Howard Winter wrote:

>> I've got a CD that has Win2k, SP4 Slipstreamed, and a few service packs.
>> Takes a real big bite out of the traditional post-install patchfest.
> 
> How do you create that?  

Google for "slipstream windows". That's a technique to introduce service
packs into the Windows installation, creating an installation that already
includes those updates.

Basically, you copy the Windows installation files to disk and call the
update installation with the appropriate command line options. It inserts
itself into the original Windows installation. Then you can either install
directly from the harddisk (that's my preference; CD is so slow) or burn a
CD.

> I've only got SP2 CDs and it would be very handy to have later stuff
> included.  

However, I think you only can slipstream into a base version (no previous
service packs slipstreamed). At least that's what I remember from my last
attempts to slipstream SP2 into an SP1 CD.

Gerhard

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