Create an OEM install cd with W2K Pro on it?

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***** charles

Hi all,

I would like to create an install cd that has all the updates
on it from another oem cd I have (legal). That way when
I use said cd to install it wouldn't have to go through a big
updates process, thus taking lots of download time. Is
this possible and if so how?

thanks,
charles.....
 
Slipstreaming service packs is relatively easy. I would also like
to include all the updates AFTER the service pack was released.
Is this possible? I do a lot of installs and I would like to create
an install cd for XP Pro and 2000 Pro.

thanks,
charles......
 
***** charles said:
Slipstreaming service packs is relatively easy. I would also like
to include all the updates AFTER the service pack was released.
Is this possible? I do a lot of installs and I would like to create
an install cd for XP Pro and 2000 Pro.

thanks,
charles......
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here are instructions for using the unofficial sp5

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Microsoft-Windows-2000-Unofficial-SP5.shtml

http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showthread.php?t=168918


I use it all the time and it works just fine.
It will give you win2k with SP4, plus IE6 , Plus many of the updates...
but not all of them.

I also suggest you may want to look at creating an automated install cd

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/win2k/win2kunattend.html


Once you have SP5 and the sif file created...
all you need do is boot up with the win2k cd you've made...
then come back later and have the installation all done.

then just go to the update page and there will be about 30 or so add'l
updates
 
***** charles said:
Pretty cool link, now the hard part more learning.
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I just checked my latest slipstreamed disc and It's already 2 years old.
Luckily (actually good planning) I kept a copy of the whole baseline
slipstream directory (prior to the actual writing the slipstreamed disc).

So all it should need is to add the updates/hotfixes since then and
write another (plus some recapping to bring me up to speed again).
 
Sid Elbow said:
I just checked my latest slipstreamed disc and It's already 2 years old.
Luckily (actually good planning) I kept a copy of the whole baseline
slipstream directory (prior to the actual writing the slipstreamed disc).

So all it should need is to add the updates/hotfixes since then and
write another (plus some recapping to bring me up to speed again).
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Does the slipstreaming software handle the additional updates
automatically? I am envisioning installing each update one by one
which I am sure is not the case.

thanks,
charles....
 
***** charles said:
Does the slipstreaming software handle the additional updates
automatically? I am envisioning installing each update one by one
which I am sure is not the case.
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As I say, it's a couple of years since I went through this but yes, it
does allow you to gather together all the SP's and hotfixes that have
been released since your original install disc and then hfslip combines
them into the final, new install disc. (The documentation even gives you
links for downloading the hotfix files).

In addition you can customise the final install disc in many ways ...
incorporate the serial code, answer much of the setup dialogue, add some
options, omit some components, customise right-click menus etc etc.

All of the preparatory work, including adding the base files from your
original install disc, is set up in a directory tree to which you point
hfslip to compile the final disc. It is that directory tree that I
mentioned I had saved from last time (in addition to the final install
disc) so that all I have to add is any later hotfixes.
 
Sid Elbow said:
As I say, it's a couple of years since I went through this but yes, it
does allow you to gather together all the SP's and hotfixes that have
been released since your original install disc and then hfslip combines
them into the final, new install disc. (The documentation even gives you
links for downloading the hotfix files).

In addition you can customise the final install disc in many ways ...
incorporate the serial code, answer much of the setup dialogue, add some
options, omit some components, customise right-click menus etc etc.

All of the preparatory work, including adding the base files from your
original install disc, is set up in a directory tree to which you point
hfslip to compile the final disc. It is that directory tree that I
mentioned I had saved from last time (in addition to the final install
disc) so that all I have to add is any later hotfixes.
Click to expand...

Sounds like something I should have learned a while back.

later....
 
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