Installation problem - MSDN Libs for VS2005

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I'm trying to jury-rig an installation of MSDN for VS2005 from ISO disks.
The company I'm working for has an 'install drive' so I'm not sure of the
pedigree of these directories. Essentially, since I don't have a CD burner
at my disposal, I'm trying to run the installation directly from the ISO
images using Microsoft's Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1.

The problem is as follows: It doesn't matter if I run the setup on the
first MSDN disk or call MSDN installation directly from VS2005's setup
screen. Either way I get an error message saying: "Error 1311. Source file
not found. U:\_17693_RTL_x86_enu_NET_Framework_SDK_HxS.cab. Verify that the
file exists and that you can access it."

I should note that given the current mounting scheme, the 3 ISO images are
disks T, U, and V and presumably software on the T drive should be running.

So how could it know about the U drive in the first place and why didn't it
issue a standard Insert Disk prompt? (The file definitely exists and I can
even copy it.)
 
Ok, just found the solution. Copy the entire contents of all 3 ISOs into one
directory (answering yes to all overwrite queries). Then just run the VS
setup, select the directory, and everything seems to install normally.
 
B. Chernick schreef:
Ok, just found the solution. Copy the entire contents of all 3 ISOs into one
directory (answering yes to all overwrite queries). Then just run the VS
setup, select the directory, and everything seems to install normally.
Click to expand...

The other option would have been to 'mount' the next iso when you see
the error... I experience the same error last year
(http://www.timvw.be/installing-msdn-library-may-2006/) and i've noticed
that it occurs with a couple of other product images too...
 
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