DiskConfiguration issue [SOLVED]

[iamtheky]

The following works excellent for a single partition occupying the entire disk. I would like to specify a C partition with <size>20000</size> and a D partition that is extended occupying the rest of the disk.

I have tried many a different ways to accomplish this and 7 liked none of them, so I figured it best to provide the working single disk and let some kind soul add the additional disk with the proper syntax I seem to lack.

<DiskConfiguration>
				<Disk wcm:action="add">
					<CreatePartitions>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>1</Order>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
							<Extend>true</Extend>
						</CreatePartition>
					</CreatePartitions>
					<ModifyPartitions>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>true</Active>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>Seven</Label>
							<Letter>C</Letter>
							<Order>1</Order>
							<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
					</ModifyPartitions>
					<DiskID>0</DiskID>
					<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
				</Disk>
				<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
			</DiskConfiguration>

Edited November 18, 2009 by iamtheky

[jbm]

I modified this from what I use

 
		   <DiskConfiguration>
				<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
				<Disk wcm:action="add">
					<DiskID>0</DiskID>
					<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
					<CreatePartitions>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>1</Order>
							<Size>20000</Size>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>2</Order>
							<Extend>true</Extend>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
					</CreatePartitions>
					<ModifyPartitions>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>true</Active>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>Windows</Label>
							<Order>1</Order>
							<Letter>C</Letter>
							<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>Data</Label>
							<Order>2</Order> 
				<Letter>D</Letter>   
							<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
					</ModifyPartitions>
				</Disk>
			</DiskConfiguration>

It creates a 20GB partion and a second that covers the rest of the drive.

Both are Primary partitions.

[iamtheky]

Thank you sir. I will reply with a result in the morning.

[jbm]

Thank you sir. I will reply with a result in the morning.

I had tested this on vmware with two disk drives and it was working fine.

Then I decided to delete all the partitions.

After that I got the following error

So...

[iamtheky]

No worries, a coworker got one functional today I will post that to this thread.

[jbm]

I found the problem

Was trying to install to disk 1 when I changed it to disk 0 it worked.

On my physical computer disk 0 is a eSata drive and disk 1 and 2

are internal drives. Guess I'll have to stick with manually

choosing the partition

[iamtheky]

**for a system with a single hard drive**

This makes a C drive of 20GB

and a D drive that occupies the rest

apparently you have to have a logical partition to extend or vice versa, im still hunting that down

<DiskConfiguration>
				<Disk wcm:action="add">
					<CreatePartitions>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>1</Order>
							<Type>Primary</Type>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Size>20000</Size>
						</CreatePartition>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Extend>true</Extend>
							<Order>3</Order>
							<Type>Logical</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
						<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
							<Order>2</Order>
							<Extend>true</Extend>
							<Type>Extended</Type>
						</CreatePartition>
					</CreatePartitions>
					<ModifyPartitions>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>true</Active>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>Winblows7</Label>
							<Letter>C</Letter>
							<Order>1</Order>
							<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
						</ModifyPartition>
						<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
							<Active>false</Active>
							<Extend>false</Extend>
							<Format>NTFS</Format>
							<Label>DataTest</Label>
							<Letter>D</Letter>
							<Order>2</Order>
							<PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
						</ModifyPartition>
					</ModifyPartitions>
					<DiskID>0</DiskID>
					<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
				</Disk>
				<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
			</DiskConfiguration>

Edited November 18, 2009 by iamtheky

[MrJinje]

Was trying to install to disk 1 when I changed it to disk 0 it worked.

On my physical computer disk 0 is a eSata drive and disk 1 and 2

are internal drives.

That is exactly why I prefer to partition manually, each of my machines is different, and is too easy to wipe the wrong drive.

[iamtheky]

indeed the above code is for machines with a single disk split in 2 partitions.

-fixed the above to post to reflect as such.

Edited November 18, 2009 by iamtheky

[jbm]

indeed the above code is for machines with a single disk split in 2 partitions.

-fixed the above to post to reflect as such.

Your code creates one primary partition (C:) and one extened partition with one logical drive (D:)

Mine creates two primary partitions. (C: D:). Both will work as far as installing windows.

The only reason I can see to create an extended partition is if you want to have a drive

partitioned into more the four drives.

[jbm]

Was trying to install to disk 1 when I changed it to disk 0 it worked.

On my physical computer disk 0 is a eSata drive and disk 1 and 2

are internal drives.

That is exactly why I prefer to partition manually, each of my machines is different, and is too easy to wipe the wrong drive.

Before I've always partitioned manually. Just had a bug to try something new.

I keep backups of my backups for just this reason

[iamtheky]

I apologize, i had misread your earlier post and thought you were indicating that what you had posted had an error.

The one I posted is one my coworker made by throwing my .xml into WAIK and adding the second partition.

I always thought the thinking was 1 primary partition per OS. Then again, I just re-learned that an extended partition is just a container for logical partitions, so I could be wholly incorrect

[jbm]

I apologize, i had misread your earlier post and thought you were indicating that what you had posted had an error.

The one I posted is one my coworker made by throwing my .xml into WAIK and adding the second partition.

I always thought the thinking was 1 primary partition per OS. Then again, I just re-learned that an extended partition is just a container for logical partitions, so I could be wholly incorrect

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