PRB: Sysdiff Cannot Be Used to Apply Service Pack (163303)

RESOLUTION

Apply the Service Pack in Unattended Setup mode with the UPDATE /U command, or during an Unattended Setup with following method:

1. Create a distribution share point. Refer to Chapter 4 of the Microsoft Windows NT OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) User's Guide for more information.
2. Create the following folders within an existing distribution share point folder. (See the OPK User's Guide for more information about creating a distribution folder.) The following example assumes you already have a distribution folder:

   mkdir c:\<dist>\$oem$\C
   mkdir c:\<dist>\$oem$\C\SP3
   mkdir c:\<dist>\$oem$\C\SP3\<i386>
   

   where <dist> is the name of the existing distribution share point folder, and <i386> corresponds to the platform type (PPC for PowerPC, Alpha for DEC Alpha) you are installing.
   
   
3. Copy all the files from the appropriate platform folder, and two tag files from the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 compact disc to the SP3 folder. For example, use

   copy <d>:\i386\*.* c:\dist\$oem$\C\SP3\<i386>
   copy <d>:\spcdrom.40 c:\dist\$oem$\C\SP3
   copy <d>:\disk1 c:\dist\$oem$\C\SP3
   

   where <d> is the CD-ROM drive letter and <i386> is the target platform.
   
   
4. Create a Cmdlines.txt file (using Notepad, for example) with the following content. Save the file in the $oem$ folder in the distribution share point
   

         [Commands]
         ".C:\SP3\<i386>\update /u /z"
   						

   
   where <i386> is the name of the target platform.
5. Create or update an existing Unattend.txt file that contains the following line in the [Unattended] section:
   

         [Unattended]
         OemPreinstall = yes
   						

6. Run Windows NT 4.0 Setup in Unattended mode using the Unattend.txt file. For example:

   c:\dist\winnt /u:unattend.txt

For additional on information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: