I went to the link provided to the list archive just to see if I could find anything. I couldn't find anything with "CD", "CD ROM", "CD-ROM", "running mySQL for a CD" and various permutations and combinations thereof. Also did a Google search for this and came up blanked. So, this is not as readily available as it might seem.
Now what I did to get MySQL 3.23.41 to run off of a CD with Win32 was this. Downloaded & put the install zip file on CD. Installed mySQL on my machine. Installed mySQL ODBC driver. Ran WinMySQLadmin to make sure that the my.ini file was correct and closed the application. Copied my.ini to a safe place, edited original so that the application related paths pointed to the new location on the CD. If you want to change/update your data, you might want to leave the data paths pointing to a folder on your hard drive. Burnt a CD from the mySQL subdirectory + the my.ini file. Uninstalled mySQL from the hard drive Rebooted. Logged onto e:\mysql\bin and ran mysql from there. Finish using mySQL & log off. Remove CD. Works for me. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Zawodny Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:30 PM To: Carter, Robert L (MN65) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Can MySQL be run from a CD-ROM? On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 09:49:08AM -0600, Carter, Robert L (MN65) wrote: > > Alternatively, is it possible to set up MySQL to be runnable from a > CD-ROM, but using a hard-wired hard drive location in which to find > the database tables? Yes. This was discussed here about a week ago, so it should be easy to find in the archives. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 56 days, processed 1,245,102,049 queries (257/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
