How to run Cygwin from USB stick without admin access (was: Install cygwin in Win2K as nonadmin...)

2008-04-25 Thread Martin Fischer
> Thorsten Kampe writes: > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:06:02 +0200 > > * Paul Domaskis (Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:47:16 -0400) >> I will be using a standalone Win2K machine on which I will likely not >> have admin access. Will this be a problem, if I choose to install >> only for the a

Re: How to run Cygwin from USB stick without admin access

2008-04-28 Thread Martin Fischer
> Fergus writes: > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:01:20 +0100 > >>> ... but was stopped by the necessity to perform >>> the mount command with admin rights. > > ... Can you say where it breaks down, for you? Hi Fergus, thank you for your response. It was three month ago, when I tr

Re: Installing Cygwin with a USB thumb drive

2008-05-10 Thread Martin Fischer
> 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. > >