Cygwin 1.7 on a FLASH Drive

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Aug 20 18:33:00 GMT 2008


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.

Why is that?

> Is there a way to create a symlink of a directory on a local
> hard drive to the cygwin /home/username/ directory?

No, not across volumes.  You could try 'junction', which does
something "similar" in Windows land.

> Are there any features in 1.7 that will make a portable
> cygwin easier to maintain?

There will be no mount table in the registry.


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