Cygwin 1.7 on a FLASH Drive

[Christopher Faylor]

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