Creating bootable SP2 full install CD from SP1 CD and SP2 update C

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I created a SP2 CD by following the steps mentioned in the SP2 disc
deployment files. The disc was based on a HP Windows XP oem disc that came
with my laptop. The problem is I can't do clean installs from the SP2 disc as
I can't boot from it. I tried booting with the original SP1 disc and then
slipping in the SP2 disc at the first oppurtunity, but that didn't work.
Neither did booting using a floppy disk and running "[CD]:\I386\winnt" or
"[CD]:\I386\winnt32".

Is there any way to make a bootable SP2 disk? Or can I trade in my SP1 disc
for a SP2 disc at a nominal cost?

Thank You.
--
Koshy John
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