Integrating IE6 SP1 into Win2k Pro source install files

[Guest]

I am unpacking the ie 6 sp1 installation cabs, repacking each file with
makecab, and replacing the originals in the I386 folder. Will this work?

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

You can try it. I'd put money on it not working. If it does work, you can
guarantee that Microsoft would not recommend it.

The normal way to do this is to run the setup with /q:a switch. GUIRunOnce
is a good place to good place to launch the setup from in your unattended
build. You'll need to schedule your own reboots.

Regards

Oli

 

[Gerry Hickman]

I am unpacking the ie 6 sp1 installation cabs, repacking each file with
makecab, and replacing the originals in the I386 folder. Will this work?

Part of the problem with this is that any future service pack will not
recognize what you've done.

I usually add IE6SP1 (with latest patch) immediately after Win2k.

 

[Guest]

I currently have it in the svcpack folder, and I set it as the first item to
install - before all the patches. This is just an experiment to see if I can
save the space on the install CD for other things. One possible problem -
this would not include any registry updates that may take place. So this is
what I want to try:

unpack all the 6sp1 cabs
skip the files that do not already exist in i386
repackage remaining files with the same compression as the current i386 files
install win2k with the updated files
install wininstallle and create the "before" snapshot
install 6sp1 - only a few new files will actually install, as well as
registry changes
create the "after" snapshot
create an msi package containing just the needed changes

The resulting installer should be much smaller than all the ie6sp1
inatallation files, and certainly, this would not be recommended by Microsoft
- its just something I'm toying with to save space.

Your thoughts? I wonder if WinInstallLe filters out some of the necissary
portions of the registry by default?

 

[Guest]

Thank you Gerry. To avoid the future sp issue, I keep a copy of a bare
Win2ksp4 OS without any patches or additional updates. I have read recently
that sp4 is the last service pack and that Microsoft plans on sending smaller
"update rollouts" (or something like that) for future bulk update packages.
See my reply to Oli for more info on why I am trying this out, if you are
interested.

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

If you're looking to go down the MSI route, the guys over at
www.appdeploy.com have something for IE6. I also believe Microsoft PSS can
supply an MSI for IE6, but I have never used it.

Here's the link

http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=102

Again, I haven't used that method and have no idea how compact it is, but it
will almost certainly be better than using WinInstall LE.

If you're really short of space on the CD (and I take it you've already
removed the unnecessary folders from the root of the CD and from inside
i386) then I'd suggest giving a DVD a try. Of course, this may not always
be practical.

I think Gerry's point about future service packs and update rollups (I know
that Microsoft have said there will be no more SPs) was that machines you
deploy using this method may have patching issues. I take it you don't
normally redeploy machines when an update comes out.

While I'd have liked there to have been a method for slipstreaming IE6, I
just feel inclined to deploy it by the book from a supportability
standpoint. Although things may seem to work, you never quite know whether
all the files and registry entries are installed properly.

Good luck in your experimentation, though.

Cheers

Oli

 

[Guest]

Thank you again Oli, you have some good points on a multiple machine
deploymernt (and so does Gerry). I am not running out of space yet since I
removed all the upgrade and extra language folders/files, but I have a lot I
want to add to it. I'll check out that MSI packager. Thanks for the link!

Brandon

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Brandon,

I have read recently
that sp4 is the last service pack and that Microsoft plans on sending smaller
"update rollouts" (or something like that)

Do you know where you read it? I kind of had a feelling about this when
I read the most recent security updates articles. It used to say "will
be included in SP5", but now it says something like "will be included in
a roll-up". This is bad!

for future bulk update packages.

One problem I ran into last week was trying to get an IEAK build to
install the latest cumulative security patch. It does not like long file
names, but even after I renamed the patch file it still didn't work -
perhaps something to do with the command line parameters /quiet /passive
/norestart

Instead of installing the update, the build threw up a huge dialog with
all the security patch command line options!

 

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

Hi Brandon,


Do you know where you read it?

Hi, Gerry. See this bulletin, which also links to a FAQ:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/rollup.asp

I wish they would release it sooner. My post-SP4 updates script
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs....ripts/win2ksp4-updates.bat?rev=HEAD&view=auto)
is getting rather long...

- Pat
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

 

[Guest]

Hi, Gerry. See this bulletin, which also links to a FAQ:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/rollup.asp

I wish they would release it sooner. My post-SP4 updates script
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs....ripts/win2ksp4-updates.bat?rev=HEAD&view=auto)
is getting rather long...

- Pat
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

Yes, that's the link. It looks like about 6 months still...

Brandon

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi, Gerry. See this bulletin, which also links to a FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/rollup.asp

Thanks. That pretty much clarifies things.

I wish they would release it sooner. My post-SP4 updates script
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs....ripts/win2ksp4-updates.bat?rev=HEAD&view=auto)
is getting rather long...

Good grief! I have a script to run on new machines, but it's only a
fraction of that size, and grabs the images from a network or CD-ROM. It
looks like your's is multilanguage though, whereas mine is only Engligh.

 

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

Good grief! I have a script to run on new machines, but it's only a
fraction of that size, and grabs the images from a network or
CD-ROM. It looks like your's is multilanguage though, whereas mine is
only Engligh.

Yeah, the bulk of the script is comments with download URLs for the
updates in all of the supported languages. (It helps having users in
Russia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, etc. to keep us honest.)
The comments are formatted funny because we have an auxiliary script
which parses them, downloading all of the updates to the install share
automatically.

Now if only I had time to update our documentation...

- Pat
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/