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Q163371: Rdisk Initialization Failed During Unattended Installation

Article: Q163371
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WINNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you perform an unattended installation of Windows NT Server or Windows NT
Workstation 4.0 and you use the $OEM$ directory and the Cmdlines.txt file to
apply a service pack as part of the installation, you may receive the following
error message:

  RDISK.EXE - DLL INITIALIZATION FAILED The application failed to initialize
  because the Windows station is shutting down.

You must then click OK to continue the installation.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this error message and to keep the computer from restarting
prematurely, you must use the /U and /Z switches on the Update.exe command, as
in the following example:

  UPDATE /U /Z

Additional query words: RDISK Unattended Sysdiff prodnt restart reboot rebooting
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Keywords          : kbsetup 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : WINNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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