Instructions for installing Abaqus on a computer that does not have a DVD reader

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On Windows, you can install Abaqus from a remote DVD-ROM device if it has been d
efined as a share. Setting
up the DVD-ROM device as a share must be performed by a user with Administrator
privileges. To install Abaqus
from a shared remote DVD-ROM, connect to that drive and perform the installation
as if the drive were local.
Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths are not supported by the installation pr
ocedures.
To perform an Abaqus installation on a computer that does not have direct or rem
ote access to a DVD reader,
you must copy the required directories from the installation DVD to a location t
hat is accessible by the target
computer.
Abaqus documentation requires all directories and files on the Documentation DVD
.
Abaqus product and licensing requires the directories and files below on the Lic
ensing & Product DVD
<dvd>:\common
<dvd>:\<platform>
<dvd>:\setup.exe (Windows only)
<dvd>:\setup (UNIX only)
where <dvd> is the drive letter (Windows) or mount point (UNIX/Linux) of the Aba
qus installation DVD,
and <platform> is the platform-specific directory corresponding to the target in
stallation computer.
Descriptions for the platform directories are as follows:
Directory Platform
--------- ------------
ibm = AIX/Power
lnx86_64 = Linux/x86_64
linux64 = Linux/Itanium
win86_32 = Windows/x86_32
win86_64 = Windows/x86_64
The UNIX utilities cp and rcp are convenient for this purpose. When copying file
s between different platforms
(particularly between UNIX and Windows), special care may be needed to preserve
the original file permissions
and the file name case. In general, read and execute permissions on all files ar
e sufficient for proper execution.
Once the files have been copied, execute setup.exe (Windows) and setup (UNIX) to
launch the
installation procedure on the target computer.