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Fergus wrote:
> I run both [1.5] and [1.7] off portable drives plugged into whatever 
> host machine I'm using.

<snip>

> Can I write /etc/fstab more generally so that [1.7], like [1.5], can be 
> made to run off a portable drive without needing to specify (or even 
> know) the driveletter allocated by the host to the portable drive?

I do the exact same thing, much to the consternation of others
on the list.

I ended up with a batch file to start Cygwin that figures out which
drive its running on and then it writes out a custom /etc/fstab based
on that drive letter.

It's certainly not the most elegant way of doing things, but it works.

Ralph

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