While trying to install proxmox 7 as a fresh install the installer hangs at 99% “making system bootable” and doesn’t complete even after 9 hours. I tried it while watching the TTY (ctrl+alt+f2) and it says “Installing for x86_64-efi platform.” and doesn’t respond to any keystrokes (such as ctrl+alt+f4 to switch back to graphical mode). I was running proxmox 6.4 just fine before but it won’t install 7 for some reason. I also tried the debug mode which didn’t work and I tried booting to the new install without the last percent which also didn’t work. Any help would be appreciated.
[SOLVED] Proxmox installer hangs at 99%
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Please post the system specs of your system. CPU, Hard DISK(s), Raid Type, Memory, Motherboard if you can. If in fact it is a manufacturer build like a Dell Power Edge, Super Micro, or HP ProLiant, please Make and Mode, and specs.
My motherboard is an intel s5520hc, I have 2 Xeon e5640, I had 32GB of ram last time I installed proxmox successfully and then got 32GB more ram but if I remember correctly it’s a different speed and brand (which might be my problem now that I think about it but everything worked fine before), I have a WD 500GB HHD as my boot drive and 5 4TB WD server HDDs which I was running in a ZFS-1 RAID. I’m going to try removing the new ram to see if it’s a ram compatibility issue but I don’t think that’s going to solve my issue.
UPDATE: it didn’t work. My install still hangs at 99% even with 4 sticks of the same ram. Also I forgot to mention my ram is ECC and I am using a sandisk cruzar glide as my install usb flash drive. I also used dd mode with Rufus to flash.
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