Setup cannot copy the file: xxxx

[poed]

Just to be sure that we're on the same level about "DOS-based installs"... I mean: boot with an MS floppy with CD support and then type something like F:\I386\winnt.exe to start the CD.

Well, first I ran Livestate as it supposedly uses a dos-type install, which resulted in the spmsg.dll copy errors,

but when triggering winnt as you describe I get 81 filecopy errors, spmsg.dll and spupdsvc.exe included...

[Tomcat76]

So there are no problems using Livestate if you don't include Package Installer?

For the winnt.exe method... Open DOSNET.INF in Notepad and find the last instance of [Files]. Create a blank line below it and type this in it:

d1,disk1

Do you still get 81 copy errors then?

Edited April 5, 2006 by Tomcat76

[poed]

So there are no problems using Livestate if you don't include Package Installer?

That is correct. When looking around I found two lines for each of spmsg.dll and spupdsvc.exe in txtsetup.sif;

[sourceDisksFiles]

...

spmsg.dll = 1,,,,,,,1000,0,0,spmsg.dll.ref

spmsg.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

spuninst.exe = 1,,,,,,,1000,0,0,spuninst.exe.ref

spupdsvc.exe = 1,,,,,,,1000,0,0,spupdsvc.exe.ref

spupdsvc.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

update.exe = 1,,,,,,,1000,0,0,update.exe.ref

updspapi.dll = 1,,,,,,,1000,0,0,updspapi.dll

...

So if I remove the two shorter ones and use Livestate, it seems to work. It would seem like the copy occurs twice? And according to the document (below) the number 1 indicates that the file is only copied if it exists in the installation directory. Maybe a clue?

For the winnt.exe method... Open DOSNET.INF in Notepad and find the last instance of [Files]. Create a blank line below it and type this in it:

d1,disk1

Do you still get 81 copy errors then?

Yes, everything is exactly as before. (I didn't get through all 81, but the 10-15 first)

I found a document on the web, you probably already know this, but anyway...

http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/txtsetup.htm

Thanks!

Pontus

[Tomcat76]

What you see in TXTSETUP.SIF is correct. Those files need to be copied into two folders.

I could use an alternate method to see if it satisfies Livestate.

Edit: try 60406a. This should work around the problem with Livestate.

Yes, everything is exactly as before. (I didn't get through all 81, but the 10-15 first)

The "10-15 first"? Edited April 6, 2006 by Tomcat76

[poed]

Whatever you did, Livestate is now happy using 60409a! Thanks!

(Just for my curiosity, I tried to install with winnt.exe as well, but the results are still the same)

With "10-15" I just meant that I didn't actually go through all 81 copyerrors, but the first bunch of them to see the pattern.

Thanks for a great job TomCat!

Now moving on to work on w2k3 server.

BR, Pontus