Iastore.sys – Status: 0xc0000359
I’m blogging this as much so that I can remind myself in the future what the heck this error means. I’ve come across it several times, and each time I forgot what the issue was and had to figure it out all over again.
So…there is the scenario…I was doing an OSD deployment in ConfigMgr this week…specifically a Vista x64 deployment. The system connected to PXE fine and downloaded the boot image, but when the boot image attempted to start, I got this lovely error message with two key phrases: 0xc0000359 and iastore.sys. (I think the exact message was something like “Windows failed to load because of a critical system driver is missing, or corrupt.”) I know I’ve seen this before, but what does it mean?
Long story short…iastore.sys is part of the Intel mass storage driver. Windows PE needs that mass storage driver to be in the boot image in order to see the hard drive. This is on a Dell system. I had imported the mass storage drivers into my boot images, but had mistakenly put the x86 version of iastore.sys into the x64 boot image.
Although…that leads to a different observation/gripe…Intel…why would you name the x86 and the x64 drivers the same thing? And one more gripe…these are Dell drivers that I have imported into ConfigMgr. If you look at Dell’s version.txt file that is part of the driver, it shows which OSes are applicable for the driver. When you import this driver into ConfigMgr, it imports as being applicable to basically everything (which it is not), and therefore causes problems later. Most of the time this isn’t an issue, but it definitely causes problems at times. The only way to fix it is to manually edit the “applicable to” settings for each driver. I haven’t taken the time to figure out if it is a problem with the way the INFs are created by Dell, or if it is a problem with the way that ConfigMgr parses the files.
All that said…the fix is pretty simple…import the correct driver into the boot image.
More Sam Pictures
Going back to my previous post about how I enjoy macro photography, I have really enjoyed taking some close up pictures of my son. Typically have better results with it when he is sleeping. Here are a few of my better ones from this week.
The Stork and the Sandman
So the stork came to my house this week. Apparently the Sandman thought the stork was a Pterodactyl cause he hasn’t been back since.
The first night in the hospital, Sam slept like a dream…between three and five hour stretches. Julie and I both got decent sleep. Since then…well, we’ve been awake a lot at night. Sleep deprivation is not fun.
I love my son…just would like a bit more sleep.
Sam – A few more pictures
I really enjoy photography. I especially enjoy macro photography. A few of my more favorite shots are posted on this blog. Nearly all of the macro photography (or photography in general really) that I have done has been of either nature or some inanimate object taken from a different perspective. It has been fun today taking some macro pictures of Sam.
Sam is here!
What a day! We both woke up at around 5am. We stayed in bed talking for a while then got up to get ready to head into the hospital for the 7:30am induction. After checking in and getting everything set up, Dr. Manneh broke the water at around 8:30. Based on Julie’s past history of rapid labor, we were expecting to be done well before lunch. Well…God had different plans for us this time. Lunch came and went. Julie was progressing, but much slower than in past pregnancies. When we came in, Julie was at 3cm…by 1:30, she had only gotten to 6cm. However…
About that time, things kicked into high gear. She went through the classic “self doubt” signpost (I’ll try to get a link to that at some point). At that point, I knew that she wasn’t far off. The nurse checked her again…still 6cm. But the self doubt phase (characterized by the woman saying she “can’t do this”, is typically right before transition. Because I was aware of this (and because I had seen her go through the same phase with both of our daughters), I had the nurse check her again pretty soon after. The nurse got a surprised look…”wow, you are completely dilated.” Julie had gone from 6cm to complete in 15-30 minutes.
Right after birth, the nurses were all saying that he looked big…that he was definitely going to be 8 pounds. Once they weighed him, we were all shocked. 8 pounds 12 ounces. Based on the ultrasound from a few weeks ago, they were estimating that he was going to be just over 7 pounds at birth. Uh…really glad we induced early. He would have been well over nine pounds had we not.
Some may know the significance of the names, but others may not. Sam is named after my dad. My dad was my best friend growing up. I learned a lot from him about hunting, fishing, and repairing things. I worked for him during the summers, and most weekends we were either in the woods or on the lake together. My dad died of cancer when I was twelve…an event that had a huge impact on my life. There was never any doubt that we were going to name our son Sam.
Isaac is a Hebrew name meaning “laughter.” It is a name that has continued to stick out to me over the last few months. As we were nailing down the middle name, I kept coming back to it. When I would look through a list of names, I caught myself just looking to see if Isaac was on the list.
Thanks again to everyone who joined with us in praying that Sam would hold off until Tuesday. That was a huge deal.
Another big thanks goes out to our moms. My mom has done a wonderful job of taking care of our daughters while we have been at the hospital…a job that she did when Marybeth was born also. That is a huge blessing to us. Thanks mom! And Julie’s mom has been in the delivery room at the birth of all of our babies. She is a tremendous help. We are SO glad that they were both able to fly in for this birth.
Samuel Isaac Davis
Quick update…the longest labor (nearly six hours) and the largest of our three babies (8 pounds 12 ounces). Samuel Isaac is here. I’ll update more later (doing this from my phone). I’ll post some pictures later also. Julie is still my hero…she simply rocks! Julie and Sam are both doing well.
Election Day Baby
Tomorrow morning (Election Day 2008), we are supposed to call the hospital at 6am to confirm Julie’s appointment to induce labor. The appointment is at 7:30am, but because it is an elective induction we can be bumped down/off the schedule for various reasons. Based on past track record, once they break Julie’s water, she will likely be in strong labor within 15 minutes. And if the past track record continues, this should be a very quick birth…possibly by mid-morning even.
Thanks to everyone who prayed over the last few days for labor to hold off til Tuesday. God chose to answer your prayers with a “yes”.
Check back on the blog sometime around mid day or in the afternoon. I expect to be able to post the birth announcement with pictures from the hospital.
Our former next door neighbor in Orlando really wanted to see what Julie looks like at nine months pregnant and was bummed when we were moving at seven months pregnant. We promised her that we would put pictures up of Julie at that point, so here you go. Jenn….the picture to the right is just for you. It is Julie at the beginning of the ninth month.
Subscribe
Recent Comments
-
The Realm of the Verbal Processor 