SVCPACK doesn't install anything

[Kingskawn]

I've got an unattented winxp install and I replaced my Runoncexe method for the Xplode method that doesn't work yet

My problem for now is that all my hotfixes don't install with SVCPACK

This is my svcpack.inf that is in xp\i386\svcpack.inf

[Version]
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\SVCPACK"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]
D3D10_33.CAT
D3D10_34.CAT
D3D10_35.CAT
D3D10_36.CAT
D3DX9_24.CAT
D3DX9_25.CAT
D3DX9_26.CAT
D3DX9_27.CAT
D3DX9_28.CAT
D3DX9_29.CAT
D3DX9_30.CAT
D3DX9_31.CAT
D3DX9_32.CAT
D3DX9_33.CAT
D3DX9_34.CAT
D3DX9_35.CAT
IDNDL.CAT
IE7-KB928090.CAT
IE7-KB929969.CAT
IE7-KB933566.CAT
IE7.CAT
KB319740.CAT
KB842827.CAT
KB873339.CAT
KB884020.CAT
KB884575.CAT
KB884883.CAT
KB885836.CAT
KB886185.CAT
KB886677.CAT
KB887472.CAT
KB887606.CAT
KB888111.CAT
KB888302.CAT
KB889016.CAT
KB889320.CAT
KB889527.CAT
KB889673.CAT
KB890859.CAT
KB891781.CAT
KB892130.CAT
KB892235.CAT
KB892489.CAT
KB893008.CAT
KB893756.CAT
KB893803.CAT
KB894395.CAT
KB894871.CAT
KB895961.CAT
KB896256.CAT
KB896344.CAT
KB896358.CAT
KB896423.CAT
KB896428.CAT
KB896626.CAT
KB897338.CAT
KB897663.CAT
KB898461.CAT
KB898543.CAT
KB898900.CAT
KB899271.CAT
KB899409.CAT
KB899587.CAT
KB899591.CAT
KB900485.CAT
KB900626.CAT
KB900725.CAT
KB901017.CAT
KB901190.CAT
KB901214.CAT
KB902149.CAT
KB902400.CAT
KB902853.CAT
KB903250.CAT
KB903895.CAT
KB904412.CAT
KB904706.CAT
KB904942.CAT
KB905414.CAT
KB905749.CAT
KB906216.CAT
KB906569.CAT
KB906866.CAT
KB907717.CAT
KB907865.CAT
KB908519.CAT
KB908521.CAT
KB908531.CAT
KB908536.CAT
KB908673.CAT
KB909441.CAT
KB909520.CAT
KB909608.CAT
KB909667.CAT
KB910437.CAT
KB911280.CAT
KB911562.CAT
KB911564.CAT
KB911927.CAT
KB911990.CAT
KB912024.CAT
KB912461.CAT
KB912817.CAT
KB913296.CAT
KB913446.CAT
KB913580.CAT
KB914388.CAT
KB914389.CAT
KB914440.CAT
KB914463.CAT
KB914841.CAT
KB914906.CAT
KB915377.CAT
KB915378.CAT
KB915865.CAT
KB916595.CAT
KB917021.CAT
KB917140.CAT
KB917275.CAT
KB917537.CAT
KB917730.CAT
KB917953.CAT
KB918005.CAT
KB918118.CAT
KB918334.CAT
KB918439.CAT
KB918997.CAT
KB919007.CAT
KB920213.CAT
KB920342.CAT
KB920670.CAT
KB920683.CAT
KB920685.CAT
KB920872.CAT
KB921401.CAT
KB921411.CAT
KB921503.CAT
KB922120.CAT
KB922582.CAT
KB922668.CAT
KB922819.CAT
KB923154.CAT
KB923191.CAT
KB923414.CAT
KB923723.CAT
KB923845.CAT
KB923980.CAT
KB924191.CAT
KB924270.CAT
KB924667.CAT
KB924867.CAT
KB924941.CAT
KB925066.CAT
KB925398.CAT
KB925623.CAT
KB925720.CAT
KB925876.CAT
KB925902.CAT
KB925922.CAT
KB926239.CAT
KB926255.CAT
KB926436.CAT
KB926646.CAT
KB927544.CAT
KB927779.CAT
KB927802.CAT
KB927880.CAT
KB927891.CAT
KB928255.CAT
KB928595.CAT
KB928788.CAT
KB929123.CAT
KB929280.CAT
KB929399.CAT
KB929773.CAT
KB930178.CAT
KB930916.CAT
KB931192.CAT
KB931261.CAT
KB931678-V2.CAT
KB931756.CAT
KB931784.CAT
KB932168.CAT
KB932390.CAT
KB932590.CAT
KB932597.CAT
KB932662.CAT
KB932716.CAT
KB933062.CAT
KB933215.CAT
KB933360.CAT
KB933547.CAT
KB933729.CAT
KB933811.CAT
KB933876.CAT
KB934161.CAT
KB935448.CAT
KB935677.CAT
KB935708.CAT
KB935839.CAT
KB935840.CAT
KB935843.CAT
KB936021.CAT
KB936176.CAT
KB936357.CAT
KB936455.CAT
KB936678.CAT
KB936782.CAT
KB937143.CAT
KB937930.CAT
KB938032.CAT
KB938127-IE7.CAT
KB938127.CAT
KB938828.CAT
KB938829.CAT
KB939252.CAT
KB939273.CAT
KB939653-IE7.CAT
KB939683.CAT
KB939884.CAT
KB940322.CAT
KB940514.CAT
KB940541.CAT
KB941037.CAT
KB941077.CAT
KB941202.CAT
KB941598.CAT
KB943460.CAT
MSCOMPV1.CAT
NLSDL.CAT
SCRIPTEN.CAT
WMFDIST.CAT
WMP11.CAT
WUDF.CAT
XACT20.CAT
XACT21.CAT
XACT22.CAT
XACT23.CAT
XACT24.CAT
XACT25.CAT
XACT26.CAT
XACT27.CAT
XACT28.CAT
XACT29.CAT
XINPUT10.CAT
XINPUT11.CAT
XINPUT12.CAT
XINPUT13.CAT

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
kb923723.exe /q /n /z /o
kb933360.exe /q /n /z /o /b:sp2gdr
KB890830.exe /q
qchain.exe

[CatalogHeader]

And in the file xp\i386\dosnet.inf I put;

[OptionalSrcDirs]
SVCPACK

I've put all my hotfixes in xp\i386\svcpack\

Why would it not work?

Edited April 4, 2008 by Yzöwl
code tags changes to reduce screen real estate

[Martin H]

You say that you've placed all your updates in the svcpack folder and that they don't install, but i can see that you have only referenced 3 updates to be installed in svcpack.inf and that the majority of your updates isn't installed from svcpack.inf, but has been directly integrated(slipstreamed) into your source distribution.

Or is it just those three updates that you cannot get installed ?

Btw, the GDR branch is always used if no prior hotfix has been installed for the files in question, so unless that's the case, then the '/b:sp2gdr' parameter is redundant on the following :

kb933360.exe /q /n /z /o /b:sp2gdr

Many people preffer to force the use of the QFE branch over the default GDR branch, since the QFE branch in addition to the GDR branch fix also includes all extra fixes from previously released hotfixes for the files in question.

kb933360.exe /q /n /z /o /b:sp2qfe

[Kingskawn]

Ok that is maybe a solution for the 3 hotfixes.exe but for the regular slipstreamed ones with .cat it seems that it isn't still working.

For example I have WMP11.CAT that is windows media player 11, when I start windows media player I get the old v10. So there is something that blocks all those installations

EDIT: I saw in my i386\SVCPACK that the hotfixes are ending with .CA_ and that they are around 3-4kb big. That can't be the updates. So where are the full packages? the .exe's are around 8MB what a normal size is.

Edited April 3, 2008 by Kingskawn

[Martin H]

The '*.CA_' files are cabbed(compressed) catalog files and not updates and you've got them as a result of having used some tool to slipstream updates into your source distribution.

If you're having a problem with the slipstreaming process, then you need to make sure that you're doing exactly as intended with that tool and then try again with a fresh source.

If you wan't to use the svcpack.inf method instead, then again, you need to start over with a fresh source...

[Kingskawn]

The '*.CA_' files are cabbed(compressed) catalog files and not updates and you've got them as a result of having used some tool to slipstream updates into your source distribution.

If you're having a problem with the slipstreaming process, then you need to make sure that you're doing exactly as intended with that tool and then try again with a fresh source.

If you wan't to use the svcpack.inf method instead, then again, you need to start over with a fresh source...

What method can I use to slipstream hotfixes easily? I know there's a cab file out there that has all the latest hotfixes (Ryanvm). I don't want to go to the MS update site and take all hotfixes one by one...

[Martin H]

RyanVM's Post-SP2 Update Pack :

http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack-sp2.html

Xable's Post-SP2 Update Pack :

http://xable.net/xp-sp2-update-pack-contents.php

Edited April 5, 2008 by Martin H