install postgres on usb drive???
On Tue, 9 May 2006 16:54:37 -0400
"Rodrigo Cortés" <roco3d@gmail.com> wrote:
It is possible to install postgres on usb driver to run it anywhere???
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A) "Possible" is a BIG word. So is "anywhere". If you could narrow
these two down a bit it might help answer your question.
B) Why? Posgrgres is a network aware service so your clients can
generally attach TO the server FROM "anywhere" so why have a portable
installation? Not arguing, just trying to understand.
John Purser
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On 5/9/06, John Purser <jmpurser@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2006 16:54:37 -0400
"Rodrigo Cortés" <roco3d@gmail.com> wrote:It is possible to install postgres on usb driver to run it anywhere???
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list archives?A) "Possible" is a BIG word. So is "anywhere". If you could narrow
these two down a bit it might help answer your question.B) Why? Posgrgres is a network aware service so your clients can
generally attach TO the server FROM "anywhere" so why have a portable
installation? Not arguing, just trying to understand.John Purser
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Im trying to make a portable development environment for ruby on rails.
A) "Possible" is a BIG word. So is "anywhere". If you could narrow
these two down a bit it might help answer your question.
possible mean "how to do it"
anywhere mean "a pc with a windows os"
On Tue, 9 May 2006 17:06:53 -0400
"Rodrigo Cortés" <roco3d@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/9/06, John Purser <jmpurser@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2006 16:54:37 -0400
"Rodrigo Cortés" <roco3d@gmail.com> wrote:It is possible to install postgres on usb driver to run it
anywhere???
Im trying to make a portable development environment for ruby on
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Well, I see no problem with INSTALLING postgreSQL on a USB drive. But
if you compiled it for Linux I don't think it would run on a windows
machine. In fact you might have a lot of trouble just getting to to
run on a different version of the same DISTRIBUTION of linux and that's
assuming you could maintain mount points and paths.
I think I'd go with a cheap laptop and/or Ruby installed on the USB
drive and my postgreSQL installation on the network.
John Purser
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On Tue, 9 May 2006 17:10:21 -0400
"Rodrigo Cortés" <roco3d@gmail.com> wrote:
A) "Possible" is a BIG word. So is "anywhere". If you could narrow
these two down a bit it might help answer your question.possible mean "how to do it"
anywhere mean "a pc with a windows os"---------------------------(end of
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Rodrigo with Windows I'm not sure how much the registry would have to
be edited (if at all) to run the same postgrsql installation from
windows machines A B and C. I strongly doubt that you could just walk
up to a strange machine, plug in your USB drive, and away you go.
Some years ago when I was still running Windows at home I recall there
was a discussion on the cygwin mailing lists about running cygwin from
a cd drive. You might want to check out their archives and see if you
could use that information.
http://www.cygwin.com/
Good luck.
John Purser
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