You
can load the software to an external hard drive, but Windows applications and
presumably Mac ones end up installing tons of files throughout the system (as
well as altering the registry in Windows). You will end up installing the
application twice, once at each location, just so that the configuration is
accurate.
The
new licensing for Studio MX 2004 allows dual installs on the same OS (work &
home for instance). So having a removable drive don't do much for you
since you may still experience configuration problems because of the system
changes.
For
ColdFusion in particular, it shouldn't be a big deal...if you put all of your
web accessible content, custom tags, etc. on the removable drive. The same
would apply for your database and possibly web server. I am pretty sure
Windows won't like you putting IIS on the removable drive and moving it from
system to system. You may find that you have to setup IIS twice, once on
each machine, and have it pointing to the folders on the removable drives.
Unfortunately, this might cause problems when the removable drive isn't
connected and you boot the machine. If IIS is loaded on the base machine
and not the removable drive it may work, but Windows may frown upon you booting
up and it trying to start IIS if IIS is on an unattached
drive.
Of
course, this is all just speculation :-)
If you
intend to install CF on the removable drive, you might experience problems when
windows tries to boot. Just like you may with IIS. This is less of
an issue for Studio since it only runs when you tell it to
run.
You
might want to consider a notebook computer that you take home each day.
Or, two separate installs on each machine, and use a USB Flash Drive to
transport work files. You can buy 256 MB drives for $55-65 online.
You plug them into your USB port and use it like a hard
drive.
-----Original Message-----I want to do a new installation of Macromecia MX 2004. I have a new external hard drive that I was wanting to install the software on so I can take it back and forth from home and work(work has Studio MX installed). Is there anything about the Coldfusion developer version that would not work as part of this setup. This way I always have my latest files with me where ever I am working.
