From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Execute DJGPP from CD?
Date: 17 Jan 1998 10:42:38 GMT
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Hans Ecke (ecke AT coffee DOT geophysik DOT tu-freiberg DOT de) writes:
> Hi all!
> 
> Im planning to burn a CD and want to put DJGPP unpacked on it - making it
> possible to execute the executables and link in the libraries from CD. Now
> my question is : Does DJGPP need write permissions in its homedirectory?
> Or if so, can I change it someway? I know, that good old TurboPascal needs
> the permission in some case and don't want a wasted CD, so I ask :
> 
> * Has somebody already done it?
> * Some advice?
> 
> Thank you very much for reading this. An answer via E-mail would be better
> than News, but either would be great.

Should be possible, so long as you put a complete DJGPP distrib on the
disc, and use the appropriate SET DJGPP and PATH when using the disc,
which depends which computer you are using and what drive the CD-ROM is.


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