Re: Installation problem xpe

From: KM (konstmor_at_nospam_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 00:14:47 -0700

David,

Are you just trying to extract from all the cab files to a CD?
Then {xxx}.cab files contain XPe Repository files. They will be extracted to
"\Windows Embedded Data\Repositories\{xxx}" directories.

KM

> If I use winzip on disk1.cab and disk2.cab, tools.cab and msde.cab I can
see
> the original path to copy the files to and thus make a cd.
>
> 07/05/2004 10:22 AM 2,000,843 disk1.cab
> 07/05/2004 10:25 AM 55,062,466 disk2.cab
> 07/05/2004 10:27 AM 43,476,777 MSDE.cab
> 07/05/2004 10:27 AM 5,457,793 tools.cab
> 07/05/2004 10:41 AM 10,303,136
> {022716D8-0CF0-4779-B94C-8E52EB36709C}.CAB
> 07/05/2004 10:42 AM 2,845,652
> {347677C8-8935-4D30-8DDA-FB6D701ACF47}.CAB
> 07/05/2004 10:42 AM 209,998,653
> {484C9D34-846E-40E2-A2E6-FF2771A303D5}.CAB
> 07/05/2004 10:58 AM 0 files.lst
> 8 File(s) 329,145,320 bytes
> 2 Dir(s) 925,405,184 bytes free
>
> The other files do not show their original path so what disk and folder do
> they go in?
>
> I looked at the articles attached in your post below and see exactly the
> same errors documented. It explains what I have to install to get it to
> work. It doesn't say how to put them on the disk and make it the eval tool
> work the way it was intended.
>
> eg A packing list should have come with the eval download.
>
> I will try and put them on varous rewriteable cds and test it until I get
a
> working set.
>
> Regards
> David
>
>
>
> "KM" <konstmor@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uNiObV8MEHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > David,
> >
> > I don't understand the problem you are having. But from myself I can
tell
> you that I downloaded the cab files a while ago and was
> > able to unzip all of them properly (proper directory structure). I used
> WinZip to unpak the cabs.
> > Hope your downloaded disk2.cab is not corrupted.
> >
> > Also see if anything from these links helps:
> >
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xetbsTroubleshootingIns
> tallation.asp
> >
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=database+insta
> llation+cab+error+&meta=group%3Dmicrosoft.public.windowsxp.embedded.*
> >
> > --
> > KM,
> > BSquare Corporation
> >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the evaluation version of windows xpe from
Microsoft.
> > >
> > > I have files called disk1, disk 2, tools, {34xxxxx.. } etc as per
their
> > > standard download.
> > >
> > > When I open the files and view inside the cabinets or the zip files
with
> > > Winzip it is obvious based on the original path stored inside the
> compressed
> > > file what goes onto what disk and where. eg filepath.
> > >
> > > Some of the files however do not have the filepath stored inside them.
> If I
> > > copy them to a cd the setup works and only runs from a cd drive. Thats
> fine.
> > > If I however choose to install the database engine and the database
> > > components I get an error trying to extract the cabinets. I suspect
this
> is
> > > why I cannot login to the target designer or any other tools as it
needs
> to
> > > logon to a database to open a template.
> > >
> > > Has anyone got a packing list of the cds the way they are intended to
be
> > > used?
> > >
> > > I have tried to order the cd from Microsoft to circumvent this issue
and
> the
> > > transaction stalls when trying process a purchase in the website.
> > >
> > > It must be the full moon that is trying to stop me from kicking goals
> with
> > > my project.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > >
> > > David
> >
> >
>
>

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