On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, gtg793x wrote: > Greetings > I would like to be able to have a portable version of cygwin in my Flash > Drive. I have been able to do it but it requires that I enter some > registry entries such as: > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/] > "native"="F:\\cygwin" > "flags"=dword:0000000a > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin] > "native"="F:\\cygwin/bin" > "flags"=dword:0000000a > > (as simple as double clicking a .reg file, however:) > Many computers at my university do not allow access to the registry and > modification of it.
See "man mount". Please, please, please don't manipulate the registry directly if you want to stay portable. You can easily create a batch file to reproduce the mounts properly. > All I really need is the X server, and I have been able to lean it down > to a 23 MB package that runs it (as a background process). > > An unfinished but working copy at: http://tinyurl.com/8pu2x > > * Any older versions that do not use the registry but use relative > directories? No. > * Would it be possible to wrap the executable and feed it an 'alternate > registry'? "User mounts" is the answer. The CURRENT_USER tree is usually writable. Make sure you don't write over the existing settings if they are present. > * Warning: I have (for now) minimal experience and limited resources. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/