SP2 Slipstream with IBM Recovery disks?

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kkapoor · #1 Post by **kkapoor** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:00 pm

There are numerous articles on the web about creating Windows XP SP1 slipstreamed disks using original Win XP Cd's

I was wondering if it would be possible to create Slpstreamed versions of the IBM recovery dsks with SP2 when it is released?

This would be of interest to numerous people.

vpn-user · #2 Post by **vpn-user** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:33 pm

There is this IBM Imaging tool called "IBM ImageUltra". I think this program is the key for this. But I don' t know how to use it...

kkapoor · #3 Post by **kkapoor** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:11 pm

I really hope that there is someone out there who knows how to do this. I often perform fresh installs on my T40 and it would be really useful to be able to create our own slipstreamed SP2 cd's when it is released.

HKILP7M8 · #4 Post by **HKILP7M8** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:21 pm

I did this once before, I think you simply copy all the folders from your xp cd to an area on your hardisk. Then you
take the folder i386 from the SP2 installation and simply replace the old one with the new SP2 files. Once that's all complete you burn the folder on to a CD. It should be bootable. I'm pretty sure this is the way to do this. I may try it, I'll let everybody know if it works.

TREX · #5 Post by **TREX** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:45 pm

-Download the service pack.
-Create a directory on your hd and extract the service pack files to this directory.
-Create another directory and dump the contents of the cd containing the i386 folder to this directory
-Navigate to the directy where the service pack was extracted and type - update -s

path-to-i386
-Save to a bootable CD/network/ibm part and your good to go.

HTH

TREX · #6 Post by **TREX** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:48 pm

The mean face is the drive letter

Chatbox · #7 Post by **Chatbox** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:42 am

TREX wrote:-Download the service pack.
-Create a directory on your hd and extract the service pack files to this directory.
-Create another directory and dump the contents of the cd containing the i386 folder to this directory
-Navigate to the directy where the service pack was extracted and type - update -spath-to-i386
-Save to a bootable CD/network/ibm part and your good to go.

HTH

He doesn't want to slipstream the SP into an installation directory. He wants the SP to be slipstreamed to the Recovery CDs of his ThinkPad.

Zeitgeist · #8 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 2:56 am

kkapoor wrote:. I often perform fresh installs on my T40 and it would be really useful to be able to create our own slipstreamed SP2 cd's when it is released.

What is the advantage of modifying the IBM recovery CDs over an image created with rapid restore?

It takes 20 min to restore a system with RR but over one hour if you use the CDs.

kkapoor · #9 Post by **kkapoor** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:02 am

Good point, but I would prefer not to use up my precious HDD space with a recovery image.

Zeitgeist · #10 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:28 am

You can store the image on DVD, CDs, network drives...

kkapoor · #11 Post by **kkapoor** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:27 pm

Thanks. I will definitely try that.

One question though, do I have to create a seperate partition on a network drive or a USB drive in order to store the image?

Cheers

Zeitgeist · #12 Post by **Zeitgeist** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 1:57 pm

No, the image will be stored in a hidden folder. You don´t need to create an extra partition.

TREX · #13 Post by **TREX** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:26 pm

He doesn't want to slipstream the SP into an installation directory. He wants the SP to be slipstreamed to the Recovery CDs of his ThinkPad.

The contents of the CD are insignificant. All he needs to do is figure out which recovery CD contains the windows i386 folder and he should be good to go.

Please post your results...

Chatbox · #14 Post by **Chatbox** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:35 am

The i386 directory doesn't exist on the recovery CDs, because the CDs are image-based as far as I can see from mine.

TREX · #15 Post by **TREX** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:10 am

Now I am going to spend all weekend trying to slipstream a service pack into my recovery CDs.

Stingray72 · #16 Post by **Stingray72** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:37 am

Im affaid that is not possible as what chatbox has mentioned, they r image based. What u can do however slipstream SP2 to the i386 folder and burn on bootable cd check this link out

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=295

TREX · #17 Post by **TREX** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:16 pm

Thanks for the time saver stingray. I just stuck one of my recovery disks into my compaq and they are in fact image based. I guess the only option would be to use the recovery cd's on a clean hd and then apply the service pack to the load. After that you could reimage that drive with something like ghost.

w0qj · #18 Post by **w0qj** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 1:17 am

here's a very detailed "How To" for slipstreaming SP2 into an Win'XP install !

www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040908/index.html

the catch?
a) you need a clear Win'XP install CD (ie: without the SP1)
b) "product recovery" CD's that come with notebook computers may not work.

ZPrime · #19 Post by **ZPrime** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:35 am

w0qj wrote:here's a very detailed "How To" for slipstreaming SP2 into an Win'XP install !

www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040908/index.html

the catch?
a) you need a clear Win'XP install CD (ie: without the SP1)

This should be incorrect. (I can't say "is" because I haven't tested myself...) SP2 will apply over SP1 on a running system, and all the "update" command does is copy files over the old ones in i386, so SP2 should go on top of a CD that already has SP1 in it.

SP2 Slipstream with IBM Recovery disks?

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