Basically, one needs to "temporarily unmount any drive volumes that you do not require", and the article includes the steps one should go through. The step-by-step instructions only mention "CD-ROM and DVD drive volumes" - I wish the article was clearer on precisely which volumes should be unmounted. Anyway, the next step is installing the the 917283 update, followed by a possible reboot. The last step is to "remount the drive volumes" (assigning the CD-ROM and DVD drive volumes their original drive letters).
I would love to know what the real problem is, and how this fixes it.
Error 1324 (sometimes referenced as -1324) seems to correspond to "The path" or "The folder" or "The folder path" "<path> contains an invalid character", which is the message described in article 923101. According to Windows Installer Error Messages, the message associated with 1324 is "The folder path '[2]' contains an invalid character".
Good thing 923101 only applies to x64 editions of Windows Server 2003.
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Found this while googling for this same issue.
ReplyDeleteThe MS article is somewhat murky about specifying its only cd/dvd volumes that need to be dismounted.
Worked fine for me.
I always create a c: and d: parition. Since I've never figured out how to make Windows create those paritions in order during setup, I always go back later and change the cd from d: to e: and vice-versa. But, I've always done this and every other server I patched worked fine.
The only difference on the one that had problems was Visual SourceSafe 2005 was installed. Ring any bells for anyone?