Post-upgrade to Proxmox 9 : systemd-boot to remove ?

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Hi,

I've just updated my Proxmox 8 server to Proxmox 9.

After running pve8to9 --full, I have this error

FAIL: systemd-boot meta-package installed. This will cause problems on upgrades of other boot-related packages. Remove 'systemd-boot' See https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_8_to_9#sd-boot-warning for more information.

I saw the As Proxmox Systems usually use systemd-boot for booting only in some configurations (ZFS on root and UEFI booted without secure boot), which are managed by proxmox-boot-tool, the meta-package systemd-boot should be removed.[CODE]As Proxmox Systems usually use systemd-boot for booting only in some configurations (ZFS on root and UEFI booted without secure boot), which are managed by proxmox-boot-tool, the meta-package systemd-boot should be removed. text, but I'm wondering if I'm in this situation.

My Proxmox server is installed on a ZFS RAID 1.

I would love some help, to avoid breaking something. Here is my efibootmgr output, I see some systemd-bootx64.efi :

Code: 
root@proxmox:~# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 000E
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 000E,000D,0010,0013,0000,0001,0002
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager  VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000062000100000010000000040000007fff0400
      dp: 01 04 14 00 e7 75 e2 99 a0 75 37 4b a2 e6 c5 38 5e 6c 00 cb / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 57 49 4e 44 4f 57 53 00 01 00 00 00 88 00 00 00 78 00 00 00 42 00 43 00 44 00 4f 00 42 00 4a 00 45 00 43 00 54 00 3d 00 7b 00 39 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 38 00 36 00 32 00 63 00 2d 00 35 00 63 00 64 00 64 00 2d 00 34 00 65 00 37 00 30 00 2d 00 61 00 63 00 63 00 31 00 2d 00 66 00 33 00 32 00 62 00 33 00 34 00 34 00 64 00 34 00 37 00 39 00 35 00 7d 00 00 00 62 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 7f ff 04 00
Boot0001* Linux Boot Manager    VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb)
      dp: 01 04 14 00 e7 75 e2 99 a0 75 37 4b a2 e6 c5 38 5e 6c 00 cb / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0002* Linux Boot Manager    VenHw(99e275e7-75a0-4b37-a2e6-c5385e6c00cb)
      dp: 01 04 14 00 e7 75 e2 99 a0 75 37 4b a2 e6 c5 38 5e 6c 00 cb / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000D* Linux Boot Manager    HD(2,GPT,53944e52-931b-4af2-aad2-ecb874f9f08b,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 52 4e 94 53 1b 93 f2 4a aa d2 ec b8 74 f9 f0 8b 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 73 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 64 00 5c 00 73 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 64 00 2d 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot000E* Linux Boot Manager    HD(2,GPT,05040862-0af4-409c-b0ad-a3a92123669d,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 62 08 04 05 f4 0a 9c 40 b0 ad a3 a9 21 23 66 9d 02 02 / 04 04 46 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 73 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 64 00 5c 00 73 00 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 64 00 2d 00 62 00 6f 00 6f 00 74 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
Boot0010* UEFI OS       HD(2,GPT,53944e52-931b-4af2-aad2-ecb874f9f08b,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)0000424f
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 52 4e 94 53 1b 93 f2 4a aa d2 ec b8 74 f9 f0 8b 02 02 / 04 04 30 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 58 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 00 00 42 4f
Boot0013* UEFI OS       HD(2,GPT,05040862-0af4-409c-b0ad-a3a92123669d,0x800,0x200000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)0000424f
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 62 08 04 05 f4 0a 9c 40 b0 ad a3 a9 21 23 66 9d 02 02 / 04 04 30 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 58 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 00 00 42 4f

Thanks a lot for your help
 
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What does proxmox-boot-tool status say ? This will help understand the situation. Proxmox boot management is different from plain Debian, that's why removing systemd-boot before upgrading is required.

Check the documentation at https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Host_Bootloader - it will help understand this further.

As always - make backups and always be able to rebuild - very rarely happened to me but better safe than sorry
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MagicFab said:
What does proxmox-boot-tool status say ?
Click to expand...

Code: 
root@proxmox:~# proxmox-boot-tool status
Re-executing '/usr/sbin/proxmox-boot-tool' in new private mount namespace..
System currently booted with uefi
4479-F30E is configured with: uefi (versions: 6.17.2-1-pve, 6.8.12-17-pve)
447A-5643 is configured with: uefi (versions: 6.17.2-1-pve, 6.8.12-17-pve)


pve8to9 --full told me to remove it only after the upgrade and not before :/

Thanks for the link, I'll read that !
 
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