Re: [R] R on a flash drive
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Williams Scott wrote: > I often run R via a Ceedo virtualisation on a USB drive > (http://www.ceedo.com/) with XP. It costs a few dollars to it this way, > but is a very low stress installation and has worked flawlessly, albeit It is not necessary though, as R does not need 'virtualisation'. For Windows this is covered in the rw-FAQ Q2.6. > a little slower (barely noticeable). Perhaps the overhead of Credo? Once R starts up (which does take longer on a slow drive) I found no time-able difference in 2.1.x (all the files frequently used from disc are cached on startup). It would be nice to give the R developers the credit for writing R in such a way that it works well from slow media, instead of it being credited to an unnecessary commercial product. > Very handy if you are often working > on various machines without administrator rights (as I do in clinic) - > just plug in your USB and go directly back to your project. It then > removes any trace of you (so they say) when you log out. And you can use > it for other software (within limits though) you might want to carry > around. Many sites would not allow programs to be run from a USB drive or make it a breach of usage conditions to do so. > > Hope that helps. > > Scott > > > Scott Williams MD > Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre > Melbourne > Australia > > -Original Message- > From: John Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:28 AM > To: John Kane; Erin Hodgess; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] R on a flash drive > > Oops meant to send this to the list. > --- John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> --- Erin Hodgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Dear R People: >>> >>> Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? >>> >>> If so, how did it work, please? >> >> Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem >> on >> WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly >> than from the hard drive which is as you would >> expect. >> >> The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I >> simply >> downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive >> rather >> than the C: drive and then installed all my usual >> optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. >> >> I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of >> OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. >> >> >> Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! >> Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. >> Start today at >> http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca >> > > __ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] R on a flash drive
I often run R via a Ceedo virtualisation on a USB drive (http://www.ceedo.com/) with XP. It costs a few dollars to it this way, but is a very low stress installation and has worked flawlessly, albeit a little slower (barely noticeable). Very handy if you are often working on various machines without administrator rights (as I do in clinic) - just plug in your USB and go directly back to your project. It then removes any trace of you (so they say) when you log out. And you can use it for other software (within limits though) you might want to carry around. Hope that helps. Scott Scott Williams MD Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne Australia -Original Message- From: John Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:28 AM To: John Kane; Erin Hodgess; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] R on a flash drive Oops meant to send this to the list. --- John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Erin Hodgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear R People: > > > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > > > If so, how did it work, please? > > Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem > on > WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly > than from the hard drive which is as you would > expect. > > The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I > simply > downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive > rather > than the C: drive and then installed all my usual > optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. > > > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! > Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. > Start today at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] R on a flash drive
John Kane yahoo.ca> writes: > > > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. Tinn-R works well as a portable editor on a USB flash drive. Likewise, by following the instructions here: http://at-aka.blogspot.com/2006/06/portable- emacs-22050-on-usb.html you can run emacs for windows from your USB flash drive. Michael __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] R on a flash drive
Oops meant to send this to the list. --- John Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Erin Hodgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear R People: > > > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > > > If so, how did it work, please? > > Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem > on > WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly > than from the hard drive which is as you would > expect. > > The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I > simply > downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive > rather > than the C: drive and then installed all my usual > optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. > > > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! > Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. > Start today at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] R on a flash drive
--- Erin Hodgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear R People: > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > If so, how did it work, please? Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem on WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly than from the hard drive which is as you would expect. The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I simply downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive rather than the C: drive and then installed all my usual optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] R on a flash drive
This is a FAQ. http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f Erin Hodgess wrote: > > Dear R People: > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > If so, how did it work, please? > Thanks in advance! > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/R-on-a-flash-drive-tf4299172.html#a12236850 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
[R] R on a flash drive
Dear R People: Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? If so, how did it work, please? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
