wpollans wrote in post #1090832: > Currently, I have xubuntu installed on a bootable 16gb usb drive - the > rails app lives on this drive. This is for the benefit of a friend that > uses a win7 laptop - she boots from the usb drive to run the rails app - > works fine. I would like to have this app run in windows, so she > doesn't > have to reboot to use it. I see that I can install rails via > rubyinstaller > (http://rubyinstaller.org/).
Have you tried a more direct approach so she doesn't have to reboot her machine? Like VirtualBox for instance: https://www.virtualbox.org That might actually end up being less painful for you since you can continue using your favorite linux inside the virtual machine since you then don't have to worry about gems that use native extensions. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
