Autounattend.xml Issue (Disk Configuration) with Windows Server 2016 on Dell PowerEdge R330

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I'm having some issues getting an unattend file working with Server 2016 Essentials. I'm working with a Dell PowerEdge R330 with a PERC 330 RAID adapter (currently all drives in the machine are in a single RAID 5 array). I'm running the entire thing off of an .iso on which I placed the autounattend.xml and compile with ImgBurn (using what are supposedly the appropriate settings for a bootable Windows install disk). As can be seen in the XML, I had this generated from this website.

Here's the contents of the autounattend.xml (I tabbed out the most relevant parts):

<!--*************************************************
Windows Server 2016 Answer File Generator
Created using Windows AFG found at:
http://windowsafg.no-ip.org

Installation Notes
Location: 
Notes: Enter your comments here...
**************************************************-->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>0c09:00000409</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
<UserData>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<FullName>User</FullName>
<Organization></Organization>
<ProductKey>
<Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<EnableFirewall>true</EnableFirewall>
<DiskConfiguration>
    <Disk wcm:action="add">
        <CreatePartitions>
            <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                <Order>1</Order>
                <Size>350</Size>
                <Type>Primary</Type>
            </CreatePartition>
            <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                <Extend>true</Extend>
                <Order>2</Order>
                <Type>Primary</Type>
            </CreatePartition>
        </CreatePartitions>
        <ModifyPartitions>
            <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                <Format>NTFS</Format>
                <Label>System</Label>
                <Order>1</Order>
                <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                <TypeID>0x27</TypeID>
            </ModifyPartition>
                <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                <Order>2</Order>
                <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                <Letter>C</Letter>
                <Label>OS</Label>
                <Format>NTFS</Format>
            </ModifyPartition>
        </ModifyPartitions>
        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
        <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
    </Disk>
</DiskConfiguration>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="offlineServicing">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="generalize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-SQMApi" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<CEIPEnabled>0</CEIPEnabled>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ComputerName>-PC</ComputerName>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value></Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>User</Username>
</AutoLogon>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
</OOBE>
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value></Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Description>User</Description>
<DisplayName>User</DisplayName>
<Group>Administrators</Group>
<Name>User</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>
<RegisteredOrganization></RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>User</RegisteredOwner>
<DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
<TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>

The error I'm getting is this:

Windows could not set the id for a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while applying the unattend answer file's setting. Error code: 0x80042565

Contents of x:\Windows\Panther\setuperr.log:

2017-08-02 14:10:01, Error [0x0606cc] IBS SetPartitionType: Either the partition style for the request [MBR] is either unknown, or does not match the style of the specified partition [MBR].[gle=0x000036b7]
2017-08-02 14:10:01, Error [0x0606cc] IBS SetPartitionType: ChangePartitionType failed, hr = 0x80042565.[gle=0x000036b7]
2017-08-02 14:10:01, Error [0x0606cc] IBS ApplyDiskOperationUsingService: Failed to correctly apply disk operation of type [0xb]; hr = 0x80042565[gle=0x000036b7]
2017-08-02 14:10:06, Error [0x06048f] IBS CallBack_DiskConfiguration_ApplyUnattend:An error occurred while applying unattend disk configuration; hr = 0x80042565

Things I've tried:

  • Removing "0x27" (line 62) (gives a different error)

  • Adding "Yes" after line 61 (for the first 'system reserved' partition" (gives a different error)

  • A host of other things I've found online that give a host of different errors

Also should note that if I boot to the original iso it has no problems seeing the drives and I can install everything fine.

Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks!

raid
unattended
windows-server-2016
dell-poweredge
asked on Super User Aug 2, 2017 by Noah • edited Aug 2, 2017 by I say Reinstate Monica

1 Answer

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It looks like this AutoUnattend is set up for BIOS boot method. If you're using UEFI, you'll get exactly that error.

Try replacing the <DiskConfiguration> section with the following:

<DiskConfiguration>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Size>350</Size>
                            <Type>EFI</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order> 
                            <Type>MSR</Type> 
                            <Size>128</Size> 
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>3</Order> 
                            <Type>Primary</Type> 
                            <Extend>true</Extend> 
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order> 
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> 
                            <Label>System</Label> 
                            <Format>FAT32</Format> 
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order> 
                            <PartitionID>3</PartitionID> 
                            <Label>Local Disk</Label> 
                            <Letter>C</Letter> 
                            <Format>NTFS</Format> 
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
answered on Super User Feb 7, 2019 by William

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