Visual Studio Installer Error, solution update failed...
I will let you know if I ever do succeed, and what it took to do that. I
have switched to the zipping idea, hopefully it will work. It just isn't as
elegant as I would like it to be.
Thank you for your suggestion.
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Mac S. Speed
Electronics International Inc.
63296 Powell Butte Highway
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 318-6060
Fax: (541) 318-7575
Quote:
> First a suggestion: why not use something like PKZIP (
> ftp://ftp.pkware.com/ ) or WinZip make a compressed self-extracting EXE? I
> think PKZIP/WinZip has an option to span multiple floppy disks, although
you
> will need to check to see whether this option is available with a
> self-extracting EXE.
> Second a request: I'd be like to know whether or not you eventually have
any
> success deploying to another Windows 95 machine. I have not had any luck
> deploying to an old Windows 95 machine. Could you post a message here in
> microsoft.public.vb.deployment?
> > I guess I found out what was going on....
> > High Capacity Media Required When Including Microsoft Windows Bootstrap
> > Loader in Installer Packages
> > Creating installer packages with the Microsoft? Windows? installer
> bootstrap
> > loader for distribution on 3.5-inch disks is not supported in Visual
> Studio
> > Installer. The Windows Installer self-installing .exe files included
with
> > the bootstrap loader are too large to fit on 3.5-inch disks. If you
create
> > an installer that includes the bootstrap loader and select 3.5-inch
disks
> as
> > the distribution media, Visual Studio Installer will display a "Disk is
> > full" error message when you build the installer project.
> > To create an installer package that includes the bootstrap loader, you
> must
> > package and distribute it on a higher-capacity media than provided with
> > 3.5-inch disks- example, a CD-ROM. If you want to distribute your
> installer
> > package on 3.5-inch disks, you cannot include the Windows installer
> > bootstrap loader with your installer package.
> > Thank you anyway.
> > --
> > Mac S. Speed
> > Electronics International Inc.
> > 63296 Powell Butte Highway
> > Bend, OR 97701
> > (541) 318-6060
> > Fax: (541) 318-7575
> > > Hello.
> > > I am trying to deploy a package, but I need to use 1.44 diskettes,
when
> I
> > > select this option the solution update fails. I get 2 errors:
> > > 1. Error while processing the following file:
> > > C:...\common\tools\VSinst\BuildRes\InstMsiW.exe. The disk is full.
> > > 2. Error while processing the following file:
> > > C:...\common\tools\VSinst\BuildRes\InstMsiA.exe. The disk is full.
> > > When I change the option away from making 1.44 disks the error is
gone,
> > and
> > > the solution succeeds. I am sure other people are deploying to disks,
> any
> > > suggestions?
> > > Thank you.
> > > --
> > > Mac S. Speed
> > > Electronics International Inc.
> > > 63296 Powell Butte Highway
> > > Bend, OR 97701
> > > (541) 318-6060
> > > Fax: (541) 318-7575
