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Building an installation DVD

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Jean-Michel Bezeau - 06 Apr 2005 12:32 GMT
Hello,

I have bought the CD version of Visual Studio 2003.  I would have prefer to
have a DVD version but it was not available.

I reinstall my computer quite often and I wonder how I could create a Visual
Studio 2003 installation DVD.  I have found instruction on how to create a
network share (that I could write on DVD) but it doesn't say how to enable
autorun. It also doesn't mention MSDN documentation, what do I do with the
discs?

Is there some information somewhere on how to do that?

Thanks

Jean-Michel
Jon Furman - 06 Apr 2005 17:11 GMT
I have a lot of my stuff set up on a network share and sometimes mix CD
files just by copying them all into one directory. It looks to me like a lot
of the MS installers only prompt for a new disc when they can't find the
files in the location where the install is being run from. This has worked
forme with various version of Office and VS. Your mileage may vary.

Not sure about the autorun...couldn't you jsut copy the autorun.inf file
from the first CD to the DVD. Seems like that should work.

Jon
Marty C. - 19 Apr 2005 15:31 GMT
Hi Jon,

I see you posted this question some time ago, however, I have a link you
might want to visit:
http://autorun.moonvalley.com/autoruninfeditor.htm

You are almost correct in assuming you could just copy the autorun.inf file
from the CD to the DVD. The rest of the task is to review what files are
mentioned in the autorun.inf file and make sure you copy these files to the
DVD as well.

You can setup any disc (CD or DVD) to autorun. You simply need to setup a
autorun.inf file and have it point to the executable you want to
automatically start when the disc is inserted.

Basically, all you need in an autorun.inf file are the following lines:
[AutoRun]
open=<some executable file>.exe
icon=<some executable file>.exe

Just make sure the <some executable file>.exe file is in the root of the
disc.

Marty C.

> I have a lot of my stuff set up on a network share and sometimes mix CD
> files just by copying them all into one directory. It looks to me like a lot
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> Jon

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