win2k setup cmd console

[Thomas G. Marshall]

I've been reading about how to make a cd bootable and all, and how to
incorporate a service pack into an installation CD so that the win2k
installs with the service pack already in it.

HOWEVER,

What I really want (currently) is to effectively turn my 4 win2k setup
diskettes (which take forever to load) into a single bootable cdrom.

I want this for two reasons:

1. I want the setup command console for setup and disasters: I cannot seem
to get the cmd console any other way from a boot up scenario (than to wait
through the mind numbing 4 diskettes): I can boot with a single win95 setup
disk, but then I'll not be able to run the "i386\winnt32 /cmdcon" on the CD,
and "winnt /cmdcon" isn't a valid option. Criminey.

2. I would like to be able to easily boot to something that'll allow me to
format the system into ntfs. I don't know if the win2k setup cd does that
just by running setup.exe, does it? I think that only worked from the setup
diskettes.

Thanks

 

[sk]

The factory w2000 CD is bootable. A copy generally will
not be.

 

[Spinner]

It depends on how you copy it.
Most, if not all of the CD copying software packages out there will copy a
bootable disk
and it will still be bootable.
If you just copy the files to a hard drive and burn them that way, then it's
a different story.

 

[sgopus]

You can follow this, it's called slipstreaming even though
it refers to sp3 just use the proper sp4 or whatever sp
you have installed:

http://www.bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm