CA/400 Silent Install

["Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to create a CA/400 Silent Install response file (file.iss) so I
can automate the installation of the CA/400 ODBC & OLE driver on our users
PC's...

I immediately ran into a problem when I executed this command from the
AS/400 folder containing the CA/400 install image:

        setup -r -fld:C:\temp\ca400.iss

I got an error 703 indicating a problem reading something or other....

Anyway, I called SupportLine and couldn't believe what they told me!

The SupportLine representative told me that I could NOT create a silent
install file unless I did it as part of an actual INSTALLATION of CA/400 on
my PC. I said "What? .. You mean that I can't create an response file
without actually installing the product?" He insisted that this is true.

I continue to be amazed at some of the hoops IBM makes us jump through to do
something that should be so simple.

Has anyone installed CA/400 using silent install? If so, how would you
recommend that I create and distribute these files to 100's of PC's?

Kenneth

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Kenneth E. Graap
IBM Certified Specialist
AS/400e Professional System Administrator
NW Natural (Gas Services)
keg@nwnatural.com
Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
FAX:    603-849-0591
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