Re: RIS "unable to format partition" error
From: Tom Jones (blah_at_blah.com)
Date: 03/10/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:45:33 GMT
> Hi there,
> I have a problem with RIS which seems to be pretty widespread on the
net
> but I can't find any answers to. I am using a Windows 2003 server as my
RIS
> server and it fails to install Windows XP SP1a and Windows 2003 Server
with
> the following error:
>
> Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damamged.
>
> From reading online though many people had said this seems to be caused by
> an update to XP. To rule that out I made a plain Windows XP template and
> that installs prefectly so it is diffinitely something in SP1 which is
> causing the problem. I wonder has anyone here got past that problem?
> Cheers for your time
> Tom.
>
>
"NIC Student" <nospam@nospam.land> wrote in message
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> How are you slipstreaming the image with the service packs?
>
> 1. copy the cd-based image to your drive,
> 2. extract the SP to a separate folder on the drive
> 3. slipstream the SP to the cd-based i386 folder
> 4. run RISETUP on the RIS server and point to the slipstreamed i386
folder.
>
> --
> Scott Baldridge
> Windows Server MVP, MCSE
Thanks for the reply Scott, yes that is how we're slipstreaming the service
pack and of course Server 2003 doesn't have an SP yet, but I have since
found what I believe is the problem. When we added the updated drivers for
our network card to the OemPnPDriversPath in the sif file the XP SP1 image
now works. Who would have though a "Setup was unable to format the
partition. The disk may be damaged" error is really telling you that the NIC
drivers are incorrect.
Unfortunately we still haven't got the Windows 2003 Server image to work
as we can't find appropriate win2k3 driver for our onboard intel pro100 VE
card. I've gotten in touch with Intel so hopefully they will be able to
point us in the right direction.
For people with the same problem who come across this thread in the
future, have a search for "how to add a Third-Party OEM Network Adapter to
an RIS Installation" the microsoft page that deals with this is currently
here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315279 don't
forget that you may also have to add a chipset driver before the NIC is
recognised.
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