WinXP + SP2 + Patches on 1 CD ??
 

Well, as the title might have given a good impression, I'm looking for a way to create a bootable WinXP install CD which installs the OS, SP2 and all the patches that came right after SP on the fly.

I know this is possible w/ XP + SP2, google research didn't help a lot, except for the WinFuture thingie.
But I don't want to install them one by one after setting up Windows...

I hope you get the idea, if anyone already had some experience with stuff like that, please let me know :)

Thanks in advance

[Muji]

Yeah I know what your talking about.


What you have to do is download all the patches you need, and extract them into a folder with the extracted SP2 files (if you have a pre SP2 windows xp).

Then you have to inject them into the i386 folder from the CD.

I think you can also inject the patches singally.


Look on how to make a self booting XP with SP2 streamlined, I think its the same command line used on the SP2 patch for the mini-patches.


Its hard to say myself how to do it, but look at other examples.

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

Best resource on the net for slipstreaming IMO. Describes how to slipstream SP's, Post SP2 hotfixes and how you also can integrate some applications directly into the install! :)

This technique is called "slipstreaming"; now you know the keyword to search for on Google. :D

Thanks for the link, kosmiq ;)
I'll try to get some free minutes I can read through all this, a great source :)

Google search for "slipstreaming" helped a lot, at least more than the other searches I performed... xD

no need to do any of this by hand. check out this program:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html


creates customized install cd's - you can remove unwanted apps (bye, MSN Messenger) and add hotfixes and other stuff :cool:

lol I read half of the article and now this :D
Thanks a lot, sounds interesting, guess it can save a lot of time you'd need for digging into all that :)

But I'll read the rest of the text and then I'll use the app...
so I a) learned something and b ) saved a few hours doing it by hand...