Multi-CD Install

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:55 PM]

I have a product for a customer that fills 3 CD's.

Is there any way I can do this with SB5? In my previous installer it
used to build the setup to one big folder and I could then split it
every 650MB's. When installing it would ask for the next disc when it
had installed the first, etc.
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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:08 PM]

Simon,

This will be feature of the upcoming Distribution Wizard.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:29 PM]

friedrich linder wrote:
> Simon,
>
> This will be feature of the upcoming Distribution Wizard.

Great, thanks Friedrich. Any idea of time scales? Weeks/Months/Years?
I need to know whether to re-build their discs with the old installer
or if I can get them to wait for SB5.
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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:37 PM]

Simon,

Our goal was to make it available this week, but a SB5 issue slowed down
development. We'll make it available next week (and then we are feature
complete).

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:49 PM]

friedrich linder wrote:

> Simon,
>
> Our goal was to make it available this week, but a SB5 issue slowed down
> development. We'll make it available next week (and then we are feature
> complete).

Great, thanks Friedrich. I can probably get them to wait a week for it.

How will it work? Can I do the install scripting and testing now, then
just have the Distribution Wizard work with it, or should I wait?
--
Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:55 PM]

Simon,

We use the SB4 disk-spanning method. You compile a single file setup.exe
and then use the Distribution Wizard to split it into, say, 650 MB images.

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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
1.954.252.3910

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:19 PM]

Simon,
Any possibility that you could deliver on a DVD? Many computers now
support reading from a DVD.
-- Regards, Roger Due

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[Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:44 PM]

Roger Due wrote:
> Simon,
> Any possibility that you could deliver on a DVD? Many computers now
> support reading from a DVD.

I don't think my customer would go for that just yet. But I agree, DVD
would be much easier.
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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc