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Installing SAS 9.1 From A 4-Disc CD Archive
After several years of supporting SAS
8.2 for the University of North Texas computing and
research community, Academic Computing Services Research
and Statistical Support is in the process of rolling out
the latest SAS product, SAS 9.1, for use by the faculty,
staff, and students of UNT. While much of SAS 9.1’s look
and feel is identical to SAS 8.2 and prior versions of
SAS, the number of discs that it is necessary to install
in order to have a properly functioning SAS installation
are now 7 in total. For efficiency’s sake, Academic
Computing Services Research and Statistical Support has
created a 4-disc executable archive of SAS 9.1 for
purchase by students at the UNT Union Bookstore.
Executable Archiving
The WinZip utility allows a user to
create executable compressed archives from standard file
systems. This archiving capability allows users to save
their compressed files in a format that does not require
WinZip or any other compressing utility to open and
“un-zip” or otherwise decompress the files to a directory
on a computer.
Step-by-Step Installation
Installation Instructions for Student
Version of SAS 9
UNT Academic Computing Services
Research and Statistical Support, June 2004
940-565-4066 and 940-565-2140
Before you begin: To install
SAS 9 from this four disc set, you will need approximately
2.07 GB of temporary space on your hard drive and 1.0 GB
of space for the installed SAS 9 on your hard drive.
This CD set is for computers running Windows 2000 and
Windows XP only; you may try to install this with
older versions of Windows, but you may encounter
compatibility issues that will prevent you from using the
software. Both Win2000 and WinXP MUST BE UPDATED
with the most current Service Pack releases in order for
SAS to install properly. The minimum hardware requirements
for running SAS 9 on Win2000 or WinXP machines is a
Pentium II (or comparable AMD) processor and 128 MB of
RAM. If you are on a machine with multiple user accounts,
you will most likely need Administrator privileges to
install SAS 9. Do not attempt to install SAS 9 without
administrator privileges as it will not work.
The student version of SAS 9 you have
purchased will operate until the expiration date in the
SAS license. The current expiration date for your student
version of SAS 9 is October 31, 2004. In order to continue
using SAS 9 after that date, you will need to purchase a
new copy.
The executable files contained on
these CDs will copy all the relevant SAS files and folders
to your C:\temp directory from where you will install SAS
9 on your computer. If you do not have 1.5 GB of space on
your hard drive, you will need the full 6 disc SAS CD set.
If you bring your receipt from the UNT Bookstore showing
your proof of purchase of the 4 disc set along with the 4
disc set to ISB Rm. 122 or ISB Rm. 124 to Dr. Richard
Herrington, Mike Clark, or Patrick McLeod, we will provide
you with the 6 disc set in exchange for your 4 disc set.
YOU MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF PURCHASE FOR THIS EXCHANGE!
Installing SAS 9 from the 4 CD Set:
1.
Place the SAS CD “Disc 1” in your computer’s CD-ROM
drive. After it has spun up, open your CD-ROM drive by
double-clicking on “My Computer” on your Desktop and then
double-clicking on your CD-ROM drive (typically this is
drive D:\).
2.
Double-click on the file disc1.exe. You will be
prompted to provide a location for the files contained on
the CDs to be unzipped to. The default is C:\temp which is
the correct location. If you are provided with a location
other than C:\temp, change this to C:\temp.
3.
After you disc1.exe has unzipped its contents to
your temp directory, repeat the same procedures in #1 and
#2 with Discs 2, 3, and 4. Each .exe file will be named
according to the disc it is on (so for Disc 2, you would
follow all directions for Disc 1 in #1 and #2 replacing
Disc 2 wherever it reads Disc 1 above). This step
make take some time; closing all other active programs
will possibly make this step run faster.
4.
After you have run ALL 4 EXECUTABLE FILES FROM ALL
4 DISCS, you will need to go into your C:\temp directory.
Double click on “My Computer” then double click on your
C:\ drive. Double click on the temp folder. In that folder
you should see the following folders: SAS V9.1 TS1M2 M,
Software Disk 1, Software Disk 2,
Software Disk 3, Software Disk 4, SAS Shared
Compo, and SAS SECURE.
5.
Double click on the folder SAS V9.1 TS1M2 M.
When this folder is open, you should see a file named
setup.exe. Before you double click on this file you should
make sure that all other programs are closed as they may
interfere with SAS 9’s installation if they are open. Once
you have closed down any other open programs, then double
click on setup.exe and SAS 9 will begin installation. You
only need to utilize two of the steps under the End User
Steps and none of the steps under the Administrator steps.
The two key steps of the installation process are #3,
Verify System Requirements, and #4 Install SAS 9.1
Foundation. BEFORE YOU BEGIN INSTALLING SAS 9, RUN THE
VERIFY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WIZARD! After running the
verify system requirements wizard, progress to Install SAS
9.1 Foundation.
Picture 1: You should see the SAS 9.1 Foundation for
Windows Software Installation Screen after double-clicking
on the setup.exe file mentioned in 5. above. You will need
to select both #3 (Verify System Requirements) and #4
(Install SAS 9.1 Foundation) from the End User Steps menu.
6.
Once you have begun #4, Install SAS 9.1 Foundation,
you will be prompted to choose either retrieve
installation data from the internet or for a file
containing installation data. You MUST choose the FILE
option. In the file path box on the next screen, you want
to type in the following path:
C:\temp\SAS V9.1 TS1M2 M\SAS Installation
Data\sas91_857918.txt
And
click the NEXT button to continue with the installation.
When you are prompted for SAS the different folders
(referred to as “discs” during the install), browse your
C:\temp directory for the appropriate folder and select
it.
7.
When SAS prompts you for different disks during the
installation process, re-direct SAS to the appropriate
disk folder in your C:\temp directory. At the end of the
SAS 9.1 Foundation Installation process, SAS will ask for
a disk called “Setup.” While the individual disk in the 7
disk set is labeled Setup, the actual disk as unpacked
from the executable archive is the folder C:\temp\SAS
V9.1 TS1M2 M. When SAS asks for the Setup disk,
re-direct SAS to this folder.
Once installation is complete, remove
any CDs that you might have in your CD-ROM drive and
reboot your computer. You should be able to access SAS 9
from your START menu at this time. Once you have verified
that SAS 9 starts up and operates as you expect, delete
the SAS folders from your C:\temp directory. This will
free up 2.07 GB of space on your hard drive.
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