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I have a server with two CPUs, 64GB of RAM and a 8TB RAID 1 drive. I have successfully installed XenServer many times. But when it tries to boot for the first time, it does not boot to the new install.

I have tried the following:

  • Made sure UEFI is set to Legacy
  • Made sure the Virtual Drive is set as the boot drive on the RAID controller
  • I have tried to disable GPT through constants.py file and through menu.c32.

Still it will not boot. What am I missing?

SPRBRN
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user219716
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    You're missing the error message. – sam_pan_mariusz Dec 01 '15 at 16:28
  • - STANDARD ERROR: Loading /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.map.gz
    - STANDARD ERROR: /sbin/e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2 Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
    - STANDARD ERROR: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so     – user219716 Dec 01 '15 at 21:21
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    It is much better to edit the original question to include new content than post it in comments (readability). – sam_pan_mariusz Dec 02 '15 at 06:03
  • Have you tried to use a smaller disk/raid for xenserver installation and add the 8TB raid as a local datastore afterwards? – Striker_84 Dec 02 '15 at 08:53

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If a filesystem error happens with a fresh install, it looks like you have a serious hard disk problem. Your disk(s) likely need to be replaced.

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I found out the RAID Controller is not supported. MegaRAID 9271-4i. I installed to a USB Drive and it worked. I am not sure if there is a work around for this.

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Legacy DOS partition tables are those used before GPT, they are limited to 2TB.

To try installing with a DOS partition table boot the installer and at the prompt type

menu.c32

press tab and add

disable-gpt

to the kernel command line, i.e. before

--- /install.img

and again run the boot steps as usual.After installing you should be able to boot

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