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Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:50:41 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	cygwin67 AT yahoo DOT com
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In-reply-to:	<20000808071843.19270.qmail@web6305.mail.yahoo.com> (message from
	Jim Cygnet on Tue, 8 Aug 2000 00:18:43 -0700 (PDT))
Subject:	Re: Running from CDROM on Win95
References:	<20000808071843 DOT 19270 DOT qmail AT web6305 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com>

> Can Cygwin 1.x be run from a CDROM? I don't mean the distribution
> cdrom -- I would be burning my own. Obviously /tmp would have to 
> mounted to something writable, but could /usr, /lib and /etc be on
> a CD? Where's the mount-table stored?

The mount table is in the registry.  Otherwise, as long as /tmp (and
maybe /usr/tmp and/or /var/tmp) is mounted to a writable hard drive,
you should be able to run cygwin off a cd-rom.  The only thing that
might break is Insight, as the tcl DLLs don't understand the mount
table.  We've always had that problem, but using a cd-rom just makes
the obvious solution less practical.

Note that you won't be able to change your passwd file or run setup
any more, as those are in /etc ;-)

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