when you make the cd you can batch them all together, and install them with only 1 restart -- make sure you use the /m /z switches (/m is so that it just applies them, you don't have to click anything and /z is no reboot)

also - make sure you have qchain.exe as the last command in your batch file. this makes it so that all the correct versions of the patch files get installed. (some patches patch a file, but a later patch, repatches the same file)

you will have to download qchain.exe from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

is says for win2k, but qchain works flawlessly under winxp. qchain functionality is integrated into all patches released after december 2002 so when sp2 finally comes out in august, qchain will be obsolete. qchain is not needed for server 2k3