1. Yes, you can specify files in your MSI to not be compressed. You can also specify none of your files in your MSI to be compressed Package/@Compressed="no" (the default, I believe).
2. Yes, Media/@EmbedCab="no" (the default, I believe) creates non-embedded cabinets. 3. Yes, it is possible to make one MSI. In fact, for AD deployment, everything will work better if you create a single MSI. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Sergey <sh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I need to prepare msi installer, so that it could be installed via > Active Directory on multiple computers in silent mode. > Total size of files, i must redistribute is about 100Gb, so it would be > significant optimization, not to pack into cab (or at least pack without > compression) ant not to embed them into msi. > Also i read that max size of msi is 2Gb, so i can not embed all files > into single msi. > > I do now know AD well, please advice me: > > - can this msi (silently installed via AD) contain links to external > files, not embedded into cab and msi itself? > in other words can I deliver files in same folder with msi without > merging them into cab or msi? > > - can this msi contain links to files in cab, not embedded into msi > itself? can i somehow tell in wix project, that compression level for > cab files must be "store" (without any compression) > in other words can i deliver files in cab without compression and not > embedded into msi? > > And else one question, about features upgrades: > - can i prepare upgrades for separate features, not for entire product? > So these these upgrades could be installed in any order. > For example i have features A,B,C. > 1. User installs only features A and B. > 2. After these I emit upgrade A1 of feature A. and upgrade B1 of feature > B. and upgrade C1 of feature C. > 3. User installs A1 and B1. > 4. After these I emit upgrade A2 of feature A. and upgrade B2 of feature > B. and upgrade C2 of feature C. > 5. User installs A2 and B2. > 6. Now user installs feature C from his msi. > 7 Can he install C1 and C2 now? > > - is it possible, if use one product msi? or i need to make each feature > as separate msi file? > > -- > Thank you! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
