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Re: [1.7] Question: running from a portable drive
- From: Fergus <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- To: Cygwin ML <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: Fergus <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:24:35 +0100
- Subject: Re: [1.7] Question: running from a portable drive
> I do the exact same thing, much to the consternation of others on the
list.
> I ended up with a batch file to start Cygwin that figures out which
drive its running on and then it writes out a custom /etc/fstab based on
that drive letter.
> It's certainly not the most elegant way of doing things, but it works.
Thank you very much. I now do the same (use a batch file to identify the
driveletter and then write a new /etc/fstab) given that its the solution
used by at least two other users.
Fergus
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