iMac OS install failing

I booted into Recovery mode and tried Reinstall macOS Sonoma on my iMac and it goes through the 2h+ process and then reboots. At reboot it shows the progress bar and barely starts and then reboots again? I don't know where to start troubleshooting this issue but I've done the macOS install twice and it has the same results.

iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Dec 1, 2023 3:38 PM

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JE8190 Author

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Dec 1, 2023 3:47 PM in response to JE8190

Providing an update. The disk is set up in a disk group and the Macinstosh HD is 1TB, APFS volume, macOS 14.1.1. There is a Data volume as part of the disk group. I have NOT repartitioned the disk

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