Error message installing Win 2008 x64 guest with VMWare ESX 4

[davehudson31415]

Greetings,

I've been trying to get a Windows Server 2008 64-bit server installed within a VMWare ESX 4 host, but not having much luck. The hardware is a Dell 2900, and I'm installing offsite with the vSphere Client. The media I'm using is the Windows Server 2008 DVD supplied by Dell and the VM is configured to use the host drive. The installation starts fine, but when it gets to expanding files, it displays the error:

Windows cannot copy files from D:\Sources to C:\$WINDOWS.~LS\Sources. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070001.

I've tried various combinations of storage adapters/drivers, but still comes up. If anyone has suggestions, please reply.

[Gmurisonapd]

From previous experience with physcial servers, this in indicates bad media.

Is this the first time using the same media? Do you have any other media to try?

Also do you have some details of the VM?

[davehudson31415]

It's the first time attempting to install with this media. I

usually find the pressed CD from the manufacturer works better than a

burn, but I suppose anything can happen.

I'm trying to set up a Windows Server 2008 x64 VM using 2 cores (out of the 8 in the physical server) to be used as a new domain controller/file server. The VM version is set to 7, as this is the first use of VMWare ESX in the organization and compatibility with previous versions isn't a concern. 4GB of RAM (out of the 8GB in the box) has been allocated as well. The physical server has 500GB of storage, so I've set this VM to use 160GB of it for now through the LSI Logic Parallel adapter. I suppose I'll have to assume the media is faulty and visit in person to replace it with a burned copy.

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[azn2kew]

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[davehudson31415]

Nothing really significant about the user alias. I messed up registering and had to go through the form a bunch of times. Got a little frustrated and I figured my name followed by PI (copied from calc, without the decimal) ought to be a unique enough alias.