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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:20:29 -0400
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	Dick Repasky <rrepasky AT lack DOT ucs DOT indiana DOT edu>
CC:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: portable install on usb flash drive?
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In-Reply-To:	<slrnbjg68a.ett.rrepasky@lack.ucs.indiana.edu>

Dick Repasky wrote:

> I'd like to install cygwin on a usb flash drive so that I can plug the drive
> into any windows box and have cygwin available to me.  The question is: will
> this work? My concern is not having registry keys in place on machines into
> which I plug in the flash drive.  Will that be a problem?  


Depends on what you install.  You won't get any services for free.
You'll also need to update /etc/passwd and /etc/group to reflect the
current users and their SIDs on each system.  Then you want to set
up your mounts via 'mount'.  But yes, it will work just fine.


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