Message-ID:	<361A760A.37A7@serv.net>
Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 1998 12:56:58 -0700
From:	"L. Anderson" <lowella AT serv DOT net>
Organization:	WA State--If you spam me, send $500
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Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To:	george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com, support AT cdrom DOT com
Subject:	Re: How do/can I change install directory ???
References:	<3616C045 DOT 4CBE AT serv DOT net>
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

George and Eli, thanks much for your replies to my query.  Your
information was helpful and verified my suspicions.  However, because I
wasn't specific enough in asking my question, it didn't answer what I
thought I was asking.  It appears the answer is "no"--let me explain and
summarize what I discovered on the chance it may help someone else.

On Walnut Creek's Aug 98 release of DJGPP, there is a DOS install
program "install.exe" and its configuration file "install.cfg".  When
"install" is run from the CDROM drive, DJGPP is installed into
"c:\djgpp" unequivocally--no ability to change the drive or directory. 
If one copies "install.cfg" to a hard drive "c:", say, edits the file
replacing all occurrences of "c:\" with "n:\", where "n" is the desired
destination install drive, then executes "install c:\install.cfg" from
the cdrom drive, "install" creates "n:\djgpp" then bombs with a file not
found error--looking for "unzip00.exe".  What appears to happen is
"install" gets confused if "install.cfg" is not on the CDROM.

There is a line in "install.cfg" which specifies the install directory
and whether "install" should ask for changes to either drive or
directory:

	DEFAULTDIR: c:\djgpp,noaskdrive,noaskdir

If the "noask" options are removed and "install" is executed as above,
one can change the drive and directory but the file not found error
still occurs, so your still dead.

I have found no other changes that can be made to "install.cfg" that
will allow things to work. This is why I think the answer to my question
is 'no, not using "install.exe" from the CDROM'.  Hey Walnut Creek, how
about fixing this?

So I guess it's back to a brute force install using George and Eli's
info.

Regards,

Lowell Anderson

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L. Anderson wrote:
> 
> I want to install DJGPP on a drive other than c: and have not been able
> to find anything in the documentation as to how or if I can.  I am
> installing off the latest CDROM from Walnut Creek.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Lowell Anderson

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