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    PVE no longer boots

    I am hoping someone can help me diagnose an issue where my Proxmox server will no longer boot. It goes directly to the bios. The only device selected device to boot is my NVME drive. I have used the Proxmox installation USB to get to the debug CLI and I can see my NVME Drive so I suspect it’s...
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    How do I boot from USB with the Proxmox VE GRUB bootloader?

    Long story, short: how can I boot from a USB key using the GRUB bootloader that Proxmox VE installs? (I'm running on an Apple Mac Mini) More detailed version: I installed Proxmox VE v8.1 on an old Apple Mac Mini a few months ago. I've since realised I don't need Proxmox, so I want to wipe the...
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    Recover data after reinstallation of boot drive

    Hello, I am trying to repair my Proxmox installation after replacing my disks, and fail to do so :) For the background: I installed Proxmox on my laptop-converted-to-a-server, with two SSD, with a zfs pool and mirror replication across the two disks. Not much, just: One LXC container with a...
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    Kernel Upgrade Help

    I want to upgrade my kernel to pve-kernel-6.1.0-1-pve, but I would really like to understand a couple of things before I attempt this. Difference between certain commands Installing new kernel Testing new Kernel, Permanently Changing to New Kernel Reverting to previous version kernel My host...
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    [HELP] NODE KEEPS RESTARTING PVE 7.0

    Hello everyone, I moved a passthrough disk to another VM and the web GUI frozen and then forced a reboot. the issue is that system is now stuck in an endless loop. 1) server is booting, I can see my ASRock logo and boot options 2) I can see the countdown to enter PVE 3) my NICs stops 4) system...
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    How to switch from legacy to EFI boot

    So my setup is I installed a version prior to Proxmox VE 6.4 on my server and recently updated everything to VE 7.1. Since the installation was done in legacy mode I switched to the "Proxmox Boot Tool" which was recommended because of problems with GRUB and ZFS. So I used this tutorial...
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    Proxmox 7.0 Upgrade - Legacy Boot Tool

    Wir möchten gerne unseren Proxmox Server von Version 6.4 auf 7.0 (oder auch 7.1) upgraden. Da unser Server nicht mit UEFI installiert wurde habe ich gelesen das ich zu dem "Proxmox Legacy Boot" switchen soll, da GRUB Probleme hat wenn ZFS auf der Root Partition läuft. Dafür sollen die vfat...
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    [TUTORIAL] bootable NVME install on old hardware made easy with pcie adapter and clover

    My 1TB nvme is installed into an nvme pcie adapter (these can be bought for like $10) First you simply install proxmox to the NVME, this is straight forward just like installing to a hard drive, the problem comes in to play when you try booting from the NVME, older bios do not support that...
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    Proxmox (on ZFS) refuses to boot after the latest kernel upgrade

    Hello! About a month ago I've decided to give Proxmox-VE a try. The installation and the creation of a few test VMs went without hitches. Everything was working smooth (reboots also) until yesterday when I performed dist-upgrade to version 5.1.42. After the upgrade I had to reboot because of...
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    can't boot a VM automatically

    Hi there, I have a VM with xpenology 6.0 installed, I managed to copy from usb into /var/lib/vz/images/100/ the synoboot.img then I edited the 100.conf file, with nano /etc/pve/qemu-server/100.conf adding: args: -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,addr=0x18' -drive...