A. Win2K introduced to service packs the slipstream ability, which lets you apply a service pack to a Win2K installation distribution point so that any clients you instal from that location automatically have the service pack applied. Without much more effort, you can burn this slipstreamed installation to a CD-ROM to enable Win2K installs from a bootable CD-ROM.
- Copy the entire structure of the Win2K CD-ROM to a folder on your local disk (e.g., c:\temp\win2000pro).
- Slipstream the service pack to this installation point (you must point to the root of the CD-ROM's COPIED location and not to the I386 folder—e.g., c:\win2ksp2\i386\update\update -s:c:\temp\win2000pro.)
- The installation point will now have the service pack applied, and the root will include a couple of extra files; the important file is the one that indicates that the service pack is installed. This is an empty file with a name of cdrom_sp.tst if Service Pack 1 (SP1) is slipstreamed or cdromsp2.tst if SP2 is slipstreamed.
- Other important files that should be in the root of the distribution area are listed below:
- CDROM_NT.5—Identifier indicating that the CD-ROM contains Windows NT 5.0 (i.e., Win2K)
- CDROM_IP.5—Identifier indicating that the CD-ROM contains the professional version
- CDROM_IS.5—Identifier indicating that the CD-ROM contains the server version
- CDROM_IA.5—Identifier indicating that the CD-ROM contains the advanced server version
- Create the CD-ROM.
- You need the boot sector for the CD-ROM, which I explain how to get in FAQ How do I create a bootable Windows 2000/NT installation CD-ROM?. Or you download the boot sector that I extracted: w2kcdbt.zip.
- You should then burn the CD-ROM (see the FAQ mentioned in the previous step). Steps 8 through 18 are the steps you would perform if you use Adaptec's Easy CD Creator.
- Start Easy CD Creator.
- From the File menu, select New CD Project, Bootable CD.
- For the boot settings, set the emulation to No Emulation, Load Segment to 0x7c0, and Sector Count to 4. Click Browse, and select the boot image (e.g., w2kcdbt.bin). Click OK.
- Add all the files in the Win2K folder to the CD-ROM folder (so CDROM_NT.5, etc. will be at the root of the CD-ROM).
- Right-click the root of the CD-ROM, and select Properties.
- Change the volume label to W2PFPP_EN for Win2K Professional, W2SFPP_EN for Win2K Server, and W2AFPP_EN for Win2K Advanced Server.
- Change the File System to ISO9660.
- Click OK.
- Click Record.
- Under Record Method, select Finalize CD, and under Record Options, select Record CD. Click Start Recording.
- When the recording is complete, remove the CD-ROM. You can delete the temporary Win2K local folder.
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