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Re: [Xen-users] XCP install from ISO not starting

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To:	"Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] XCP install from ISO not starting
From:	"Matthew Law" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:20:25 +0100
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On Thu, April 22, 2010 4:41 am, Kurt Buff wrote:
> During the install process, as soon as I press enter to accept the
> eula I am getting the following error message with 0.1.1 (#25823p):
>
>          An unrecoverable error has occurred. The error was:
>
>           Could not decode partition line: '/dev/sda5 : start =
> 16777279, size=125301581'
>
> The machine in question is a Dell 1950 with dual core dual procs and
> 8gb RAM and 2 Broadcom NICs and two 67gb drives in a RAID1 array.
>
> I've also checked the md5 of the iso and burned two different CDs, and
> successfully installed FreeBSD 8.0 on this box.
>
> Any hints for me?
>
> Kurt

My guess would be that you have a BSD labelled disk and it doesn't like it.

Boot it with knoppix or similar and get shut of the BSD disk
labelling/partition information and try again.

Good luck,

Matt.




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