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From: "Alex Malinovich" <baggend AT howlermonkey DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Mobile install
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 16:19:03 -0500
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From looking at my registry, it looks like the only mounts I need to set
up are:

/
/usr/bin
/usr/lib

That should be easy enough to do in a batch file. The individual drive
mounts appear to be handled at run time. Which options will I need to
specify with mount(1) though? I'm guessing:

Mount -x \cygwin\bin /usr/bin
Mount \cygwin\lib /usr/lib
Mount \cygwin /

Is that about right? Or can I just do a plain vanilla mount (w/o the -x)
for bin? Also, are there any particular dependencies I should be aware
of between Perl and GCC and the rest of the Cygwin packages. My "lowest
common denominator" here is a 100MB Zip drive. (There are some 250's,
but I have to set this up for a 100.) What else will I need in addition
to Perl and GCC to ensure that they both still run? Thanks again. :)

-Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dario Alcocer [mailto:alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com] 
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 4:30 AM
> To: Alex Malinovich
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Mobile install
> 
> 
> >>>>> "Alex" == Alex Malinovich <baggend AT howlermonkey DOT net> writes:
> 
>     Alex> I'm trying to figure out a way to install Cygwin onto a Zip
>     Alex> disk so that it is completely INDEPENDENT of the OS. That
>     Alex> is, no need to register DLL's, etc.
>           <snip>
>     Alex> The idea is to go up to any lab computer, pop in the zip
>     Alex> disk, and start working in Cygwin.
>           <snip>
>     Alex> I'm guessing that I can just put cygwin1.dll in the cygwin
>     Alex> root. Anything else I need to be aware of.
> 
> The main issue is that the mount(1) command uses the registry to store
> information regarding mount points.  If you're willing to setup the
> mount points each time by hand, then yes, you should be able to have a
> mobile installation that works.
> 
> One thing you could try is to use a batch file that's present on the
> Zip disk that would set up the mounts for you before running a Cygwin
> bash(1) shell.  In fact, you could take a modified version of
> cygwin.bat and add calls to mount to set up up your mount points.  It
> should work.
> 
> -- 
> Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
> alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com -- http://www.helixdigital.com
> 
> 


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