Automating Installation

If you are supporting users with various system configurations, you may want to automate installations. You could, for example, copy the installation software to a network area that is available to the computers at your site, create a separate setup file for each type of installation, and place the .SIS files in the installation directory. You can then write a separate batch file (or installation script) for each type of installation.

To Create an Installation Script

You can create a batch file that will run the installation program and call the setup file for installation and configuration settings.

1. Create a network installation area on your computer.

   Create an area that can be accessed by other computers at your site.

2. Copy the installation software to the network installation directory on your computer.

3. Run Setup in administration mode, creating one or more silent installation files. (See "To Create a Silent Installation".)

4. Create a batch file that starts a silent installation from your network directory. For example, for a Windows 95 installation:

   1. Create a directory called C:\install on the computer admin.

   2. Run setup /a from this directory, creating a Windows 95 silent installation file called C:\install\sunw95.sis.

   3. Create a file called sunw95.bat containing the command: \\admin\install\pcpro3\setup.exe sunw95.sis

      Users can run the batch file from a mounted directory, using the Microsoft Run command.