Ruined my proxmox installation, help please!

[carlitos009]

I have (had) a pc (NAS) with Promox 8.3.0. I used the shell to upgrade but I did it wrong. It was stuck in 8.3.0 telling me that there were 181 for update but apt update would not update anything. A little more research indicated to change the repos from bookworm to Trixie. I did but that make it worst. At some point it the screen indicated the following:
ou are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
I followed the directions because they indicated that I could install promox-ve again with apt install.

I erased it and updated but there were errors. It indicated that I did not have the right repository - it said bookworm was still in use. I checked all the files which had repo information and made it trixie but nothing.

So I think I have to backup some directories and use a USB drive to install promox 9x and then copy back those directories so I do not loose my VMs which include my truenas with all my media.

Any help will be appreciated. Do I do that? backup the config folders and install again? or is there something I can do? It tells me there repo entry is wrong with either bookworm or trixie.

Also, I can only ssh to it now

 

[Impact]

Please share

apt update
apt policy proxmox-ve
find /etc/apt/sources* -type f -exec tail -n+1 {} +

 

[carlitos009]

Hello Impact thanks for replying,

I had the machine off. I turned it on and no ssh access. I put a monitor and keyboard and i ran: ip a
and it shows no ip address

apt update shows errors indicating it cannot resolve deb.debian.org
apt policy promox-ve results in: it cannot locate the proxmox-ve package
and also the find command results in:
trixie main contrilb
trixi-updates main contrib
trixie-security main controb

it does show no subscription as disabled (#) but it is bookworm
old list also shows trixie.

I had to take pics since it seems I cannot longer ssh to it.

 

[Impact]

Share these pictures then.

 

[carlitos009]

Share these pictures then.

I attached them and I saw them upload but something went wrong. I will resize them and see if they go up then.

 

[Impact]

Replace every bookworm with trixie in the files you see there. Specifically the no subscription ones.
Then try this and see if it gets you online: https://gist.github.com/Impact123/3dbd7e0ddaf47c5539708a9cbcaab9e3#temporary-dhcp
Share the output and ip a again after running this.
If not we have to bring the interface up manually for this case also share cat /etc/network/interfaces.

 

[carlitos009]

Thank you. I was able to get on lin with the first command and get an IP address. I was then able to run apt update and I attached pictures of results of: "ip a" and "apt update"

 

[Impact]

Delete the enterprise list and that error should be gone, then try apt update && apt full-upgrade. If that works try apt install proxmox-ve to get PVE back.

 

[carlitos009]

Hello. I just got back to the NAS and I ssh into it. I do run the apt update command and I get the error:
Error: The repository 'http://proxmox.com trixie Release' does not have a Release file.
Notice: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
Notice: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

 

[carlitos009]

I added: deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve trixie pve-no-subscription

and still the same error

 

[Impact]

Sorry, I missed that it's supposed to be download.proxmox.com and not just proxmox.com.
The bad repo is configured here. Remove what you added, alter this file and then try again

 

[carlitos009]

Hello. Sorry I just got your message now. About a half hour ago I was able to get the distribution updated and I installed prxmox-ve and I got the GUI again. I still get the error - same as before - but at least I can now properly backup my machines in case I finally decide to wipe this box clean and start fresh.

I am attaching a picture of the error from the GUI.

So I still have to work on this.

I want to say thanks again and is there any way I can repay you in some way, at least something. Please let me know - and if you have any thoughts on how to correct this current problem, I am all ears but I will keep reading

 

[Impact]

You still have the bogus http://proxmox.com repo configured in your files somewhere. Use the find/tail command from earlier again to locate it.
Alternatively you can try searching directly for http://proxmox.com like this

grep -sR "http://proxmox.com" /etc/apt/sources*

node > Updates > Repositories in the GUI might also show it.
A re-install should not be necessary