how to create a installation project that bigger than 2 cds

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haiwen - 07 Jul 2004 19:53 GMT

Hello, everyone:

I have a application that is bigger than 1 GByte. When build the installation project, I set the cabin file is 650 Mbyte then I burn the 2.cab on the second cd.

The problem is when I start to install the project, after finish the 1.cab it will pop up a window says that 2.cab could not be found. After I insert the second cd and click retry, it will install the project successfully. But the second cd still pop up a new window that requires the first CD.

Could anyone tell me how to develop the installation project that requires more than one CD, I would like to use a "please insert cd 2" window instead of the missing file window.

I do appreciate your help.

Haiwen

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Phil Wilson - 08 Jul 2004 15:46 GMT

I don't believe you can do this with a Visual Studio setup - it just uses
one media disk. There are tools that can do this (InstallShield, Wise etc).
http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm

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> Hello, everyone:
>
> I have a application that is bigger than 1 GByte. When build the installation project, I set the cabin file is 650 Mbyte then I burn the

2.cab on the second cd.

> The problem is when I start to install the project, after finish the 1.cab it will pop up a window says that 2.cab could not be found. After I insert

the second cd and click retry, it will install the project successfully. But
the second cd still pop up a new window that requires the first CD.

> Could anyone tell me how to develop the installation project that requires more than one CD, I would like to use a "please insert cd 2" window instead

of the missing file window.

> I do appreciate your help.
>
> Haiwen

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haiwen - 08 Jul 2004 18:21 GMT

Hello, Wilson:

Thanks for your reply.
After I build the web set up project using visual studio 2003, I use Orca to modify the sample.msi file:
In the Media table, I set:
DiskId 1 2
DiskPrompt Disk2
Cabinet samp1.cab samp2.cab
VolumeLabel Disk1 Disk2

Then I burn the Disk1 including:

Setup.exe, setup.inf, sample.msi, samp1.cab

Disk2 including samp2.cab

When I insert Disk1 to start installation, it will pop up a window when it need disk2, but the information is "Please insert the disk:",without the disk2 name. THE QUESTION IS I ALREADY SET UP THE DISKPOMT FOR DISK2, anyway, after I insert the disk2, the installation continue and finish successfully EXCEPT THERE IS WINDOW SAID THAT "THERE IS WRONG VOLUME DISK, PLEASE REPLACE THE CORRECT DISK" and mess thing up.

What can I do for it? Could any one help???

Haiwen

> I don't believe you can do this with a Visual Studio setup - it just uses
> one media disk. There are tools that can do this (InstallShield, Wise etc).
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> > Haiwen

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Phil Wilson - 09 Jul 2004 00:59 GMT

Ok, you've used Orca to edit the MSI file. Make sure you've matched the File
table with the Media table with the LastSequence values. Assuming the
VolumeLabel part is working correctly, it will think you've inserted the
wrong disk if the range of file sequences in the File table doesn't match
with the Media table. You should post this message in
public.platformsdk.msi - the people that look at that group are the MSI
folks.

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> Hello, Wilson:
>
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>
> When I insert Disk1 to start installation, it will pop up a window when it need disk2, but the information is "Please insert the disk:",without the

disk2 name. THE QUESTION IS I ALREADY SET UP THE DISKPOMT FOR DISK2, anyway,
after I insert the disk2, the installation continue and finish successfully
EXCEPT THERE IS WINDOW SAID THAT "THERE IS WRONG VOLUME DISK, PLEASE REPLACE
THE CORRECT DISK" and mess thing up.

> What can I do for it? Could any one help???
>
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> > one media disk. There are tools that can do this (InstallShield, Wise etc).
> > http://www.installsite.org/pages/en/msi/authoring.htm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590592972/104-7044380-4696760

> > > Hello, everyone:
> > >
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> > >
> > > Haiwen

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