Please Help: I cant install Proxmox, because ther are partitons on the HD.

[klose]

I cant install Proxmox, because ther are partitons on the HD.

The problem:

- The Server is a 100 miles away...
- The HD of the server in a datacenter has some patitions (old LVM) on the HD.
- There is the Proxmox 3.2 CD in a CD-Romdrive
- Via AMT and vPro is a connection available.

Can I come via the SD to a shell to erase the partitions?

The installer kicks me out with partitions on the HD.

Thank you for your help!


Klaus

 

[dswartz]

Should be able to boot with any linux live-cd and blow away the partition table.

 

[klose]

Of course, but there is nobody to change the CD. It would take hours to get there.
Is there no way into a shell from the Proxmox CD?

I had no idea that it is not possible to install Proxmox from remote with a used HD.

Is this true? No way?

 

[dietmar]

I had no idea that it is not possible to install Proxmox from remote with a used HD.

Not sure what your really want, but you can install proxmox like any other debian packages.

Maybe the following link helps:

http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Wheezy

 

[klose]

Hi Dietmar,


thank you for your reply.

No, the link don't help. I would love to have a running Wheezy an that 2 Server.

I was in a hurry when fixing the two server in the rack. I just set up the iAMT
and vPro connections in the Bios of the servers and decided to install Proxmox
later from Home.
I was sure this would be possible with Proxmox CDs in both CD-Roms and fully
working two SSD and two Sata HDDs per server. - I was wrong..

There is a testinstall on both server where all drives were used.
Is there really no possibility to install the two Server now?
The testinstall I can not boot any more, because I destroyed it with the first try
to install Proxmox.

Now I get a error in "/usr/bin/proxinstall line 177 " see:
http://188.165.151.221/threads/15790-Error-37-when-installing-from-a-CD


Thank you for any Help,
Klaus

 

[Mr.Holmes]

Since in the meantime there was another reply the prepared answer became obsolete ...

 

[klose]

If the install has a problem with the used HDDs I just need a lacal shell to erase them.

If the problem is different I have no idea what to do. - I get this screen:


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So I will write the mesage:

"Installation failed!"

and in the box:
"command 'chroot /target dpkg --force-confold --configure -a' failed with exit code 1 at /usr/bin/proxinstall line 177"

 

[dietmar]

Please try to boot with debug mode:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Debugging_Installation

You should be able to run any commands from that shell.

 

[klose]

Hi Dietmar,


your help gives me a working shell. - But even with no partitions on the HDD I get the Error:

"command 'chroot /target dpkg --force-confold --configure -a' failed with exit code 1 at /usr/bin/proxinstall line 177"

What is going wrong there?


Yours,
Klaus

 

[mir]

Did you remove all partitions on the disk(s)?

 

[klose]

Yes, I even switched all sata ports off exept the cd rom and one ssd.
The ssd is empty. Whitch partition table is best? Uefi is switched off.

 

[mir]

What is the size of the SATA disks? It could be a problem if these exceeds 2 TB. Using MBR is preferred. What about secure boot? Is that turned of? What about writing to the boot sector? Is this allowed in the BIOS?

 

[klose]

- What is the size of the SATA disks?
Both have 2 TB. (of course a bit less)

- It could be a problem if these exceeds 2 TB. Using MBR is preferred.
I startet with MBR now they are MSDOS. Is this a Problem (under 2 TB)?

- What about secure boot? Is that turned of?
It is of.

- What about writing to the boot sector? Is this allowed in the BIOS?
I think it is allowed. The server did the ubuntu testinstall fine.


By the way:
Is there a way for a roundtrip to install from the recovery shell without rebooting?

 

[dietmar]

What is going wrong there?

Please check the install log - that should contain further info:
cat /tmp/install.log

 

[klose]

install.log says:
invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of start


How can I upload a screenshot?
It says I have no permission.

 

[klose]

Booting the Procmox 3.2 CD after a few seconds you have to press enter.

From there it takes nearly 10 minutes to the EULA screen... The Screen is just white
the most of the time. After you "agree" to the EULA the instalation is very fast again,
till it throws the Error at 100%.

Why is the second part so slow?

Both Computers have a I7 4700 and 32 Gig Ram.

 

[wahmed]

Are you installing Proxmox in HDD in RAID?