Hi! This is my first post!.....

I need some help to make a silent installation for Norton PQmagic 8.05.

First, i try the /S /v/qn.... doesnt seem to work. After that i make a Administrative install (setup /a) .. but the size of the Packages are growing too much...

Whats next?


FeTT!
MCP 2K,XP

Hello FeTT!

Expect to have a bigger size if you are doing an admin install. But you can alway shrik it down using WinRAR.

You can try this also.

1. Delete the files in your %temp% folder (just to avoid confusion).
2. Run the original setup, but don't install it. Just let it sit on the welcom screen.
3. Go to your %temp% folder again, and look for the installation files there.

Ok.... But i also need the switch to install it silent...

I try ''msiexec /i *.msi /qn /norestart''.... and also *.exe /S/v/qn... nothing seem to work...

Thx

After some hours... i finally found the solution!

1- run setup.exe -R
2-make a normal installation(enter your serial...)
3-after the installation, go to c:\windows and copy ''setup.iss'' into your pqmagic folder
4-to install it silently: setup.exe /S /v/qn
5-Et voilà!

i hope i can someone else with this silent installation


FeTT!

MCP 2K,XP

Work great !

Thx !

Works Great 4 me 2
TNX
coucou

Just a few things to add.

Its /s /v/qn, /S is for NSIS installations.

check out http://documentation.installshield.com/rob...lentInstall.htm, was a huge help for me when doing silent IS apps.

For those who dont know how to create installable SFX archives:
Creates a single .exe instead of the entire cd rip on your uA cd. Requires WinRAR.

Props to Mazin, it is his post I learnt how to do this.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=16562

1. Copy all the files from your Norton PartitionMagic 8.05 cd onto your HD.

2. Select all the files from the directory.

3. Get the setup.iss file Fett shows how above (though I use /r not -R to get the .iss -R never works for me, again see the link above). Throw the setup.iss in the same location as the rest of the files you got.

4. Right click and select add to archive...

5. Here in the General Tab change your Archive name to something like PMagic805.exe, keep Archive format as RAR, change compression method to best, and in Archive Options check 'Create SFX archive'

6. On the Advanced tab press the 'SFX Options...' button.

7. In this new window in the General Tab select 'Create in current folder', and in 'Run after extraction' enter 'setup.exe /s /v/qn', then go to modes select 'Unpack to temporary folder', in Silent Mode select 'Hide All' and in Overwite Mode select 'Overwrite all files'

8. Press ok until it makes your file. You should find the PMagic805.exe whereever you stored all your files from the cd.

Tada you now have a silent installation of Norton in 1 file. Just run the file like so in your uA cd.
PMagic805.exe no switches needed.

Im sure there are some files that could be removed from the cd to make the .exe smaller but I dont know what they are, and usually play it safe by including everything. If someone wants to shed light on safe things to remove to reduce the source that would be awesome.

Hope this helps someone.

Yes, it helped me. thanks!

Yes the process is not a whole lot different to the previous version by Powerquest.

MC.