I am doing windows 2008 R2 fresh OS installation over iscsi disk. I am installing windows 2008 R2 enterprise OS. After selecting iscsi disk to install on, setup.exe fails at last stage of installation “installation complete” phase with following error message : “Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed”? This issue is very consistent and happens all the time. I also tried with windows 2008 R2 with SP1 DVD image still same issue. I am injecting my network drivers through DISM in boot.wim both index and install.wim image too. Due to this it discovers iscsi disk in winPE and OS installation time. Right IBFT table has been registered at boot time NIC BIOS Code. Actual error code reported in setupact.log are: 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Error [0x06064b] IBS DeployIscsiDriversOffline: Failed to apply preinstall settings; status 0x8007000d[gle=0x0000000d] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info IBS Callback_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore: iSCSI deployment failed; status 0x8007000d 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Error [0x0602ab] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:An error occurred while installing the driver package [] offline GLE is [0x0] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed.] %systemroot%\Windows\inf\setupapi.offline.log shows vnic driver have been injected successfully. Followings are the detailed error logs message found in %systemroot%\$Windows.~BT\Sources\setuperr.log 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Error [0x06064b] IBS DeployIscsiDriversOffline: Failed to apply preinstall settings; status 0x8007000d[gle=0x0000000d] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Error [0x0602ab] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:An error occurred while installing the driver package [] offline GLE is [0x0] Log message from %systemroot%\$Windows.~BT\Sources\setupact.log 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x06005c] IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to fix mounted devices key... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x0602c1] IBS FixMountedDevicesKey:Beginning to enumerate drive letter assignments on BB 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x0602c6] IBS FixMountedDevicesKey:Fixing mounted devices key for Disk [2] Partition offset [0x6500000] to come up as Drive letter C: 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x0640cf] IBSLIB SetDriveMask:Successfully set the drive mask Drive letter = C DriveMap = 4 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x06005f] IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives:Calling StoreUserNameAndOrg... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x06004a] IBS StoreUserNameAndOrg:Using default owner 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x06004b] IBS StoreUserNameAndOrg: Using blank organization 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: OS drive path in hive is [D:\]; OS drive path on next boot is [C:\] 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Clearing, we're clearing the SetupCL RPFixup flag... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x060061] IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to update product key in offline hives... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x0604b5] IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to update eula in offline hives... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS Callback_License_WriteOfflineHives: License agreement was displayed to user during Windows installation. 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x0604b7] IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to update language selection in offline hives... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info [0x060592] IBS Callback_LanguagePack_WriteOfflineHives:Set the registry value to hide language selection page in OOBE. 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to perform just-in-time compliance checks... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info Callback_Compliance_JustInTimeChecks_InstallOS: Performing just-in-time compliance checks against install OS... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info Callback_Compliance_JustInTimeChecks_InstallOS: Validating that OS supports install volume 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info Callback_Compliance_JustInTimeChecks_InstallOS: Just-in-time compliance checks passed. 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to save the path of configuration set in offline hives... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info IBS ModifyOfflineRegHives: Publishing event to perform cryptography support... 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info CryptoSetup succeeded writing entropy key 2011-06-24 23:55:38, Info CryptoSetup assigned CAPI machine guid "27d57bea-5716-4528-83c5-3c19ddc785fd" 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info [0x06006e] IBS CallBack_FinalizeImage: Returning 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info [0x0a0023] UI progress task ProgressInfo\CBSServicing : StartProgress 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Callback_Unattend_InitiatePass: No unattend file was present, skipping unattend settings passes 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info [0x0a0024] UI progress task ProgressInfo\CBSServicing : EndProgress 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info [0x0602aa] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:No external drivers to install. 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Callback_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore: Checking for iSCSI deployment scenario 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Callback_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore: install disk is on iSCSI bus and depends on the Microsoft ISCSI Initiator (iscsiprt.sys); deploying iSCSI drivers offline 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Callback_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore: resolved iSCSI NICs 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS NICs in iBFT: 1; NICs resolved: 1 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS ====================================================================== 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS MAC Address: 00-13-97-01-21-F4 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Unique ID: {be6ce218-cdc3-4561-bd36-40bb75595972} 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Device ID: XSIGOBUS\VNIC\7&27F242DD&0&VNISCSI 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Published Inf: oem6.inf 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Driver Pkg: X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xsigovnic_pe.inf_amd64_neutral_cfe6749885a99402\xsigovnic_pe.inf 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info IBS Inbox: no 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add:============================================= 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add: Driver Path: [X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xsigovnic_pe.inf_amd64_neutral_cfe6749885a99402\xsigovnic_pe.inf] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add: Driver Flags: [3] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add: Driver State: [5] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add: Driver Size: [48566564] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Add: Driver Result:[0x0] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install:============================================= 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install: Driver Path: [X:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xsigovnic_pe.inf_amd64_neutral_cfe6749885a99402\xsigovnic_pe.inf] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install: Attempting driver install. 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install: Driver Arch: [9] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install: Driver Root: [G:\WINDOWS] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info Driver Install: Driver Drive: [G:\] 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info CSI 00000001 Shim considered [l:256{128}]"\??\G:\WINDOWS\Servicing\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_655452efe0fb810b\pkgmgr.exe" : got STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND 2011-06-24 23:55:42, Info CSI 00000002 Shim considered [l:250{125}]"\??\G:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_655452efe0fb810b\pkgmgr.exe" : got STATUS_SUCCESS 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Info Driver Install: Driver Flags: [5] 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Info Driver Install: Driver State: [5] 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Info Driver Install: Driver Size: [48566564] 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Info Driver Install: Driver Dest: [G:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\xsigovnic_pe.inf_amd64_neutral_cfe6749885a99402\xsigovnic_pe.inf] 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Info Driver Install: Driver Result: [0x0] 2011-06-24 23:55:46, Error [0x06064b] IBS DeployIscsiDriversOffline: Failed to apply preinstall settings; status 0x8007000d[gle=0x0000000d] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info IBS Callback_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore: iSCSI deployment failed; status 0x8007000d 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Error [0x0602ab] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:An error occurred while installing the driver package [] offline GLE is [0x0] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed.] 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0a013d] UI Accepting Cancel. Exiting Page Progress. 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info UI Entering Page Cancel. 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0a0035] UI Allowing Page 'Drive Selection' to be shown 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0a0035] UI Allowing Page 'Drive Selection' to be shown 2011-06-24 23:55:47, Info [0x0a011c] UI WizardDialogPost::SetActive

Hi, Please refer to the following article first: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967754/en-us Tim Quan

Thanks Tim. I Already have checked this KB article, and i am using windows 2008 R2 DVD image to inject my OEM drivers. This DVD has boot.wim and install.wim. This both platform are x64 bit (winPE x64). So there is no cross platform issue here. I have injected my vnic OEM x64 drivers in it's Boot.wim both index ( index 1 and index 2) for winPE x64 platform. Also injected my vnic OEM x64 driver in it's install.wim file all indexes. ( this are also x64 platform). Same thing i have tried with windows 2008 R2 with SP1 DVD to inject my vnic OEM x64 driver in their all index of boot.wim and install.wim. Same issue occurs on both DVD during iscsi OS installations. Thanks Parag ParagSan

Hi, I checked with some experts here, This scenario is not supported by Microsoft. You will need to seek support from the vendor to get this working. Looking at the error code, 0x8007000D ERROR_INVALID_DATA The data is invalid It seems there may be something wrong with the driver package. Researching XSIGOBUS\VNIC\7&27F242DD&0&VNISCSI These are InifiniBand NIC cards not Ethernet NIC. There is no inbox support for IB Cards for iSCSI boot. Also this XSIGOBUS is open source driver. There is no support on this configuration, but we can suggest to try the Mellanox Drivers. These seem pretty successful using flexboot. Documentation: (Chapter 5 - Booting Windows from iSCSI Target) http://mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_software/MLNX_VPI_Windows_user_manual.pdf Driver: http://mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=32&menu_section=34#tab-twoSumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support