GPT error while installing CentOs 5.6 in HP DL320 G6

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09-23-2011, 03:00 AM	#1
scream LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2008 Distribution: Oracle Linux Posts: 27 Rep:	GPT error while installing CentOs 5.6 in HP DL320 G6 Hi , i am trying to install CentOS 5.6 in HP DL320 G6 server with 2.86 TB (RAID 5) disk space . while i tried to create the partition i got below error : "Your boot partition is on a disk using the GPT partitioning scheme but this machine cannot boot using GPT" after googling i found a solution to use dd before partitioning. i tried that and when i reboot with CENTOS dvd to install i got a warning " Your partition table is not readable and need to remove all data." if i press yes than i got the same GPT error after creating the partition. Can anybody help me to solve this problem?

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