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How do I use Windows 2000 service pack slipstreaming?
John Savill
May 21, 2000
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A. Windows 2000 service packs introduce the long sought after abilityto be able to apply a service pack to a Windows 2000 distribution point, e.g.I386, and then when you install clients from that distribution point theyalready have all of the updated files for the service pack.
This is very easy to use as follows:
Copy your Windows 2000 CD (Professional, Server or Advanced Server) to a distribution point, e.g. F:windows 2000win2kp. You must copy the whole CD and not just I386, in this example it expects i386 to be at F:windows 2000win2kpi386. At a minimum you could just copy over the I386 folder and the CDROM_XX.5 (e.g. CDROM_IS.5 for server, CDROM_IP.5 for professional) and CDROM_NT.5 to the root.
Run the update command from the service pack area with the -s switch then the path of the Windows 2000 distribution point, e.g.
C:> update -s:"f:windows 2000win2kp"
You need the quotes if there are spaces in the path. Notice I don't use the i386 folder, its needs the root as it checks for the CDROM_XX.5 fileIt will then update all the files and you are ready to install from that distribution share, easy!
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The key files replaced are a new layout.inf, dosnet.inf andtxtsetup.sif which are the files that contain checksums for all files andupdated with new ones for the service pack files. Also new entries may be addedif new files are part of the service pack.
A new driver.cab MAY also be supplied if drivers have beenupdated which form the cabinet file.
You could then create a CD with this version to be able toinstall locally without a network connection using instructions in the FAQ forcreating bootable CD's.
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