To:	DJGPP AT SUN DOT SOE DOT CLARKSON DOT EDU
From:	A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs1 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk
Date:	18 Nov 93 11:17:55 GMT
Subject:	Running Gnu C from a floppy

  Sometimes people have to work on public computers. In that case, if Gnu C is
not on that PC, he will have to run it from a floppy. In theory I could make
up a Gnu C booting floppy, with:-
  (0) The two hidden system files.
  (1) The special \AUTOEXEC.BAT needed; its path would have to include C:\DOS
etc.
  (2) The special \CONFIG.SYS needed.
  (3) Code to create Gnu C's work directory if it is not there already.
  (4) As much of Gnu C as can fit on the floppy.

  Re (4), could Gnu C run on a subset of its files small enough to fit onto a
floppy? If so, it would be useful as guidance for people that want to run the
Gnu C/C++ compiler off a floppy if one of the Gnu C DOCS files could include a
list of (a) the irreducible minimum of files to run the compiler, and (b) what
library files are invoked by which of the #include files.

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