Creating Install CD with apps and Patches...

[Tim]

I need to create a CD that contains W2K SP4, IE6SP1, and
all post SP4 hotfixes. I can Slipstream SP4 into a W2k
CD no problem. When I followed the instructions to add
hotfixes to the CD I didn't work right. I found a couple
different articles explaining how to extract the
hotfixes, copy the bin files to the I386 folder of the CD
and copy the Q#######.cab files to I386\svcpack folder,
and creating a svcpack.inf file that tells what cabs and
Q#######.exe files to run. Followed them as best as I
could and it failed miserably. (Hotfixes had
multiple .cab and didn't know what files were considered
bins)

I never did find any way to include IE6SP1 in the CD
anywhere. That is a problem because some of the hotfixes
are for IE6SP1.

Bottom Line: Can I add run IE6SP1 and all the latest
Hotfixes to a slipstream CD and have it all install when
the OS is loaded from the CD. I have to install 30 W2k
Adv servers and do not have Internet connection to run
updates after the install. I don't care how long the
Install takes, I just want the setup to put everything on
from the CD.

 

[Matt Hendrix [MSFT]]

Hi Tim,

I'm not sure if you saw the KB article, Q296723 Hotfixes That Are Listed
in the [SetupHotFixesToRun] Section in the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296723 , but it discusses the steps you
described in greater detail. Use this article to verify the process you
followed. This is the recommended way to preinstall Hotfixes.

Other than using the steps described in the the article you have a few
choices you can try with an unattend.

1) You can preinstall Applications using a Cmdlines.txt or
NOTE: You cannot install Windows Installer (.msi) applications with
Cmdlines.txt. Use [GuiRunOnce] instead.

2) You can preinstall applications using the [GUIRunOnce] Section of the
answer file.

3) Use Qchain to create an installation batch file and launch it using
GUIRunOnce. Q314902.KB.EN-US HOW TO: Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple
Hotfixes in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;314902

NOTE: QChain.exe functionality is included in all Windows XP and Windows
2000
hotfixes that were released since May 18, 2001, but an issue exists in
hotfixes
that were released before December 2002 that could result in the wrong
binary being
placed on your computer in some circumstances.


All of these options are discussed within the Deploy.chm help documentation
found on your Windows 2000 CD. .

The preferred way to perform these tasks would be to use a test machine,
Sysprep and 3rd party imaging software to prepare a CD image that includes
these updates and applications already installed.

--
Matt Hendrix [MSFT]

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