Run 2+ Application Installs At Once?...

[SCSI6]

Ok, I have a 3.4Ghz P4 OCed to 3.8Ghz and have 2GBs of ram... So i am never at load ever... When i do my apps install in my batch file which installs 60+ Apps/games it takes along time (An hour and half or so) (When I'm at a LAN party i dont want to wait that long if something happens)... So i want to know if its possible to have it do 2 or more install at the same time? I know this system can handle it easy... Can it be done... if so how?

[buletov]

it can, but overall time would be actuall slower; not due to processor, but due to disks...

for example, just try coping two seperate files from data CD at the same time to see what do i mean..

[SCSI6]

Well i was messing off today and i tried doing an install with 1 batch like i would normally and it takes 47m 12s

When i run 2 at the same time with different apps in the batch then it takes 29m 55s

When i run 3 it takes 26m 31s...

When i run 4 it keeps my system at full load for 22m 03s

Now i understand that these figures will be dependant on what else is running at the time but i still would like to run more than 1 process out of a time thats installing...

What Im thinking is i have my main batch start 2 other batch files...

My main batch will run all my tweaks, delete files, install, clean up... the other 2 will also install...

Unless there is a better way then thats how i will do it..

[MHz]

You must lots of money?

To have your P4 OCed, running at full load for 20-30 mins. Yet alone the heads on the roms and HDDs, jumping around frantically, to get the data from different software at once. This allows for corruption to happen too easily also. If your at a LAN, and attempt to do this, what happens when the PC dies from this excessive load that has been placed on it.

If I smell something burning, I'll be thinking of ya.

[buletov]

Well i was messing off today and i tried doing an...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

well, in this case there is no need for multiple batch files;

simply remove /wait argument from every second start command

for example:

start app1setup.exe
start /wait app2setup.exe
start app3setup.exe
start /wait app4setup.exe
start app5setup.exe
start /wait app6setup.exe

and so on...

however, note that your disk will become very fragmanted when installing more

than a one thing at the time... no mather what method or computer speed.

[SCSI6]

You must lots of money?

To have your P4 OCed, running at full load for 20-30 mins. Yet alone the heads on the roms and HDDs, jumping around frantically, to get the data from different software at once. This allows for corruption to happen too easily also. If your at a LAN, and attempt to do this, what happens when the PC dies from this excessive load that has been placed on it.

If I smell something burning, I'll be thinking of ya.

No i dont have LOTS of money, I paid about 1k in parts... I got my SCSI disks for free so that was nice... I OCed the cpu with the Intel Desktop Control Center, which only works on like 4 boards... I worked with an Intel software engineer that did work on it when it was in alpha, he was able to show me how to get a better OC with my D915PBL & the software from windows... So i OC ONLY as i need it, and for 20 - 30 minutes thats not bad because i can really let the cpu hit 70c and Zones 1/2 60c... Any further and the system will slow down the clock and shut down if it cannot cool its self... (Trust me if i had money i would have gone for a P4 660 and 4GB of ram, and SATA drives...)

Anyways thanks buletov, I thought about trying that but i figured there must be a better way... Well thats what i will try...