I think Windows Server 2012 will be next popular server OS just like Windows Server 2008, it’s also a nice hypervisor OS on virtual world. How do you think?
Installation is first step to experience the wonderful OS, you may see some strange problem during that step just like me. Today’s topic occurred long time ago, just want to share with people who may face similar issue like me.
That’s HP blade system with local disk attached, you may see similar problem on other vendor. When you select disk to install OS, installer may says Windows can’t be installed on drive 0 partition 1, or Windows cannot be installed on this disk. This computer’s hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk’s controllers is enabled in the computer’s BIOS menu.
That’s because boot volume is not set on array controller. For example by HP servers, you have to reboot and press F8 after BIOS checks array controller to enter array controller management interface. Then go to Select Boot Volume in main menu, select Direct Attached Storage, and then select the disk you want to install OS. Follow up the wizard to continue boot up.
If the problem persists, go to array controller management interface, rebuild array and select boot volume again, it should fix your problem.