defer os.RemoveAll(disk)
	}

	endpoints := mustGetNewEndpoints(0, 16, erasureDisks...)
	_, _, err := waitForFormatErasure(true, endpoints, 1, 0, 16, "")
	if err != errInvalidArgument {
		t.Fatalf("Expecting error, got %s", err)
	}

	_, _, err = waitForFormatErasure(true, nil, 1, 1, 16, "")
	if err != errInvalidArgument {
		t.Fatalf("Expecting error, got %s", err)
	}

		return nil, errors.New("deployment ID missing from disk format, unable to start the server")
	}

	return format, nil
}

// Format disks before initialization of object layer.
func waitForFormatErasure(firstDisk bool, endpoints Endpoints, poolCount, setCount, setDriveCount int, deploymentID string) (storageDisks []StorageAPI, format *formatErasureV3, err error) {
	if len(endpoints) == 0 || setCount == 0 || setDriveCount == 0 {

		}

		bootstrapTrace("waitForFormatErasure: loading disks", func() {
			storageDisks[i], formats[i], err = waitForFormatErasure(local, ep.Endpoints, i+1,
				ep.SetCount, ep.DrivesPerSet, deploymentID)
		})
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if deploymentID == "" {