Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:57:06 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
X-Sender:	eliz AT is
To:	"L. Anderson" <lowella AT serv DOT net>
cc:	george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk, djgpp AT delorie DOT com, support AT cdrom DOT com
Subject:	Re: How do/can I change install directory ???
In-Reply-To:	<361A760A.37A7@serv.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.981007115642.23475H-100000@is>
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, L. Anderson wrote:

> 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. 

So your problem is with the installer that comes with the CDROM, not
with DJGPP per se.

I don't know anything about this installer (except that making a smart
one that doesn't trap the user isn't easy), since it's not part of
DJGPP.  You have two alternatives:

	1) Contact the distributor(s) of the CDROM and ask them for
           help.

	2) Describe here what does the installer do to install DJGPP.
           (Does it copy the programs and additional files to your
           hard disk?  If so, which files and to what directories?. If
           not, what *does* the installer do?)  Given that
           description, we could advise how to manually move your
           installation into another place and adjust any
           configuration files accordingly.

> 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'.

The easiest way out of this mess would be to let the installer do its
thing with the original, unchanged `install.cfg', then move the
working installation from c:\djgpp to whatever place you want it to
be.  It should be very easy, once you describe what the installer
does.

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