Slipstreaming X64 SP2 on Virtual Machine

[nemesis01]

I tried to do this on SP2, but needed to be in an X64 enviroment to slipstream, would it be ok to do this on Microsoft Virtual Machine?

[boooggy]

yes thats how i did it...be sure to have enough space on the vm......

[RyanVM]

I've also heard that you can extract the service pack and replace update.exe with a standard 32bit one and it'll integrate just fine.

(That said, I did it in a VM myself )

[win2000b]

dont you need a 64bit OS to emulate a 64bit VM?

Thought you did. If so why not just update it in the native os

[RyanVM]

No, VMWare allows for 64bit guest OSes on a 32bit host OS (assuming you have a 64bit processor)

[Grope For Luna]

I used the update.exe and updspapi.dll from the 32bit 2003 Server SP2 update and it worked fine.

[inferno128]

No, VMWare allows for 64bit guest OSes on a 32bit host OS (assuming you have a 64bit processor)

Uhhh are you sure? I tried setting up 64bit guest OS on VMWare so I can test XP x64 ISO without reformatting my old slow UDMA 2 HDD.. VMWare says I don't have a 64bit CPU.. and its written right on the box supports EM64T and I've run XP x64 on it before...