Floppy Disk Distributions
InstallShield 2020 Express Edition
Although it is not directly supported, you can distribute your release via floppy disk by using the Custom release type. The challenges that arise when you try to build your release on floppy disks are described below:
| • | Disk Space—If you want the Windows Installer to be installed before your product is installed, the Windows Installer must be installed first. Because of the file size for the Windows Installer redistributables, it is difficult to distribute your installation on a floppy disk if you need to distribute the Windows Installer engine as well. |
| • | Disk Spanning—The .msi file that is created by InstallShield and that interacts with the Windows Installer service cannot be spanned across multiple disks. In addition, it must reside on the first disk of your installation. Therefore, if you want to include all of your files in one compressed .msi file, it might not fit on one floppy disk. However, if your files can remain uncompressed, they can be included on successive disks of the installation. |
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