Trying to figure out how to \"span\" CDs
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:35 pm
I'm new to InstallAware (in fact, I'm relatively new to installers in general, being more of just an application programmer). And I've got a problem.
I'm trying to create an install that needs to compress between 1.2 and 1.3 Gigabytes of data, and it needs to be burned onto CDs (DVDs are just too expensive of an option right now). However, I have not been able to discover how to do this.
I've tried all three build options, but as of yet, no success. The first options, suggested for CDs, is of course, uncompressed. (My company requires compression.)
The second option creates a file that is too big for one CD (being slightly over 1 Gig).
And the third option seems to require "downloading" to work.
I've tried a number of different strategies both within the visual interface, and within the script. I've tried "fooling" the web option into "downloading" from the local folder; I've tried creating a set of compressed files with one project set to build the "web" option, then created a second project that is built with the first option which would install then extract those files (even though it is InstallAware that has created the 7zip files, the second project always fails at its attempt to extract the archives), but no success.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thank you,
I'm trying to create an install that needs to compress between 1.2 and 1.3 Gigabytes of data, and it needs to be burned onto CDs (DVDs are just too expensive of an option right now). However, I have not been able to discover how to do this.
I've tried all three build options, but as of yet, no success. The first options, suggested for CDs, is of course, uncompressed. (My company requires compression.)
The second option creates a file that is too big for one CD (being slightly over 1 Gig).
And the third option seems to require "downloading" to work.
I've tried a number of different strategies both within the visual interface, and within the script. I've tried "fooling" the web option into "downloading" from the local folder; I've tried creating a set of compressed files with one project set to build the "web" option, then created a second project that is built with the first option which would install then extract those files (even though it is InstallAware that has created the 7zip files, the second project always fails at its attempt to extract the archives), but no success.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thank you,