Author Topic: Bootable Win2k CD with multi OS\'s (Read 83600 times)

TheMarine · « **Reply #240 on:** December 31, 2001, 03:49:24 PM »

Hey Twinkie,

Thanks for the info. Let me know when you get you manuel up. Email me at [email protected]. I loved your site too. All of you have given me some great ideas. Problem is I had to weed through all the postings. I am in the Marine Corps and trying to make installation easier for Marines in the field. All that I have learned here has been great. Thanks again.

Greg

Dave · « **Reply #241 on:** January 01, 2002, 10:46:31 AM »

You need to copy the service pack indentifier file \"cdromsp2.tst\" to the root of the cd
that should elimate the request for sp2 to be inserted into the a drive.

goyard3x · « **Reply #242 on:** January 05, 2002, 03:26:04 PM »

Anyone know what is up with Bart\'s site? Haven\'t been able to get on lately, did he move it or shut it down?

Thanx, Goyard3x

Anonymous · « **Reply #243 on:** January 05, 2002, 08:11:10 PM »

Hi all, i have been reading with interest the posts, I had used Bart\'s info to make mutli-boot cd. I also ended up writing a small autorun utility to endable me to install drivers and software depending on the OS running - had looked for one on the net but couldn\'t find one which done what i wanted.
If anyone is interested can get it here...

http://jove.prohosting.com/~techinfo/restore/

Seeya
Dave

Anonymous · « **Reply #244 on:** January 05, 2002, 08:21:18 PM »

How can i make xp auto complete the CD key code when doing an install, or stop the install from asking like can be done in w2k. I have used msbatch with 98/me, but that doesn\'t work in xp !

Davo

hkazemi · « **Reply #245 on:** January 06, 2002, 11:36:05 AM »

I just looked at Google\'s cache of the site:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:8ICZb.../+Bart+CD&hl=en

It was hosted at Saburovo.com which suffered a hard drive failure as mentioned here: http://www.saburovo.com/
\"FREE HOSTING USERS
- Server\'s hard disk used for free hosting failed
- Free hosting sites will be spread among 3 servers (I have 28 servers with RackShack in total)
- Please read the details here\"

And also here http://www.saburovo.com/freehosting.html

I bet Bart\'s site was among those on that drive...I hope he has a backup somewhere...

TheMarine · « **Reply #246 on:** January 08, 2002, 10:53:54 AM »

Outstanding on your program. That is just what I was looking for....thanks

fugazi · « **Reply #247 on:** January 08, 2002, 02:03:46 PM »

i created a 3-in-1 Win2K SP2 CD following the instructions on Twinkies site and after reading all the posts here. Worked great after two attempts.

I did however get a \'Insert Service Pack 2 CD\' prompt when i removed the CD after the file copy stuff happened...my first test using VirtualPC went without a hitch and no \'insert...\' prompt when i just left the CD in....not sure what that means just yet.

Does anyone know difinitivly if/how you can incorporate an Unattend.txt or Winnt.sif into the mix to accomidate an unattended install? Any links and such to using the 3-in-1 and adding post-SP2 hotfixes, IE6 Uprade, IE6 Update etc...

Great work everyone! Many thanks!

Anonymous · « **Reply #248 on:** January 08, 2002, 02:57:11 PM »

Yeah Twinkies has updated his site. There are instruction on there. He is putting more on this week. Did you intergrate SP2 with you W2K? It should have not asked you for the SP disk. I did it the way that Twinkie said and it worked right the first time...

Check out his site.http://www.geocities.com/twinkie_cream_m/

TheMarine

Anonymous · « **Reply #249 on:** January 08, 2002, 11:52:20 PM »

i\'m experiencing trouble. don\'t know what\'s up.

Anonymous · « **Reply #250 on:** January 08, 2002, 11:53:04 PM »

i\'m experiencing trouble too. don\'t know what\'s up.

HappyTOshare · « **Reply #251 on:** January 09, 2002, 09:02:42 AM »

Hi Guys,

Very good work indeed. Well I have started going through this wesite recently, dont know OZ or his work, but congrulations to oz and to you all for all the good and hard work.

I will soon be coming up with all the information I have and everybody is welcome to share it, distribute it. Also it will not be copied from anywhere. If I have to REINVENT THE WHEEL, then so be it.

If u guys have any suggestions, like forming a group, team please do post them, as team work is always better than one individual. Again all that work will be free for all, can can be freely shared.

Very good work SPACE and THE_FLAMES. Please do keep it up.

fugazi · « **Reply #252 on:** January 09, 2002, 12:19:13 PM »

[indent]In reply to:

Did you intergrate SP2 with you W2K? It should have not asked you for the SP disk. I did it the way that Twinkie said and it worked right the first time...

[/indent]

I did slipstream SP2 into all three. If i leave the CD in the drive when installing Win2k Pro (only one tested ATM), I don\'t get prompted for anything, however if i remove the CD after the text mode portion is done, it gives me the \'Please insert Service Pack 2 CD\' prompt...if i throw the 3-in-1 back in, it continues on it\'s merry way...not a show stopper, just an oddity. If anyone knows why i\'d love to fix it through...i thought just maybe it might be because of the step where you copy the *.tst (cdromsp2.tst i believe) file, i copied it from the ADVSRV directory...the file is empty in all three...who knows?

anyway, on to the unattend.txt/winnt.sif work...I\'ve got 7 more days to have a working install process...

DavoNZ · « **Reply #253 on:** January 09, 2002, 07:18:17 PM »

I have used the following method to intergate the service pack\'s into my windows 2000 install CD for 2 years now. I have never been asked for any other CD when I have installed from the CD i have created.

Make a directory on your HD for the Windows 2000 cd eg: d:w2kcd

Copy the whole windows 2000 cd to that directory.

I got the service pack from a PC mag CD, so to extract the service pack ready for intergation into the win2k install cd copy the service pack w2ksp2.exe to your HD ( in my case d: ).

Open a DOS box in windows then run the following command:

D:W2ksp2.exe /x

You will be asked for a dirctory to install the server pack to, i use d:sp2

When the service pack is extracted to intergrate it with the CD type:

d:sp2i386UpdateUpdate.exe -s:d:w2kcd

Once that is done, I then use CDRWIN to burn the CD. You can get CDRWIN from http://www.goldenhawk.com/

If you require help to write the CD using CDRWIN, leave a post and I will upload onto a web site.. Or just use what Bart does, but i find CDRWIN much easier to use and quicker...

Seeya Davo

Twinkie · « **Reply #254 on:** January 10, 2002, 07:41:46 PM »

I would be happy to offer more advice and I am trying to update the sections as requests come in. However the two comments about having problems don\'t help. You got to list what the problem is guys and girls. There are a couple hundred readers in here who can help. That\'s why I love this site and keep coming back. The manual I posted was largely written by everyone here. If you need help... POST!

Don\'t mean to yell, but helping everyone out is my idea of fun. It sometimes bugs me when people complain about problems and then don\'t ask how to fix it.

I\'ll go calm down now.

Updates: Not on the site yet.
Internet Explorer Administration Kit. Download it and run the wizard. Put distribution on CD. Add to unattend using cmdlines.txt file. That appears to be the easiest way to \"slipsteam\" IE into the install.

I am currently looking for switch commands to supress reboot for DirectX 8 or better and Media Player 7.1 I will add to the unattend section of the manual -- Anyone?

The directions to burn the bootable CD are already posted here at thetechguide.com. Go here: http://www.thetechguide.com/win2kbootcd/. The settings are all the same even for the Multiboot CD.

Another option to using the unattend to install programs is Daves cool program http://jove.prohosting.com/~techinfo/restore/ Take a look and see if it helps.

Hope to post again soon,
Thanks to all who contribute,

TheMarine · « **Reply #255 on:** January 11, 2002, 12:24:45 PM »

Hey Twinkie,

On XP you said to extract the bootdisk images out of the bootdisk directory. I have checked three copies of XP and did not find it. Two were legal copies. Where can you get a copy of the Bootdisk? All most go it set up. Just go to get XP done and I am in there.

Thank again for the great site.

Keep treading on

thatkgbagent · « **Reply #256 on:** January 11, 2002, 02:44:06 PM »

Twinkie,

i\'ve got a single OS boot cd going (win2k) and also would like to suppress the reboots of directx and media player. i have found something out, though: i\'m installing these in the GuiRunOnce section in separate batch files. if i let it reboot, then, as long as the auotlogon count is upped (i\'m at 7 right now), the GuiRunOnce continues after the reboot. there is a caveat, though: if running batch1.bat, batch2.bat, and batch3.bat, in that order, and a reboot is triggered in batch1.bat, then when the GuiRunOnce resumes after the reboot, it executes batch3.bat and completely skips batch2.bat (also skips anything else in batch1.bat that follows the line that triggered the reboot).
my workaround for now is: i stick a dummy batch in there (hello world) that is harmless and doesn\'t matter if skipped. so my GuiRunOnce section looks like:

================
[GuiRunOnce]
   \"%systemdrive%Installshotfixes.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsapps1.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsieupdt.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsapps2.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%InstallsOrncinst.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%InstallsO_reg.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsapps3.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsempty.bat\"
   \"%systemdrive%Installsdx.bat\"
================

where empty.bat is just:
================
echo hello world

exit
================
my question then is: is there a way to permit the reboot without requiring response to the dialog box that pops up (check ok for reboot) after, for instance, directx?
also, is there a way to force a reboot from the command line, arbitrarily? (there are some apps that i\'m installing after which i\'d like to force the reboot, but can\'t.)

kgb

Twinkie · « **Reply #257 on:** January 11, 2002, 05:51:36 PM »

Workaround: You will need to use shutdown.exe from the Resource Kit. I grabbed it out of the NT4 but I think it is still in the 2000 one as well. I will check. Anyway, during the install copy shutdown.exe to the harddrive and point to it with this bat file.

@echo off
rem shutdown
pathshutdown /l /y /t:0
exit
rem reboot
pathshutdown /l /y /r /t:0
exit

That will force a shutdown without any user intervention. I used to know how to do that on 9X machine without need of shutdown.exe but need to remember how. I will post again if I find my notes on 9X. It may help anyone who does not have access to the Resource Kit.

Twinkie · « **Reply #258 on:** January 11, 2002, 06:40:27 PM »

Go to M$ Knowledge base, search for Q310994

You have to download the floppies. Why? Got me!

I will be updating the XP page this weekend.

thatkgbagent · « **Reply #259 on:** January 11, 2002, 06:53:21 PM »

i don\'t have that tool (but will try to get it).

the directx 8.1 download is something like dx81nteng.exe. when i type that at the command prompt with \'/?\', it says that the setup options are /Q, /T:, /C, and /C:.
/Q is for the quiet modes of the package. do you know how to find out what the quiet mode options are? i\'ve been using /Q:A and that installs it nearly completely, but hangs at that last prompt for reboot (just needing to press the ok button - ridiculous). /C: is for overriding an author defined install command. how is this used? how do we find out what the author defined commands are?
i was able to use /Q:A /R:N for the install of IE5.5sp2 (with reboot suppressed), but the /R:N doesn\'t seem to work for either the directx8.1 or media player 7.1.

kgb

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Author Topic: Bootable Win2k CD with multi OS\'s (Read 83600 times)

TheMarine

Dave

goyard3x

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hkazemi

TheMarine

fugazi

Anonymous

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Anonymous

HappyTOshare

fugazi

DavoNZ

TheMarine

thatkgbagent

thatkgbagent