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RTHJr
Here To Stay

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Posted - 08/13/2008 : 4:29:36 PM

In the spirit of Mark's recent Newsletter #72,
"Making Pkgmgr Work in Vista and Server 2008 to Apply Patches Offline"

I took a crack at slipstreaming as I needed to do so with XP yesterday. Next, I'm taking a crack at doing the offline patching trick to integrate Vista SP1 on Vista RTM just for proof of concept to me. Yeah, I know that may have been done already; but I want to stretch my legs scripting so here goes the slipstream bat file text:

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cls
@echo off
set updatedir=C:\update
set flatdir=C:\flats
set top=REM
if "%1%"=="" set top=echo

REM Credits and instructions
REM ------------------------
REM ------------------------

echo --------------------------------------------------------------------
echo --------------------------------------------------------------------
echo Slipstream.bat for Windows 2003 R2 and Below
echo Written by: Mark Minasi and Ralph T. Howarth, Jr.
echo Written August 12, 2008
echo www.minasi.com
echo help@minasi.com
echo --------------------------------------------------------------------
echo --------------------------------------------------------------------
%top%.
%top% This utility integrates a service pack to a Windows 5.x CD flat.
%top%.
%top% OUTPUTS:
%top% Integrated CD flat to a target OS flat named by the user.
%top%.
%top% REQUIRES:
%top% Before running this, a service pack must be dropped in a folder named
%top% %updatedir% (unless you put them somewhere else and change the value
%top% of the line "set updatedir=" at the top of the batch file).
%top%.
%top% NOTE:
%top% If the %updatedir% has other subfolders for supporting other scripts
%top% used for patching, this program will run OK as long as the exe in the
%top% root of the %updatedir% is a service pack.%top%
%top%.
%top% Also, the installation CD must be copied in entirety to the %flatdir%
%top% in the intended OS target folder. Note the i386 folder is critical
%top% in the flat but the service pack may populate some utility folders.
%top% (Again, if you change the value of the "set flatdir=" line; do that.)
%top%.

REM ERROR CHECKING
REM --------------
REM --------------

if "%1"=="" (
echo ERROR:
echo A named target OS folder is required. Please name the update flat
echo like...
echo slipstream XPSP3
goto badend
)

if not exist %flatdir%\%1 md %flatdir%\%1

REM (
REM echo ERROR:
REM echo Could not find the target OS folder "%1" in %flatdir%REM echo.
REM goto badend
REM )

REM Check that there is a [supposed] service pack

if not exist %updatedir%\*.exe (
echo ERROR:
echo This needs at least one service pack file with an "exe" extension
echo in a folder named %updatedir%. Please add at least one update to the
echo %updatedir% folder.
echo.
goto badend
)

REM Check if an i386 has been copied to the OS flat folder

if not exist %flatdir%\%1\i386 (
echo ERROR:
echo The OS flat folder "%1" needs to have the installation CD files
echo in the folder named "%flatdir%". Please copy at least the i386 folder
echo in to the %1 folder.
echo.
goto badend
)

REM ------------------
REM ------------------
REM END ERROR CHECKING

REM integrate service pack(s) from %updatedir% to the %1 OS flat folder.

REM Service Pack Loop
REM --------------------------
REM --------------------------

for %%f in (%updatedir%\*.exe) do (
echo applying service pack %%f...
echo.
start /w %%f /integrate:%flatdir%\%1
)

echo Slipstream operations on %1 apparently complete.

goto realend
:badend
echo Service Pack not applied.
:realend

@echo on

Ralph T. Howarth, Jr.
www.cfcmi.org

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