On this page are the instructions of making a bootable Win2k CD (Professional or server editions) with the integrated Service Pack and while your at it, you can add extra files, like drivers or Internet Explorer 6 setup files. 

With unattended scripts (winnt.sif) you could auto install this software.
see MS website

SP4 can be downloaded here (English version 129 MB)

See MS KB about adding hotfixes using unattended scripts, which is not slipstreaming. 

New better article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-GB;q296723

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/support/spdeploy.asp

For booting to work you need Identifier files (see win2k instructions below)
So use the right files.

Make your own bootable XP CD!

Download bootsector for XP

Extract your XP ISO file with ISO Buster to D:\winxpcd

This article is based on Easy CD creator 5.02b, you can also use Nero but need to run this Registry file first!

Then interpret these instructions for use with Nero!

The Instructions

• Download the boot files here  
  
• Create a folder "CD" on a drive with enough space (680 MB)    D:\CD-root

Note that screenshots are about sp3 but interpret them as sp4, will re-screenshot later :-)

• Copy the the entire original Win2k CD to this folder, or at least the i386 folder, depending how much else you want to add to the CD.
  
• Make sure you downloaded the correct language SP for your Windows 2000!!!
• Extract the downloaded service pack to a folder (D:\sp4) using the command "w2ksp4.exe -x",
  or you can use the SP4 CD if you have that. The SP4 CD contains updated deployment tools, support tools and documentation,
  
• In sp1 Advanced Terminal Server Client was added, this can be downloaded here
  
• Now slipstream SP3 in to the original i386 folder by using the command "D:\win2kSP4\i386\UPDATE\UPDATE.EXE -S:D:\CD-root"
  You need to do this procedure on a Win2k computer, otherwise slipstreaming will generate errors.
  Note: I heard you can do these last 2 steps in 1 command! "d:\win2ksp4.exe -s:d:\cd-root"
  Note that you don't point it to D:\CD-root\i386!
  Note2: You can only execute this command on a win2k/xp/.net system!
  Note3: The install files need to be in a folder called i386

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slipstream is in progress, wait till:

• Bootfiles: 
  Extract the downloaded bootfiles.zip to a temporary folder:
  

  w2kboot.bin	CD bootsector
  CDROM_NT.5	NT5 CD Identifier file
  CDROM_IP.5	Professional CD Identifier file
  CDROM_IS.5	Server CD Identifier file
  CDROM_IA.5	Advanced Server CD Identifier File
  CDROM_ID.5	Datacenter CD Identifier File
  CDROM_SP.TST	Service Pack1 CD Identifier File
  CDROMSP2.TST	Service Pack2 CD Identifier File
  CDROMSP3.TST	Service Pack3 CD Identifier File
  CDROMSP4.TST *	Service Pack4 CD Identifier File *

  Depending of which edition af Win2k edition you want to burn you choose the CDROM-Ix.5 Identifier file
  Where x is the edition of Windows 2000 (See above table)
  On every CD you need the CDROM_NT.5 file and because the Service Pack is integrated in the i386 folder
  you also add a CDROMSP?.TST file. depending on your sp level

   (CDROM_SP.TST if you are making a SP1 CD!!!)
  This file may already be there after the slipstream process.
  All the identifier files need to be in the root of your CD, so copy it to D:\CD-root
   

  * The cdromsp4.tst is not in the zipfile, but don't panic! The file is placed in the root of your CD patch by the slipstream process, it is also in the extracted SP4 location in the folder root!

  Note! Be sure only one "CDROM_Ix.5" file is in the root, otherwise booting will fail!!
  Check this step! I get a lot of people mailing me because about the CD asking "put the SPx CD into drive A:"
  This is because they forgot to put a CDROMSPx.TST file in the root.
  

• Now it's the time to add extra files like drivers and setupfiles of IE6sp1, Media Payer9. This way you fill up your CD with the software you want!
  I put it in a folder named Extra, but you can name it anything you want.
  To add more to the CD you can remove some folders which were copied from original CD, just make sure the i386 folder stays intact, though you can delete the contents of the "LANG" folder in the i386 if you don't use Chinese, Korean or Arabic languages, saves 65 MB ! Leave the folder there, just empty it!
  
  The extra software won't install by it self you need to use unattended scripts (winnt.sif) to auto install this software.
  This is rather complicated but links will follow later
  see MS website for more info.
  
  

• Get rid of the annoying product key prompt! Go to the your created i386 folder and find the setupp.ini file, remove the read-only attribute and open the file in notepad. Only use this if you have a licensed copy of Windows 2000.
  Mine looks like this:

[Pid]
ExtraData=646E77637A6F6D79626A1D94089595
Pid=51873000

Change the last 3 digits of the Pid number to 270
Now it looks like this:

[Pid]
ExtraData=646E77637A6F6D79626A1D94089595
Pid=51873270

Note: This works on my MSDN version of Win2k If you get an error during windows setup about the product ID try using the exactly the same setupp.ini as mine and use my Volume label (later on this page).

Some visitors mailed me that this trick didn't work for them, so no guarantee!

Choose image file and browse to the w2kboot.bin file where you extracted it from the bootfiles.zip (in browse window set filter to all file (*.*)

Check "Enable expert settings

Set to "No Emulation"

Leave Boot message

Leave "load segment

SET "Number of loaded sectors" to 4 !!!
 

don't forget this last setting otherwise booting will fail!!!

Now go to TAB ISO:

 Set everything as in the picture. except the Caracter set, experience shows that choosing DOS is better.

ISO 9660 may cause problems with longfilenames and copying from CD in DOS and win9x

Important to set the "Do not add the ';1' ISO file version extension" !!!!
Otherwise booting will fail

Now goto TAB "Label"

Set Volume Label as you wish.
You also may  leave it the same as your original CD.
My MSDN win2k CD's have these labels:

Professional           W2PFPP_EN
Server                     W2SFPP_EN
Advanced Server    W2AFPP_EN
DataCenter               W2DFPP_EN

The rest may be ignored

Now press the "New" button

Go with the file browser to d:\cd-root and select all the folders and files in it. Now drag them to the other window "ISO1"

When done press the Burn button

Set theses settings

click write!

Burn baby burn !!!

You're done !  Now try it out !

If booting fails make sure your BIOS is set to boot from CD first, if the booting gives an error, try booting at lower speed.

When trying to create a bootable copy of an OS from the MSDN cd's, you'll get an error during install: End User License Agreement (EULA) Not Found. The solution for this is to edit the file i386/txtsetup.sif section [SetupData], and change the setup source path, it should read: SetupSourcePath = "\". (because on the MSDN CD the setup root is not the root directory of the CD).

Get all win2k versions on 1 CD !!!!! See instructions on this site Twinkie's How-to Website

How to extract the win2k boot-image (new Tool!)

There is a new util that can get the any bootsector from bootable CD's!

Get it here, free! http://www.nu2.nu/bbie/

 ISObuster, WinISO are GUI tools that also can do this

NT4: To Boot or not to Boot

Want to make custom NT4 boot CD, get the NT4 bootsector-file, get identifier files from original NT4 CD-rom. 
Or better use the win2kboot file and when you boot your NT4 CD you get the choice to boot or not!

You need a extra Win2k file in your NT4 i386 folder to get this trick to work! Get the bootfix.bin from the i386 folder on the Win2k CD.
 

This is cool cause everyone has experiences rebooting an NT4 box with the NT4 CD still in the drive, few minutes later you'll find you NT4 box in setup. This is more inconvenient if you remotely rebooted your NT4 box!

Extra TIP! after installing your servers change the BIOS settings of the server only to boot from the hard drive and not floppy or CD-rom. Then you won't have the surprise of remotely rebooting a machine from your home to solve a problem  and discover it won't come up, after driving to the office on your free Sunday you find a floppy in the drive.....

NT 4 Enterprise Edition is a double CD, but you can make it one by creating your custom boot enterprise CD:
Remove the install files of the CPU type you'll never use, in most cases just leave the install files of i386.
Now you have space to fill with the second CD and an unpacked Service Pack6!