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  >>>>> Adam McCarthy writes:
  > Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 19:38:21 -0400
  > 
  > I really enjoy Cygwin and would love to have a portable copy on a
  > thumb drive. I use Cygwin all the time, and obviously I can't install
  > it on every computer I go on, especially since many are not mine.
  > 
  > I saw many instructions on the web for doing it, but I wanted to see
  > if their were instructions that were "recommended", I know that likely
  > there will not be an official but I figured at least if it works.
  > 
  > Is it fairly easy to install it on a thumb drive? I'm not worried if
  > it's hard or command line, because I've install Gentoo Linux before
  > and have much experience with command line, I just don't want it to
  > screw up current Cygwins on my machines. Most PCs I use it on, will
  > not have Cygwin, but perhaps I need to do something on a PC that
  > already has Cygwin, I don't want it to screw up the local Cygwin.
  > 
  > Thanks Again
  > 
  > Adam McCarthy

Hi,

did you see the FAQ

  2.20. How can I make my own portable Cygwin on CD?
  (http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.cd)

and the recent threads on 

  "Install cygwin in Win2K as nonadmin from CD make from WinXP"
  "How to run Cygwin from USB stick without admin access"

?

Cheers

Martin
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parozusa at web dot de


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