# Error installing Rancher OS to disk

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792>\
**Category:** RancherOS\
**Created:** [March 9, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792 "2017-03-09T11:59:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Gault1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Christopher\_Gault1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Christopher_Gault1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792/1 "2017-03-09T11:59:57Z")

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**Hello there!** The problem I’m facing here is after doing everything in [this](https://linux-video-tutorials.blogspot.com/2016/12/install-rancheros-0-6-1-to-hard-drive-review-vmware.html) video in sequential order and now during the ‘ros install command’ I get this:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/c/cdf926f69ed74decfeb2eb2925e625af096e1712.PNG)

**Also** , [here](http://pastebin.com/SyZy5GWs) is the cloud-config.yml file I created under the home directory of ‘rancher’ user.

**Any help would be appreciated!**

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**Author:** ![SvenDowideit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/svendowideit/32/2159_2.png) [@SvenDowideit](https://forums.suse.com/u/SvenDowideit)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792/2 "2017-03-09T12:37:53Z")

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gosh - what kind and size disk are you installing on?

I have begun the work to get it to work on a gpt formated disk - it should  
be activated using `ros install -t gpt ...` but if i remember correctly, it  
has issues booting on a large disk

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Gault1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Christopher\_Gault1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Christopher_Gault1)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792/3 "2017-03-09T12:43:29Z")

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@SvenDowideit It’s a single RAID 0 with 5 2TB drives, how should I go about doing this?

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**Author:** ![SvenDowideit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/svendowideit/32/2159_2.png) [@SvenDowideit](https://forums.suse.com/u/SvenDowideit)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792/4 "2017-03-10T00:56:06Z")

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mmm, wow, so you’re giving RancherOS a 10TB disk. mmm, I wonder if you can install to a smaller disk, then set up the larger array manually and set that as the RANCHER\_STATE.

is this software RAID, or hardware RAID that just gives the OS the full virtual disk? (have you tried the `-t gpt` install option?)

I really need to put together some more complicated HW setups to test and develop for 😕

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Gault1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5a626/32.png) [@Christopher\_Gault1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Christopher_Gault1)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/error-installing-rancher-os-to-disk/5792/5 "2017-03-10T06:30:34Z")

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@SvenDowideit It installed and asked to reboot and I did so, but it installed on the usb stick not the actual HDD