[neptune3nl]

I'm having problems installing hotfixex.

Yesterday, I slipstreamed SP2 with nLite 1.0 beta 5.
I tried installing hotfixes with a custom svpack.inf as described in the manual but it didn't work. I still had to install the hotfixes manually after installing Windows Installer 3.1.


Then, I did another project: slipstreamed SP2 with nLite 1.0 beta 5 and in nLite I integrated the RVMUpdatePack1.2.2.Full (downloaded yesterday).
After installing this on a testpc, I had to install manually:
- Windows Installer 3.1 ( I thought this is already in RVMUpdatePack1.2.2.Full
- about 10 hotfixes

I would like to integrate Windows Installer 3.1 directly into the installation files so I don't have to download and reboot manually. This should give me the chance to install all the hotfixes needing Windows Installer 3.1 duringthe installation.

If this works, I would like to be able to manually adapt my project files to add new hotfixes when they come out. I keep my project files on a seperate disk.

Can anyone help me please? Am I doing something wrong?

By the way, the only things I control manually during the installation are:
- choosing a partition
- entering computer name

This post has been edited by neptune3nl: 25 July 2005 - 06:55 AM

[neptune3nl]

If integrating Windows Installer 3.1 doesn't work, I was thinking of installing it with the RunOnceEx.cmd method, rebooting and then do another RunOnceEx.cmd to install hotfixes but I am not sure if this would work and it would take too much time to create the files. I think it would also fail because there couldbe not enough time between installing the seperate hotfixes.

[neptune3nl]

I forgot to tell that in my first project, I added Windows Installer 3.1 following Shark007's guide!

[Incroyable HULK]

I would suggest you install from svcpack.inf:

[CatalogHeader]

[Version]
BuildNumber=2600
MinorVersion=1
MajorVersion=5
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\I386\svcpack"

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
KB893803v2.exe /q /n /z

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
KB893803v2_wxp.cat

[neptune3nl]

Here is my svcpack.inf:

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
q873333.exe /Q /N /Z /O
q873339.exe /Q /N /Z /O
q883939.exe /Q /N /Z /O
q885250.exe /Q /N /Z /O
qchain.exe

Compared to the one from Incroyable Hulk, I miss out:

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
KB893803v2_wxp.cat

I saw this is in the Windows Intaller 3.1 package after I uncompressed it. Where do I put this file?

Secondly...
Do I have to put this KB890803.EXE at the top of the list with the other hotfixes or does if haveto be the ONLY file?

[Incroyable HULK]

In my svcpack.inf, it is located in the middle of 20 other hotfixes... so I guess it can be in any order...

EDIT: you didn't use the /integrate: switch ?

This post has been edited by Incroyable HULK: 25 July 2005 - 08:01 AM

[neptune3nl]

I far as I understand, I have 2 options to install WI 3.1:
1) using svcpack.inf and install it like any other hotfix or
2) using the integrate method.
Both are independ from each other and work in a different way, right?

I didn't use the /integrate method though. If I would choose to do that, how would it be?
To be honest, I would prefer to integrate WI 3.1 in stead of doing it via the svcpack.inf as it will save time installing hotfixes.

[neptune3nl]

Note about svcpack.inf

I read the hotfixes have to be in numerical order..