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[NSIS-Bugs] [ nsis-Feature Requests-647782 ] Multi-volume installer
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From: SourceForge.net <no...@so...> - 2008-01-02 15:57:18
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Feature Requests item #647782, was opened at 2002-12-03 04:44 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by nobody You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=373088&aid=647782&group_id=22049 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Priority: 2 Private: No Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Multi-volume installer Initial Comment: Can I make a volume? For examle for instalation per 1,44 MB disks? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2008-01-02 07:57 Message: Logged In: NO Spliting installers seems very fundamental to any halfway decent installer and I am shocked that it is not a part of it. Instead one has to use somesort of hack to accomplish this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-03-15 06:07 Message: Logged In: NO You say "Use external plugins...". But there is NO plugin for BZIP2 and LZMA!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-02-09 01:47 Message: Logged In: NO Agree with me, it IS a great pervertion to use such plugins while you have parameters like "DiskSpanning=on/off" in e.g. Inno Setup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Joost Verburg (joostverburg) Date: 2004-02-04 10:42 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=604457 You CAN split an installer on serveral CDs. There are many plug-ins available that can handle external compressed data files or files on other CDs (see the NSIS Archive). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-02-04 10:40 Message: Logged In: NO Max 2Gb file NSIS "feature" is obsolete until we can split those 2Gb installers on several CDs. As for me, I prefer using Inno Setup due to this NSISs limitation.. This stops NSIS from being used in "big" business.. As gamedev, large database and multimedia apps etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-02-04 10:33 Message: Logged In: NO Max 2Gb file NSIS "feature" is obsolete until we can split those 2Gb installers on several CDs. As for me, I prefer using Inno Setup due to this NSISs limitation.. This stops NSIS from being used in "big" business.. As gamedev, large database and multimedia apps etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-02-04 10:32 Message: Logged In: NO Max 2Gb file NSIS "feature" is obsolete until we can split those 2Gb installers on several CDs. As for me, I prefer using Inno Setup due to this NSISs limitation.. This stops NSIS from being used in "big" business.. As gamedev, large database and multimedia apps etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Joost Verburg (joostverburg) Date: 2004-01-09 16:12 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=604457 It's already possible to use external data files (use CopyFiles or a compression plug-in). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2004-01-09 13:26 Message: Logged In: NO I think this is a usefull feature... maybe floppies are not used any more, but for downloading huge files with a slow connection, such as isdn or modem, that would be useful to split it into peaces of maybe 10 or 20 mb... not having a full installer of about 120 mb... Ren---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2003-10-24 02:15 Message: Logged In: NO that would be very useful - even for me.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik) Date: 2003-09-22 04:41 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=584402 The simplest solution would be using zip files and the ZipDLL plug-in from the archive. If you want to change the source to do it take a look at fileform.c, build.cpp - write_output and deflateToFile and strlist.h - MMapBuf, MMapFile, MMapFake. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mark Gillespie (mgillespie) Date: 2003-09-22 04:06 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=246574 The lack of multi-volume spanning is killing us in our application. I am thinking of looking at implementing this myself (or at least having a go). Do any of the developers have any guidance, or a starting point? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Joost Verburg (joostverburg) Date: 2003-08-08 05:33 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=604457 It's already possible using NSIS scripting, so why should the size be increased to add something like this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2003-08-08 05:31 Message: Logged In: NO too bad, i see that some game dev will continue to use install shield because of this (most games today have a 2 cd install routine) DOCa Cola ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mike Mullikin (mmullikin) Date: 2003-03-25 17:46 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=719216 joost, #1 - Floppy disks aren't as dead as you might imagine. ;-) #2 - If designed properly, it could be used for any size volume - not just floppies. Possibly zip disk size or CD-ROM size or even to break a long download into more palatable bites. #3 - Yes, external apps can be used, but it just adds another application to the mix. Multi-volume capability is a "natural" fit for any great installer. IMHO it is the only thing stopping NSIS from "perfection". How's that for "suck-up" points? mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Joost Verburg (joostverburg) Date: 2003-03-25 14:04 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=604457 You can use external applications for splitting files. Because a floppy disk is not a common distribution media anymore, this won't be added anytime soon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Mike Mullikin (mmullikin) Date: 2003-02-23 18:35 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=719216 Kichik writes: "Splitting the installer is not currently available and will not be available soon." Pity... it would be a valueable addition to an already excellent tool. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Chris Stafford (lordpi) Date: 2002-12-04 22:35 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=137245 just get "Split File" from http://space.dolphin.free.fr/ its under "Windows Freeware" free, quick, and small; i've used it for years. aside form that, there are lots of easy ways to split the installer once it compiles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Amir Szekely (kichik) Date: 2002-12-03 10:56 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=584402 Spliting the installer is not currently available and will not be available soon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=373088&aid=647782&group_id=22049 |