Microsoft KB Archive/899495

= You receive a &quot;Windows could not start due to an error while booting from a RAMDISK&quot; error message when the PXE process tries to start the ADS deployment agent in Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 899495

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86) 

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SYMPTOMS
The Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) process tries to start the Microsoft Windows Automated Deployment Services (ADS) deployment agent on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1. In this scenario, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:

Windows could not start due to an error while booting from a RAMDISK. Windows failed to build a bootable RAMDISK IMAGE.

Additionally, an error message that is similar to one of the following is logged in the Application event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: ADSBUILDER Event Category: None Event ID: 774 Date: Time: User: N/A Computer: Description: An error occurred during the building of an image for the product {e597073d-bca9-4935-8257-25530a5677d0} and client hash {0264f4ee-f2a4-98be-34fe-ad5d17282fe8}. Error Code: 81070303 Event Type: Error Event Source:ADSBUILDER Event ID: 772 Date: Time: User:N/A Computer: Description: \windows\system32\hal.dll could not be located during installation of the device ACPIAPIC_MP. Please ensure that the repository is pointing at the binary directories that contain the missing binary file.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you use Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) media to run the ADS 1.0 Setup program. The Builder service cannot build a bootable image for the deployment agent.

Note This issue may be caused by many different things. This article discusses only one possible cause.

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WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the original release version of Windows Server 2003 media to install ADS 1.0.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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