winston Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 I have an unattended install of XP on cd with as many applications that will fit on it(683mb). I have extra applications that I need to install, that are on my usb key and/or usb hard drive. My question is is this possible and how to do it. I am using WPI as my installer.Here is a previous post I posted on the application installs forum:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=40477&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasi001 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 since you can't know which drive letter the USB device will get when connected, it's not possible to set a direct path. So the answer would be NO.But if you know about javascript, you could copy and alter the parts for findeng a cdrom and so make additional installation sources (ie %USB%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Maybe use the same kinda script to determine your cd-rom? for example put a file in the root of the USB stick, and let the script look for it? I don't think you have to change much for the cd-rom find script.don't pin me down on it however lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 i have used the wpi from a pocketdrive before works just like a cd same stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I wrote a utility DetectDrive which will create a permanent environment variable for any drive attached to the system, except the floppy. After running it just check each %rREMOVABLEx% variable for the a file you know will be there and away you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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