Creating an installation DVD from CS4 download files

Question

Greetings! Has anyone managed to create a functional installation DVD(s) from the downloaded files of CS4 Design Premium. After extracting the files, which folders have to go on which DVD? I have both WIN and MAC and would like to install these from DVD.
Thanks.
Cheers!
Brad

Answer 1

Thanks for all the replies!! Gosh.<br /><br />Robert: Adobe support apparently told "cosmicone37" that "you can't create an installation DVD from the downloadable files. The only way to have a DVD installable version of any of the suites is to go through Adobe Support and get the DVDs through them."<br />As stated by me, this is simply not true. Read below.<br /><br />Mike: The images I see kicking around on torrent sites have been made from a trial download. That is certain. They say so explicitly.<br /><br />Try69: Thanks for the input. Yes, storing them on a DVD at least frees up the HDD space. But they are of no use unless copied back to the HDD each time one wishes to alter the installation etc. So I don't consider this a solution to the question Brad raised.<br /><br />Brad... et all...<br />Here is the answer. These instructions are for the master suite.<br /><br />1) In your DVD-DL burner software set up a new project. <br /><br />2) Call the disc ADBEMST4<br /><br />3) Using the free 7-Zip program (google for it) extract the contents of the ADBESTAMCS4_LS1.7z file you have downloaded.<br /><br />4) You need to edit the setup.xml file which is in the \Adobe CS4\Payloads folder<br /><br />Make it like this:<br /><br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Setup version="2.0.138.0"><br />     <Driver folder="AdobeMasterCollection4-mul-trial"/><br />     <Media><br />          <Volume><br />               <Name>ADBEMST4</Name><br />               <Payloads><br /><Payload folder="Acrobatcom-fr_FR"></Payload><br /> ... snip (see note) ....<br /><Payload folder="AdobeMasterCollection4-mul-trial"></Payload><br /></Payloads><br /></Volume><br /></Media><br /></Setup><br /><br />NOTE: I have removed all but one of the payload lines because there are too many to post here. But on every payload line you are changing from:<br /><Payload folder="Acrobatcom-fr_FR">Adobe CS4</Payload><br /><br />to<br /><br /><Payload folder="Acrobatcom-fr_FR"></Payload> <br />(as an example taken from the first payload line)<br /><br />Do that to every line. You are simply removing the "Adobe CS4" text.<br />Or download the edited xml from here: (only valid for 10 downloads as I am not a rapidshare user)<br /><br />http://rapidshare.com/files/160301059/Setup.xml.html<br /><br />5) Back to your DVD project. In the root of the disc you are creating, place all the files and folders in the \Adobe CS4 folder you ended up with after the extraction. Don't copy the \Adobe CS4 folder itself, just everything in it. So you'll end up with something looking like this: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/8144/step5rh4.png   (image not from me, just one I found whilst researching this)<br /><br />If you want the extra files to be included (as found in STAMCS4_Cont_LS1.exe) then extract these with 7-Zip also. Copy the resulting files to your disc project. If you don't need the additional languages, then don't add them to the project. You may already be going over the limit for DVD-DL... so check on that.<br /><br />5) In your project put the new/edited setup.xml into the \Payloads folder. Remove the setup.xml already dragged into the project first, or overwrite it when you drag in the new one.<br /><br />6) Burn<br /><br />7) Install<br /><br />8) Enjoy<br /><br />If you have any questions let me know. If I've made typo's in the above and it doesn't make sense, let me know.<br /><br />All the best..<br />Jonathan