Thread: install postgres on usb drive???
It is possible to install postgres on usb driver to run it anywhere???
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??? > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our > list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org 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 -- Beware the one behind you.
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??? > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our > > list archives? > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > 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 > > -- > Beware the one behind you. > 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 > rails. > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase > your free space map settings 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 -- Q: How do you keep a moron in suspense?
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 > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your > friend 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 -- You will never know hunger.