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Invalid partition table error installing VM Server

621384Feb 4 2008 — edited Jan 13 2010
Currently I'm installing VM Server on a raid-60 with 3.6 tb on /dev/sda. When going through the install process I "remove all partitions and create a default layout" in doing so it gives me multiple errors right before it begins installing. The partition table as default layout looks like:

from /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
#clearpart all drives=sda
#part /boot fstype ext3 size=100 --ondisk=sda
#part / fstype ext3 size=3072 --ondisk=sda
#part /OVS fstype ocfs2 size=1024 grow ondisk=sda
#part swap size=1024 ondisk=sda

After running through the rest of the installation I receive these errors:

Invalid partition table on /dev/sda --wrong signature 0
and
Invalid partition table on /tmp/sda --wrong signature 0

If I ignore the errors and continue the install it installs but it doesn't seem correct, I cannot import any media to install from or add shared drives from the VM Manager. I've installed VM Server on a separate smaller raid-60 multiple times and never encountered this error. After doing some research I believe it has something to do with the size of the device, /dev/sda, is larger than 2TB in size and cannot correctly write the partition? Is there any type of workaround for this problem within VM Server or documentation that can be referenced?

Thanks,
Nathan
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