Unattended Using 2 cd's

[MasterX]

I am willing to have 2 seperate cd's for this unattended install. I need baby steps to do this please. What are the commands and in which batch file do I have to put these commands in or do I have to put these commands in the .sif file.

At the start of the installation after the Install directory is copied to the system directory is it possible to have the program ask to insert cd 2 and once cd 2 is copied to the system directory have instructiopn to ask to insert cd 1 again to finish the installation.

Please Help this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advanced.

[Aaron]

I don't know why you want CD1 put back in...

But here's what you can do:

Once your batch has finished installing all your extras, put in a pause so that it asks you to press any key to continue (you could also include an ECHO message beforehand to ask to put in CD 2).

Once the CD is in you press any key to continue the batch. The remaining commands in the batch file should have a direct path to the CD Drive this time(e.g. F:\Applications\setup.exe)

[MasterX]

You know at the very beginning of the installation when all windows files are copied to the hard drive and the install directory is copied to the hard drive also, this is where I would like the second CD to come in. The unattended installation CD that I want to create will be used for more than one machine. Therefore, having an exact path for the CD ROM is out of the question since other machines do not necessarily have the CD ROM as letter D for example.

For putting CD 1 back in the CD ROM drive, if it is not necessary then I'll be glad to avoid this. I thought that since CD 2 is asked for early in the installation process then CD 1 would still be needed to continue the XP installation.

Thanks

[Aaron]

oooh, that's way beyond what I know about, although that would be really good to have!

Getting text-mode setup to ask for a second CD will require some files to be edited that's for sure, and the digital signatures may be a problem.

[MasterX]

Thanks anyway, I really appreciate these instructions for the unattended install. I was able to learn many things and putting the CD together for me was a really amazing challenge. But I must mention that I am a person of great persistence. I would like know where I could find the information to do this (if you know where on the net)

Thanks Again

Pete