UEFI installation fails and shows 'an Alternate GPT header is not at the end of the disk' error.

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Issue

  • After the partitions are done and during the part of the  install process where the filesystems are created, getting an error  message an "exception that cannot be handled" has occurred,
  • Anaconda suggesting that to report it as a bug.  From the details of the message getting this "an Alternate GPT header is not at the end of the disk" and  the install fails completely.
  • When Red Hat will provide UEFI bootable install media  in the near future?

  • Suggest a way to get this installation done ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
  • Hardware details:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • Dell PowerEdge R710 server
    • PERC 6/i RAID controller
    • UEFI Boot Manager
    • (6) 1 TB SATA drives
    • Disks 0 & 1 are mirrored
    • Rest of disks are in RAID 5 array
    • RAID 5 partition is one physical volume in one logical volume group with 2 logical volumes

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