VMWare 5.0 how to install Silent?

[Thombo]

Hello,

who knows the switches for an unattended install of VMware 5.0 ?

[Solid as a rock]

Hello,

who knows the switches for an unattended install of VMware 5.0 ?

i have found this by using the search:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=vmware++silent

it dont help me out because i dont use autoit. so i am curious too how to install this unattended

Edited November 1, 2005 by SolidasRock

[drscouse]

Im looking for same, and found this via our friendly search engine.....

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_install_silent.html

Gonna try out soon myself, will keep you posted, unless you get there before me!!!

[muiz]

hmm nice...

going to try to

REG ADD %KEY%\174 /VE /D "VMware" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\174 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\vm\VMware.msi /qn DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx" /f

[Solid as a rock]

hmm nice...

going to try to

REG ADD %KEY%\174 /VE /D "VMware" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\174 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\vm\VMware.msi /qn DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx" /f

THANKS MUIZ!!

[Solid as a rock]

removed

Edited November 25, 2005 by SolidasRock

[gosherm]

Here's what I use for mine. It's the d/l from the VMTN subscription, but I imagine that it's the same (don't know why it's an exe rather than an msi).

CALL :BuildPackage "Installing VMWare 5.0.0-13124" ^
				   "%AUTOPATH%\System\VMWare\VMware-workstation-5.0.0-13124.exe /s /v/qb" ^
				   "*REGEDIT /S %AUTOPATH%\System\VMWare\VMWare.reg"
 type %PACKAGE_LOG% >> %XPCD_LOGFILE%

Edited November 3, 2005 by gosherm

[pirrup]

this is how i did it :

VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18007.exe /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1"

[Solid as a rock]

this is how i did it :

VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18007.exe /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1"

ahhh... no need to get the msi with /a extracting... i will give your path a try, thanks

[Solid as a rock]

this is how i did it :

VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18007.exe /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1"

i get a error,

cant find the vmware-workstation-5.5.0-18007.exe /s /v

i think your " is placed on the wrong place...

[pirrup]

no it's correct but i use this in WPI :

cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Applications\\VMware\\VMware.exe /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1"']

the " needs to be right after /v ---> so it is /v" and the " ends after DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1

[Solid as a rock]

no it's correct but i use this in WPI :

cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Applications\\VMware\\VMware.exe /s /v" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1"']

the " needs to be right after /v ---> so it is /v" and the " ends after DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1

ok, i will give it a try (again)...

[pirrup]

btw if you don't want it to reboot your pc after install use this one :

cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Applications\\VMware\\VMware.exe /s /v"ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1 /qn"']

i moved the /qn

[Solid as a rock]

btw if you don't want it to reboot your pc after install use this one :

cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Applications\\VMware\\VMware.exe /s /v"ADDLOCAL=ALL DISABLE_AUTORUN=0 SERIALNUMBER=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=1 /qn"']

i moved the /qn

ok, i will give it a try (yes again)...

EDIT: it works fine now. so no need to make a admin install anymore. thank you

Edited November 25, 2005 by SolidasRock

[Free.User]

With the above command line, what would I add (and where) to change the install directory? Is it:

INSTALLDIR=xxxx?

Thanks