Run PureBasic from USB Flash Drive

josku_x · Post by **josku_x** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:57 pm

Hello!

I am going the next week to Sweden for some time, and I wanted to know if I could copy PureBasic to my USB Flash Drive. Because, I am sure I cannot install anything in a internet cafe.

What I would like to know is if I could just copy the standalone PB debugger and the compilers including all residents etc...

So, if this is possible please tell me what should I copy and what not.

Thank you.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:59 pm

copy the whole dir, excluding samples

anyway, it's so small, you could copy all and still run it from a stick

josku_x · Post by **josku_x** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:05 pm

With USB Flash Drive I mean an USB stick.

Looking though, my PB folder is 50 Megs

It's because I have all kinds of UserLibs and I have the Win API helpfile..

And my USB "stick" can take 32 Megs. And the problem is, I have about 6 Megs free space, because I have all kind of bullsh*t on it

I looked how much the PB folder is without the UserLibs and the help files, and it seems to be about 10 Megs

Joakim Christiansen · Post by **Joakim Christiansen** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:53 pm

THen delete some bullsh*t from it!

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:10 pm

128 mb stick: 14 euro ex vat

josku_x · Post by **josku_x** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:12 pm

Yeah, I'm going to buy one...

BTW, I don't know much on hardware, but is this one good for the price?:

"Kingston DataTraveler Elite 2GB" for 158.99 €

I thought I might need bigger storage, as I hate to use my 32MB bullsh*t.

Bonne_den_kule · Post by **Bonne_den_kule** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:24 pm

You can get a 32MB for free now

BTW: I have PB on my 1GB USB key (iPod Shuffle) and it works perfectly..

josku_x · Post by **josku_x** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:41 pm

Good to hear that, and I got my 32MB from a subscription.. If I remember right, it was something like: "subscribe to get our magazine every week and get a USB Flash Drive"...

But, I am going to buy that Kingston one, it seems to be cheap.. or, what do you say?

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:22 pm

I just had a play around with a couple of flash memory sticks I have here.
The result is 1 works fine, a little slow but works well. - { SanDisk Cruzer Micro 256MB }
The other is just "NO" It failed, failed & failed, even crashed my computer once. - { Manac.com.au flash memory 256MB }

For WIW, the Cruzer unit I have, I have set up as a bootable drive to allow me to run some old DOS programs I still use with my work which the manufacturers havent updated. - Don't intend to update.
This allows me to keep my home computer as NTFS & be able to run these old DOS programs via my bootable Flash drive.
Also for people interested, if you want, there are a couple of Linux versions around which you can setup to run directly from a bootable Flash memory stick now. - Knoppix is 1 of them
I don't know enough about Linux to bother trying to set 1 up, but would be interested to know if anyone else has done this.

josku_x · Post by **josku_x** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:03 pm

ok. I bought the Kingston stick and copied the whole PB directory including the examples and the help files. It is very sad to say but, PB doesn't work when I run it. First, it needs very much to load, then it says Not Responding and I have to kill the process. I tried several times, but without luck

I hate that Kingston one. But I'll use it to store my bullsh*t

Post by **Berikco** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:22 pm

I Have PB on a 1GB Transcend USB2 stick, works fast, no problems at all.

killfreak · Post by **killfreak** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:05 pm

Great to hear that PureBasic runs from a stick well. But would like to know if current version (PB4) is running in "true" portable mode?

To be specific:
- does not write anything to the registry
- all file references (eg help, pref files) are accessed by relative path (in case the USB drive is assigned a different letter)
- does not write anything to Window's current user App Data folder.
- does not require Administrator windows user account.

To save me the trouble, has anyone tried running it with a registry and file monitor? I believe the /NOEXT is important here.

Post by **freak** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:14 pm

> - does not write anything to the registry

The IDE writes the *.pb file association to the registry on startup
Disable that with the /NOEXT switch

> - all file references (eg help, pref files) are accessed by relative path (in case the USB drive is assigned a different letter)
> - does not write anything to Window's current user App Data folder.
> - does not require Administrator windows user account.

All these are the case without needing any extra steps.

killfreak · Post by **killfreak** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:40 pm

that's great to know, thanks!

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu May 18, 2006 3:58 pm

@killfreak
you have animosity against freak?