The issue was that the disk was already in GPT mode. I had to convert it to MBR/Legacy mode.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:12 AM, Wrinkled Cheese <wrinkledche...@gmail.com>wrote: > CentOS has a known bug in it's installer that will not allow the install > disc to be run in UEFI mode. They had to re-release their x86_64 version > of 6.3 to resolve the issue. It's on their website. I had figured the > latest CentOS - 6.3 - was being used instead of 5.8. > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:11 AM, Wrinkled Cheese > <wrinkledche...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanks, >> >> I had to run the disc in rescue mode and run fdisk. This allowed me to >> create a new partition table in MBR/Legacy mode. This resolved the issue. >> It was a 500GB disk that previously had FreeBSD on it. >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:31 AM, <m...@tdiehl.org> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012, Wrinkled Cheese wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I'm having an issue installing AsteriskNOW 2.0.2 on a Dell server. >>>> When I >>>> go to install it, with BIOS legacy mode for partition tables, I get as >>>> far >>>> as setting up the partition tables. However, the installer then >>>> informs me >>>> >>>> that GPT partition table schemes are required and that I have to resolve >>>> the issue. >>>> >>>> I changed from BIOS/MBR/Legacy mode to GPT/UEFI boot mode but then the >>>> installer fails to install. Upon investigation it seems that this is a >>>> fault of the CentOS installer. >>>> >>> >>> What makes you think Centos is at fault? >>> >>> There must be a work around to this issue >>>> since it seems that the partition tables require GPT mode but the >>>> installer >>>> for the x86_64 disc don't support UEFI mode.o >>>> >>> >>> How big are your partitions? The only reason Centos requires GPT is if >>> you >>> have a partition larger than 2TB. >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know of a work around or solution to this problem? >>>> >>> >>> If your partitions are not over 2 TB then you do not need GPT. The 2TB >>> limit >>> is not a Centos limitation. It is a limit of the msdos boot block. This >>> also >>> affects Windoze. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Tom m...@tdiehl.org Spamtrap address >>> me...@tdiehl.org >>> >>> -- >>> ______________________________**______________________________** >>> _________ >>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >>> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >>> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >>> >>> asterisk-users mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>> >>> http://lists.digium.com/**mailman/listinfo/asterisk-**users<http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users> >>> >> >> >
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