From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10921 invoked by alias); 20 Aug 2008 17:31:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 10911 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Aug 2008 17:31:45 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-72-74-94-108.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO ednor.cgf.cx) (72.74.94.108) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:31:11 +0000 Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 92D996A8E0B; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:31:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:31:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.7 on a FLASH Drive Message-ID: <20080820173109.GB9685@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <48AC42FE.9090108@bmts.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48AC42FE.9090108@bmts.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00194.txt.bz2 On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:14:54PM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: >Yes, I've read the FAQ on making Cygwin portable :-) > >I'd like to have a complete Cygwin environment on a FLASH drive, but of >course using that drive to compile stuff in my HOME directory will be >awfully slow. > >Is there a way to create a symlink of a directory on a local hard drive >to the cygwin /home/username/ directory? > >Are there any features in 1.7 that will make a portable cygwin easier >to maintain? This really has nothing to do with cygwin-apps. Use the cygwin list. cgf