Cli_dos Error Reading from Drive X - Abort Retry Fail

ID: Q152637

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

When Cli_dos.exe is run, the computer returns the following message:

Error reading from drive D - Abort Retry Fail

When you run it in verbose mode, the output is as follows:

Attempting to execute file (\\smsserver\sms_shr\x86.bin\cli_dos.exe)
Reading configuration......
Invalid media type reading drive D:
Abort Retry Fail

CAUSE

Cli_dos fails to recover from detecting a partition or a second drive that is unformatted or was formatted with an unrecognized operating system.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : smssetup
Version : winnt:1.1
Platform : winnt
Issue type :