: RE: Running Cygwin from a CD-ROM
- Reply-to: <jmpurser at attbi dot com>
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:lhall@rfk.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 16:46
To: jmpurser@attbi.com; cygwin@cygwin.com
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 lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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