.NET from DVD!?

[BoardBabe]

Microsoft .NET fails to install from DVD but works if first copied to %systemdrive%.

This is my code for when it works from %systemdrive%

start /wait %Systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\netfx.msi /QB
start /wait %Systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /Q
start /wait %Systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\langpack.msi /QB

1. installing .NET 1.1

2. installing .NET 1.1 SP1

3. installing .NET Norwegian Language Pack

Now the above works, but I cant get it to work from DVD, any idea?

[prathapml]

Yes, this is a known issue.

Discussed here - LINK

You can use the slip-streaming of .NET 1.1 SP1 into the original installer. That will solve your problem, and also save you space on the DVD.

How-To - of course, at the end of it you need to install your language pack. That would give no issues - same way as it is running now.

[BoardBabe]

Didnt really help to slipstream.

I get a message telling me to insert disk 2 for .net framework in drive.

[prathapml]

Okay, let's give up on the original installer. There's a pre-modified, switch-less installer, that has the slip-streaming, and silent install support integrated:

http://ryanvm.net/msfn/files/netfxsp1.exe (11 MB)

Just download that and use it.

start /wait %Systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe
start /wait %Systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\langpack.msi /QB

That should work.

Do tell us how it goes, and whether it works for you now.

[BoardBabe]

start /wait %CDROM%\Apps\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe
start /wait %CDROM%\Apps\NetFramework\langpack.msi /QB

you mean

[prathapml]

Yes.

Sorry, I was just mentioning the modifications needed to the code from your first-post - as an example. Of course, you caught it at the right time - and modified the code again, as per your environment.

[sleepnmojo]

I first mentioned this problem in this thread.

To summarize, you need the dotnetfx.exe, which extracts the file to the hd, then runs it.

The thread that prathapml references, mentions two methods of slipstreaming the dotnet framework. I mention how to do 1.0 if you have the media center or tablet pc edition cds.

The second is slip streaming sp1 of 1.1 into the installation. I know they are two completely different topics, but someone misread the thread, and it went off into a tangent.

There is a thread where someone made the dotnetfx executable with the 1.1+sp1. You can always make your own also.

[BoardBabe]

I jsut downloaded and tested with http://ryanvm.net/msfn/files/netfxsp1.exe. Install still asks me to insert some disk!?

start /wait %winupdate%\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe
start /wait %winupdate%\NetFramework\langpack.msi /QB

[prathapml]

@BoardBabe

Yeah, do the direct-to-install that sleepnmojo mentions. It will DIRECTLY install the .NET during setup - just as if it were one of all the other windows components.

Hopefully, atleast that method will not ask for "insert disk" anymore.