Message-ID: <361A760A.37A7@serv.net> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 12:56:58 -0700 From: "L. Anderson" Organization: WA State--If you spam me, send $500 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp To: george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, support AT cdrom DOT com Subject: Re: How do/can I change install directory ??? References: <3616C045 DOT 4CBE AT serv DOT net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com George and Eli, thanks much for your replies to my query. Your information was helpful and verified my suspicions. However, because I wasn't specific enough in asking my question, it didn't answer what I thought I was asking. It appears the answer is "no"--let me explain and summarize what I discovered on the chance it may help someone else. On Walnut Creek's Aug 98 release of DJGPP, there is a DOS install program "install.exe" and its configuration file "install.cfg". When "install" is run from the CDROM drive, DJGPP is installed into "c:\djgpp" unequivocally--no ability to change the drive or directory. If one copies "install.cfg" to a hard drive "c:", say, edits the file replacing all occurrences of "c:\" with "n:\", where "n" is the desired destination install drive, then executes "install c:\install.cfg" from the cdrom drive, "install" creates "n:\djgpp" then bombs with a file not found error--looking for "unzip00.exe". What appears to happen is "install" gets confused if "install.cfg" is not on the CDROM. There is a line in "install.cfg" which specifies the install directory and whether "install" should ask for changes to either drive or directory: DEFAULTDIR: c:\djgpp,noaskdrive,noaskdir If the "noask" options are removed and "install" is executed as above, one can change the drive and directory but the file not found error still occurs, so your still dead. I have found no other changes that can be made to "install.cfg" that will allow things to work. This is why I think the answer to my question is 'no, not using "install.exe" from the CDROM'. Hey Walnut Creek, how about fixing this? So I guess it's back to a brute force install using George and Eli's info. Regards, Lowell Anderson ----- L. Anderson wrote: > > I want to install DJGPP on a drive other than c: and have not been able > to find anything in the documentation as to how or if I can. I am > installing off the latest CDROM from Walnut Creek. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Lowell Anderson