[cochiselinux] Re: GCC in a windows environment
- From: Tyler Milam <tylermilam@xxxxxxx>
- To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 23:11:34 -0700
My new pen drive hasn't arrived yet (sometimes shipping can be slow off of
ebay....). I downloaded MinGW32 for testing, but didn't have too much luck with
it. It provides a nice small gnu environment for windows, but unfortunately, I
couldn't figure out how to run without installing...Larry mentioned trying out
the python or perl interpreter. Also, something was said about Borland C on a
floppy. I found it! Here's the link:
http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,20841,00.html
Takes up just over 1mb....not bad. The date on it is May of 1989, though. I
wonder how well it will do for educational purposes.
On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 15:50:14 -0700
Tom Ponsford <tponsford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI All,
>
> Try MinGW32 which is a port of the gcc compiler to windows, it doesn't need
> Cygwin so the foot-print will be "a lot" smaller.
>
> http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/mingw/en/index.html
>
> If you want to run the compiler from a cdrom, it can be done. However, I
> think
> it requires some munging of the registry files. You would also need to have
> your object files point to a r/w hdd partition. You would essentially install
> the compiler into a separate directory and logical drive, burn a cd from that
> filesystem, then change the hdd filesystem point back to the cdrom. You would
> have to use a cd9660 partition, hence the editing of the registry files. You
> could try to burn a VFAT or NTFS filesystem onto a cdrom, but that can get
> messy.
>
> One good thing about open source and doing something like this is that you
> can
> see EXACTLY what files are put where. Windows install programs install
> runtime
> libraries, link libraries, edit registries all over the place and all hidden
> to all but the most experienced users.
>
> By looking at where the compiler program puts all the files you could make
> changes (or try). The big problem is that you may need to put certain dll's
> in
> certain directories where windows expects to find them, so the easiest way
> would most likely have the runtime dll's and a rw for the object files and
> everything else on the cdrom. Unless you can get real tricky you will need to
> install some files to the computer and hhave at least a directory for the
> object files be written to.
>
> If the USB thumbnail drive is r/w I would say that would be your best option,
> as windows just sees it as another drive. I think MinCW32 is small enough.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> I am not sure that Knoppix has a compiler or not. but that would be another
> option.
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> tylermilam@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want to run gcc from a cd in windows, write programs in notepad, compile
> > them and test them. I also want to save the binary and source to a zip or
> > floppy drive....what do I need to do this? I couldn't find any how-to's
> > searching google. It would be really neat to have all the tools on a 256mb
> > usb keychain (probably not enough room), but a cdrom would suffice. The
> > conditions are that I can't reboot and run a live cd, and I cannot install
> > software on this computer. Any ideas on where I can find a cd or tools like
> > this?
> >
> > tyler
> >
> >
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