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dpimatrix1
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Error Installing ESX 3.5 on a Dell 2650

Received the following on a DELL Poweregde 2650 with service tag 6m2jt11.

"ERROR

An error occurred trying to format sda1. This problem is serious, and the install cannot continue.

Press <Enter> to reboot your system.

"

The Below is the system parameters:

*|1|1U847|PWA,PLN,2XCPU,P2650,VER2|

1

6H580

PWA,RSR,ESM4,P2650

1

83VKG

CRD,VRM,9.0

1

8J206

PRC,80532,2.0G,512K,400FSB,SKF

0

7260R

PREP MTL, DEV, SRV, INCRS #2

2

0H694

PWR SPLY,500W,PFC,HPLG,P2650

2

6878T

CORD,PWR,125V,10FT,SJT,UNSHLD

1

01VTW

CORD,PWR,120V,10FT,N515-(2)C13

1

83VKG

CRD,VRM,9.0

1

8J206

PRC,80532,2.0G,512K,400FSB,SKF

4

632EX

DIMM,1G,100M,128X72,8K,184,R,2

1

3R475

CD,650M,I,INT,TH,24X,SMSNG,BLK

3

3F742

HD,73GB,S1,80P,10K,FJTSU

1

0G724

PWA,INTFC,BKPLN,1X5,PE2650

1

13JPJ

DIMM,128,100M,16X72,4K,ROMB

1

16DMU

PWA,I/O,RAID-KEY,PE4600

1

3H683

ASSY,CBL,FLEX,FL,FD/CD,PE2650

|1|4K080|FD,1.44M,F3,TH,BZL,NEC|*

Any help on this issue will be appreciated.

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fusionit
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Did you ever resolve this I am having the same issue on an older Dell 1650. Wierd thing is it appears to be creating all the partitions it just fails when it tries to format them.

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