This tip is about troubleshooting an issue when using MDT to deploy Windows to blade servers. A colleague tried using MDT to deploy Windows to a bunch of blade servers but with one of them they kept getting the following error:
Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition
After opening the chassis and investigating the problem blade they discovered that there was a USB flash drive plugged into a USB slot inside the blade. The purpose of this flash drive was for loading firmware, and after it was removed the deployment succeeded.
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Mitch Tulloch is an eleven-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and a widely recognized expert on Windows Server and cloud computing technologies. Mitch is also Senior Editor of WServerNews. For more information about him see http://www.mtit.com.
