WebSphere installation fails on Windows when installing from hard drive with copied contents of installation CD.

Technote (FAQ)
Problem
The WebSphere installation fails when installing from hard drive with copied contents of installation CD of Windows NT or Windows 2000
Solution
Scenario:
  • Doing multiple installs and copying contents of CD to hard drive to facilitate installation.
  • This is not a recommended procedure for Windows, but it works in many instances and is widely used.
  • In some cases you may get errors from the installation program that files cannot be found to continue installation and parts of the install may fail.
  • Also, there are cases where font errors will occur and dialogs will appear without any text (after an apparently successful installation).

Resolution:
  • Use CD when in doubt, but if that was not possible:
    1. Create a share for a directory or drive, where the CD is copied,
    2. Map a drive to that share point,
    3. Install the program from the mapped drive from which the content of the CD is mapped.
  • This mapped drive should now mirror the directory structure of the actual CD.
Historical Number
59902
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Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Application & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Install
Operating system(s): Windows 2000, Windows NT
Software version: 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.4.1, 3.5.4.2, 3.5.5, 3.5.6
Software edition: Edition Independent
Reference #: 1050222
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2003-04-21