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silent installation using SMS(System Management Server)

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:27 pm
by softpro
Hi

My setups break when called through Microsoft Systems Management Server(SMS) with error code 2343 (unexpected error while installing this packet)
Has anybody got a clue what could the reason be?
Calling the setup with the switch /s works like breeze outside sms!

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:55 pm
by MichaelNesmith
That means path is empty - so probably one of the paths used in your setup is turning up empty when used with SMS. Very strange!

There were some problems with common folder locations on Server 2003 which are fixed in the latest build, I'd give that a shot.

If it still doesn't work, use logging to find which path fails, and we'll take it from there.

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:08 am
by Tom T
How do you enable logging?

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:06 pm
by Alex_Ronquillo
From the command line run your setup in the following way:

mysetup.exe /l=<logfile>

where mysetup.exe is your installer file and logfile.los is the file to write the log to.