RE: Mac, cygwin, flash

2007-12-28 Thread Barbara Shirtcliff
No no no I just want to DL it to my Mac to put it onto a flash drive and run thence. I know how to download cygwin onto a Windows machine. I have no reason to run it on my Mac. Someone has written to me to suggest using PuTTy. I'll give that a shot when the device comes in the mail. Thank

RE: Mac, cygwin, flash

2007-12-28 Thread Pete Kockritz
On Dec 27, 2007 12:53 AM, Barbara Shirtcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way for me to acquire a working cygwin dist from here, from > my speedy old powerbook G4? > > Cheers, > Bar Are you looking for something that _runs_ on your Powerbook, or just the ability to DL cygwin to be in

Re: Mac, cygwin, flash

2007-12-27 Thread Barbara Shirtcliff
Thanks, Jevin. Unfortunately, I don't have an Intel Mac. Jevin Sweval writes: | On Dec 27, 2007 12:53 AM, Barbara Shirtcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Is there a way for me to acquire a working cygwin dist from here, from | > my speedy old powerbook G4? | > | > Cheers, | > Bar | | I can ima

Re: Mac, cygwin, flash

2007-12-27 Thread Jevin Sweval
On Dec 27, 2007 12:53 AM, Barbara Shirtcliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way for me to acquire a working cygwin dist from here, from > my speedy old powerbook G4? > > Cheers, > Bar I can imagine that Darwine could run the installer nicely. As to the feasibility of a portable Cygwin ins

Mac, cygwin, flash

2007-12-26 Thread Barbara Shirtcliff
Hi gracious experts! Please don't flame me. I'm a mac user, but I used to use cygwin, back when I was a kid and didn't get to choose my operating system. Well, I have a 4 GB Flash drive coming in the mail (incredibly, it is the size of a half-smoked cigar), and I was wondering if I could justify