Unattended installation DVD

[rvrutten]

Hello everybody!

I was wondering if it is posible to create an unattended DVD for Windows XP Pro.

On the site: http://unattended.msfn.org/ they only talk about an unattended installation CD.

I want to put some extra program's on the disk so everything is installed after the Setup is ready. Can anyone help me?

Reinier

(the Netherlands)

[Aaron]

It works the same way, DVD is just larger in capacity that's all

[mace]

Yes, works fine...

But it gets difficult if you want to install software directly from DVD and not from harddisk

[rvrutten]

Yes, works fine...

But it gets difficult if you want to install software directly from DVD and not from harddisk

Why is that?

[killerbee]

hi,

if u use XPlode to Install ur apps and hotfixes it doesn't matter where the source-files are. It only matters from where u are calling XPlode. With the use of the #XPLODE#-Variable it's possible to install to install from everywhere - just start XPlode from there.

For example:

u have a Dir called Install which is in $OEM$\$1 atm. Put XPlode in it and put all apps in this folder or subfolder in Install. In XPlode call any app with #XPlode#\blabla.exe -switches. Now it's totally easy to put that folder in the root-dir on the CD/DVD and call XPlode from there - u don't have to change any paths and it runs from CD and Installs from there.

hope this helps a bit

cya

Killer Bee

[mace]

I didn't try xplode yet but I heard from it.

@rvrutten

If you want to install from cd/dvd you have to know the driveletter from the drive.

Since not everyone has only one Partition, the Driveletter differs...

Perhaps you should try xplode in this case.

[rvrutten]

I didn't try xplode yet but I heard from it.

@rvrutten

If you want to install from cd/dvd you have to know the driveletter from the drive.

Since not everyone has only one Partition, the Driveletter differs...

Perhaps you should try xplode in this case.

Finding the driveletter is not a problem:

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/runonceex_cd.htm

[mace]

Didn't read this one since I don't need it.

But very cool...

[Alanoll]

hi,

if u use XPlode to Install ur apps and hotfixes it doesn't matter where the source-files are. It only matters from where u are calling XPlode. With the use of the #XPLODE#-Variable it's possible to install to install from everywhere - just start XPlode from there.

I believe a better alternative if using XPlode, would be #SourceDrive#

that returns jsut the D: of the installation path, so say you're installing from a network or CD/DVD doesn't matter, you get the drive from where Windows is being installed from.