diff --git a/cmd/prepare-storage.go b/cmd/prepare-storage.go
index de1c6d4a3..f7fd82081 100644
--- a/cmd/prepare-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/prepare-storage.go
@@ -188,13 +188,17 @@ func connectLoadInitFormats(retryCount int, firstDisk bool, endpoints Endpoints,
 	for i, err := range errs {
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == errDiskNotFound && retryCount >= 5 {
-				logger.Info("Unable to connect to %s: %v", endpoints[i], isServerResolvable(endpoints[i], time.Second))
+				logger.Error("Unable to connect to %s: %v", endpoints[i], isServerResolvable(endpoints[i], time.Second))
 			} else {
-				logger.Info("Unable to use the drive %s: %v", endpoints[i], err)
+				logger.Error("Unable to use the drive %s: %v", endpoints[i], err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := checkDiskFatalErrs(errs); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Attempt to load all `format.json` from all disks.
 	formatConfigs, sErrs := loadFormatErasureAll(storageDisks, false)
 	// Check if we have
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ func connectLoadInitFormats(retryCount int, firstDisk bool, endpoints Endpoints,
 		// print the error, nonetheless, which is perhaps unhandled
 		if sErr != errUnformattedDisk && sErr != errDiskNotFound && retryCount >= 5 {
 			if sErr != nil {
-				logger.Info("Unable to read 'format.json' from %s: %v\n", endpoints[i], sErr)
+				logger.Error("Unable to read 'format.json' from %s: %v\n", endpoints[i], sErr)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index 56b3c82f6..fd9439580 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -1092,6 +1092,33 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) VerifyFileHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 	encoder.Encode(vresp)
 }
 
+func checkDiskFatalErrs(errs []error) error {
+	// This returns a common error if all errors are
+	// same errors, then there is no point starting
+	// the server.
+	if countErrs(errs, errUnsupportedDisk) == len(errs) {
+		return errUnsupportedDisk
+	}
+
+	if countErrs(errs, errDiskAccessDenied) == len(errs) {
+		return errDiskAccessDenied
+	}
+
+	if countErrs(errs, errFileAccessDenied) == len(errs) {
+		return errDiskAccessDenied
+	}
+
+	if countErrs(errs, errDiskNotDir) == len(errs) {
+		return errDiskNotDir
+	}
+
+	if countErrs(errs, errFaultyDisk) == len(errs) {
+		return errFaultyDisk
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // A single function to write certain errors to be fatal
 // or informative based on the `exit` flag, please look
 // at each implementation of error for added hints.
@@ -1101,8 +1128,6 @@ func (s *storageRESTServer) VerifyFileHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 // Do not like it :-(
 func logFatalErrs(err error, endpoint Endpoint, exit bool) {
 	switch {
-	case errors.Is(err, errMinDiskSize):
-		logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnableToWriteInBackend(err).Hint(err.Error()), "Unable to initialize backend")
 	case errors.Is(err, errUnsupportedDisk):
 		var hint string
 		if endpoint.URL != nil {
@@ -1119,7 +1144,7 @@ func logFatalErrs(err error, endpoint Endpoint, exit bool) {
 			hint = "Disks are not directories, MinIO erasure coding needs directories"
 		}
 		logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnableToWriteInBackend(err).Hint(hint), "Unable to initialize backend")
-	case errors.Is(err, errFileAccessDenied):
+	case errors.Is(err, errDiskAccessDenied):
 		// Show a descriptive error with a hint about how to fix it.
 		var username string
 		if u, err := user.Current(); err == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 84d65c3f4..a5b07ff50 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -271,10 +271,23 @@ func newXLStorage(ep Endpoint) (*xlStorage, error) {
 	filePath := pathJoin(p.diskPath, minioMetaTmpBucket, tmpFile)
 	w, err := OpenFileDirectIO(filePath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_EXCL, 0666)
 	if err != nil {
+		switch {
+		case isSysErrInvalidArg(err):
+			return p, errUnsupportedDisk
+		case osIsPermission(err):
+			return p, errDiskAccessDenied
+		case isSysErrIO(err):
+			return p, errFaultyDisk
+		case isSysErrNotDir(err):
+			return p, errDiskNotDir
+		}
 		return p, err
 	}
 	if _, err = w.Write(alignedBuf); err != nil {
 		w.Close()
+		if isSysErrInvalidArg(err) {
+			return p, errUnsupportedDisk
+		}
 		return p, err
 	}
 	w.Close()