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, <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] Spamtrap address > [email protected] > > -- > ______________________________**______________________________**_________ > -- 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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