how to split Visual Studio 2003 DVD rip into CDs?

[jonwil]

I did search of forum for "Visual Studio 2003" but didnt find any info.

Anyone know how to do this?

[Mkz]

Why don't you simply RAR the installation files or the iso and span on 700Mb files?
Sure you'd have to unpack to the hard disk to install, but i don't think you'd need those after installation is complete.

[jonwil]

Part of the thing is that I want to rip out MSDN 2003 from the visual studio set and replace with MSDN april 2004. To do that I need to know exactly what files would go on the 3 MSDN CDs (I dont want to take the chance and blindly remove stuff since I have been burnt in the past trying to make stuff smaller to save space and accidently removing important stuff) and from there (since I will already have a set of install files loose on my disk), turning what is left into a set of 3 (or 5 if the 2 CDs from the 8 that I dont know the contents of are actually usefull) CD images makes more sense than blindly shoving the install files onto as many CDs as are needed to fit them

Plus, in another thread, someone said "the instructions to turn the DVD into CDs have already been posted on the general board" but a search didnt find them.

Sorry but I'm not sure if this info will help u or not. I don't have a DVD-ROM yet so limited idea but I searched this section and got this info from one of SatyricOn's reply.

==>Use Daemon tools to mount ripped DVD
Hope I was of any help to you *no flame *

Regards,
ferrari

Demon tools will mount a DVD image but as i found out making a DVD image is a pain. I have Nero and because i dont have a DVD burner i cant make a DVD image!! Does anyone know how i could make a DVD image so a friend could burn a DVD for me if i transferred it over a LAN network?

Originally Posted by jonwil

Part of the thing is that I want to rip out MSDN 2003 from the visual studio set and replace with MSDN april 2004. To do that I need to know exactly what files would go on the 3 MSDN CDs

Visual Studio 2003 already comes on just one cd. It's a 695.68 MB self-extracting file, downloadable from MSDN universal subscribers site. Or from eMule network .

The same goes for MSDN library. Forget about splitting DVD image and try to find 3 CD equivalent (642.45 MB + 639.11 MB + 632.73 MB). (Equivalent DVD image contains almost 2 GB of MSDN TV files, you don't need that.)

[jonwil]

What I have are 2 things (or I will once I finish yanking them from the FTP)
1.the Visual Studio 2003 enterprise architect DVD
and 2,the MSDN library 2004 april

I want to take the Visual Studio DVD and remove the MSDN component.
Then I want to split what remains into the equivelent files for the various CD the CD version comes on.
I know its possible because at least one person made mention on the board before about it.

Originally Posted by jonwil

I want to take the Visual Studio DVD and remove the MSDN component.
Then I want to split what remains into the equivelent files for the various CD the CD version comes on. I know its possible because at least one person made mention on the board before about it.

I would like to meet that person .

Now seriously, removing MSDN part from the DVD-type of installation would mean not only identifying what files are part of it, but also updating the installation script. God knows if it's a regular Windows Installer script or tweaked MS version of it.

And even then you would have to find out the differences in file names, sizes etc. between what was there (default MSDN) and what you have (MSDN 2004)...

[jonwil]

the setup.ini in the zip clearly says "7.0" whereas the one from my DVD ISO clearly says "7.1"

I have gotten the full installation of .net 2003 on 1 cd - but it was an sfx. Still, im plenty happy with it being on one cd, even though it takes slightly longer to install. It didnt include any MSDN issues or anything those are huge, and take up a couple cds.