Running Cygwin from a CD-ROM

["John Purser" <jmpurser at attbi dot com>]

Apologies if this is a much asked question.  I did not find it in an archive
search nor in the FAQ.

I'd like to use Cygwin at work but am not allowed to install any software on
my computer (Windows 2000 Compaq laptop) nor am I likely to get permission
to run any of that hated (virus prone, pornography related, system crashing,
etc.) free software.  So I'd like to set up a Cygwin installation on a
CD-ROM for use when needed.  I don't need too much, mostly just some
networking utilities (tcpdump especially) and python along with bash to give
me a useful shell and to keep me from getting that "Command not found" error
every time I type in "ls".

I know I'm skirting the limits of the law here but honestly would you like
to explain why you need Cygwin to a "system administrator" who doesn't know
what FTP means?

Thanks for the help.

John Purser


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