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  1. April 9th, 2004, 02:36 PM #1
    JimJx
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    Win2K Pro and Office2K

    Hello all,

    Got a quick question that someone will hopefully have an answer for.

    At work I have created W2K Pro install CD, works great after a lot of trial and error. Now boss says "can we get Office on there too?"

    So, I go slipstream O2K SR1 and the install is about 500M. Add that to the almost 300M of stuff for W2K, no way I can get it on one CD. Does anyone know how I can slim down O2K some so I can get both of them on the same CD?

    My original suggestion for a workaround was to do the W2K and then do the O2K over the network, but boss nixed that idea for some reason. (The reason I got was "I don't want to do it that way.") Boss is a nice guy but can be a little .... ummm .... stubborn, yeah, that is it, stubborn at times. ;-)

    Anyway, any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
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  2. April 9th, 2004, 03:05 PM #2
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    Welcome to Windrivers Jimjx

    There is a fair bit of ancillary stuff you can lose in a win2k install cd, same for office. 800mb however, does go on a single cd, if you buy the right media.

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  3. April 9th, 2004, 03:10 PM #3
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    Why not just use 2 CD's ?
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  4. April 10th, 2004, 11:57 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by edball
    Why not just use 2 CD's ?
    If it's on one he can make multiple copies and do multiple installs at once unattended.

    Shoot though if you could setup a network boot server with the image on it you could use those fancy network cards your systems have to boot from the network with NO media.
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  5. April 12th, 2004, 01:26 PM #5
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    We install office via a group policy...works pretty slick...too bad you can't get him to go the over the network route.....
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