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    After a Proxmox 8 to 9 upgrade a manual EFI partition space cleanup was needed on /var/tmp/espmounts

    I made an account just to thank fabian. :-) His post was very helpful even though the OP is going to do a reinstall. Following the logic of the advice that fabian gave in the thread https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/post-pve-9-0x-upgrade-from-pve-8.171375/#post-799330 was helpful though the...
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    Proxmox boot completely destroyed(?) after creating a cluster. Fixing the boot partition?

    I've had my Proxmox server set up for months now, it runs on an R5 3600 with 64gb 2933mhz ram on a B450M Gaming. It runs my Truenas array with a passthroughed HBA, and a Pterodactyl server on Ubuntu. I had just finished installing Proxmox on my second computer, and created a cluster through the...
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    Kein Bootmenü nach PVE 9 Upgrade

    Mosche. Nach dem Upgrade von PVE 8 auf 9 bootet einer der Cluster Nodes (von dreien) nicht mehr. Rechner startet sofort den Memory-Test, als ob das die einzig valide Boot-Option wäre. Wenn ich im BIOS manuell den Proxmox-Eintrag auswähle, gibt's nur das altbekannte "Welcome to Grub" für ca...
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    [SOLVED] Grub-install error while upgrading from Proxmox 8 to 9

    Hi everyone, While upgrading from Proxmox 8 to 9 I had the following error while running apt dist-upgrade: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.12-9+pmx2) ... Replacing config file /etc/default/grub with new version Installing for x86_64-efi platform. grub-install.real: error: cannot find EFI...
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    UEFI + Grub - General topic

    Hello fellow proxmians. Today I'd like to address the lingering issue of EFI boot process with grub. Because unfortunately I had to mark it as UNSTABLE. Boot process, that is efi+grub+kernel is the most crucial process to the whole linux server world. As we do have a STABLE kernel, which shows...
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    Motherboard BMC Remote Control

    Hi all, I'm seeking assistance with my latest Proxmox home lab server setup. I've gone with an AMD Threadripper Pro 5955 and the ASUS Pro WS WRX80 motherboard (if it matters, OS is installed a ZFS Mirror). One of the key benefits of this board—alongside its seven x16 PCIe slots—is the onboard...
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    Unable to change Legacy boot to UEFI

    I have a Proxmox (currently running version 8.3) server, that was installed on ZFS RAID1 a few years ago, booting Legacy BIOS mode. There is a 512MB EFI partition present on the boot drives, but when I switch the BIOS to EFI boot mode. nothing happens beside the EFI shell starting. Searching...
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    Damaged SSD after installing Proxmox with ZFS?

    So I have this weird behavior after installing Proxmox 8.3.0 in two ThinkCentre M910Q's that are equipped with a 4TB SSD each. The machines came with a Windows pre installed which seemed to be working fine. I booted into the install ISO and installed Proxmox 8.3.0 (latest ISO download as per...
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    Why EFI Windows VM sometimes gets stuck at boot?

    Hello everyone, I've been noticing that sometimes, my Windows VM's with an EFI boot on Proxmox sometimes fail to fully boot/load. When that happens, they always get stuck on this exact same screen: This happens on different Proxmox nodes (not clustered) with different versions of Windows...
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    Error no EFI partition @ upgrade

    Hi. I've just updated my Proxmox backup server via the gui and I got an issue in the end. I haven't restarted yet, since this reminds me on my pve server that didn't come up again after a regular update. So the question is: What do I have to do to fix this? Here's the output of my console...
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    /var/tmp/espmounts/7276-6706/EFI/proxmox/6.5.13-6-pve: No space left on device when installing new kernel

    I have a single node install with PVE 8.2.4 and ZFS Mirror as boot drive. I was doing apt update and was suggested to do a apt --fix-broken install. I ran that and got this: root@pve:~# apt --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state...
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    Couldn't find EFI system partition

    I'm finding various discussions of this same issue, but am afraid of blindly following "fixes" without fully understanding the issue. I did find this wiki article: ZFS: Switch Legacy-Boot to Proxmox Boot Tool When I updated my kernel, I saw the following error messages: Re-executing...
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    EFI stub: loaded initrd from linux_efi_initrd_media_GUID device path

    I added another SATA SSD drive to my host and extended my one ZFS storage pool it worked great but after rebooting my host I get stuck at EFI stub: loaded initrd from linux_efi_initrd_media_GUID device path. I've created a bootable USB drive with the Proxmox 8 ISO image on it and can boot from...
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    Root ZFS on LUKS | Last questions (hopefully :) | Delaying the zfs import during boot

    So after a couple additional days of troubleshooting i think i am finally quite close to getting it fully working and as soon as thats the case i am planing to write a full guide for all people that want to do a similar setup in the future since i couldnt find any real guides for proxmox /...
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    Passthrough nvme - issue?

    Hey there, I've got a few questions / issues regarding a nvme ssd passed through in a VM. The server has 2 nvmes - one as LVM storage for VM disks, another (Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP10000CV30001) passed in a VM. The VM is Windows 11, installed directly onto that nvme as ovmf Q35 ***without*** an...
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    Bootable disks replacement and ZFS on Proxmox 6.1-8

    Hello! I need help. Proxmox 6.1-8 It was installed on pool of 4 HDD, and two of them contains boot and efi partitions. I need to replace all 4, they are too old and unreliable. One of this disks is already faulted, I've detached it (zpool detach /dev/disk-by-id/disk_id and then physically), and...
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    Installation Failing: "Failed to prepare EFI boot using Grub"

    Hey all! I'm looking at trying out Proxmox on an old T420 Thinkpad laptop I have lying around. I created a bootable USB of the latest version (7.3-1) of Proxmox and filled out the installation wizard. I ended up getting to the end, at 99% complete, and am greeted with this message: >...
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    Boot hangs at 'EFI Stub: Loaded initrd from command line option' when booting 5.15.83-1-pve

    I have been running 5.15.74-1-pve just fine, and am able to boot this kernel release without any problems. 5.15.83-1-pve will hang and require a power cycle to get back into the boot prompt to select another kernel. I have already tried 'update-initramfs -k all -u' and 'pve-efiboot-tool...
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    [SOLVED] Recover From Grub Failure: Can't find LVM

    I can't upgrade https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Recover_From_Grub_Failure this wiki entry so I will add this update for anyone who needs it with EFI. After changing out a GPU in my computer I came across this grub rescue screen. error: disk `lvmid/[LVMID]' not found. grub rescue > I needed to...
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    [SOLVED] Physical drive EFI disk passthrough issues.

    I created a new virtual machine on proxmox using OMVF for UEFI support for my Arch Linux install, after finishing setup I shutdown the VM, detached the CD/ROM drive, and used "qm set <VMID> -efidisk0 /dev/disk/by-id/<DISKID-PART#-OFEFI>,efitype=4m,format=raw" followed by "qm set <VMID> -scsi0...