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From:	"Newton Robinson" <newtonrob AT verizon DOT net>
Subject:	Re: SanDisk U3
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I see your point.  Has anyone created a distribution for a Flash Drive?  Has 
anyone created a start script that will remount for any Windows system?  I 
have seen a couple older posts talking about compressed executables (upx I 
think), but no follow-ups.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Svend Sorensen" <ssorensen AT gmail DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: SanDisk U3


> On 10/24/06, Newton Robinson wrote:
>>
>> I have looked at the apps that are available and most are not something I 
>> am
>> interested in, however there were a few utilities such as PuTTY that did
>> interest me.  I was wondering if anyone was looking into a minimal CYGWIN
>> installation for U3.  I think it would be great to have BASH, text
>> processing, and other critical tools on the flash drive.
>>
>
> I don't see the benefit of U3.  You can put the standalone PuTTY
> binaries on ANY flash drive.  You can also install Cygwin to a flash
> drive.  Making it portable takes a few extra steps (basically you set
> up a bat file which adds the Cygwin mounts to the new computer).
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