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    PBS prompted for manual grub location selection on update

    Today I ran the basic apt update && apt upgrade. I was greeted with a question from grub update about where I would like to install the grub bootloader. My system boots from dell raid controller using UEFI and has not asked such questions before when updating. I selected the /dev/sda as per that...
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    [TUTORIAL] FROM NOTHING: Physical disk with Windows 11 as VM + GPU pass-through

    Hello! This is my first time starting a thread on here, but I've posted on an already existing thread about my problem. Since I've solved it and now have a running Windows 11 VM that operates as a "normal computer", I thought I would share my process. Keep in mind that I consider myself a noob...
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    [SOLVED] missing OS after grub update during proxmox installation

    Hello, I installed proxmox 8.3.2 on Debian 12 following these steps https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12_Bookworm. I have a pc with windows 11 and debian 12 and I had a grub config where I could select windows or debian. Now, after installing proxmox and removing the...
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    Boot HPE Microserver Gen8 from ODD in AHCI mode

    I installed PVE 8.* to SSD in ODD Slot (which is recognized by onboard Controller as Slot 4 after adding 3 drive into Bays) and would like to chainload from mSD to this SDD PVE Installation. As seems there is no other possibility then grub and chainload, at least I did not find that people are...
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    [SOLVED] HELP fixing boot

    Hi, i followed this comment https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/problem-with-pass-through-cannot-change-initramfs.126627/post-631013 to fix my GPU passthrough, the lasts steps of "proxmox-boot-tool" not worked for me and now my PVE (8) is not booting. The commands i have followed was this ones...
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    usb keyboard non-responsive on a hp prodesk when installing linux mint or proxmox

    Details: *HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF running on an Intel core i5 4590.AMI BIOS L01 V02.65 dated 7/13/15. *Booting ISO image from DVD.(USB thumb drive install will not work regardless of BIOS config) *USB Keyboard does not respond during initial install menu selection. *Tried many BIOS configs. And...
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    [TUTORIAL] [Boot] Troubleshooting - verbose output

    Unfortunately PVE ships with quiet booting, the screen goes blank and then turns into login prompt. It does not use e.g. Plymouth [1] that would allow you to optionally see the boot messages. While trivial, there does not seem to be dedicated Wiki page on this basic troubleshooting tip. 1...
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    Passthrough GPU (i915) not iGPU (i915)?

    Hi all! I'm trying to get a Intel ARC into a VM. I think i made some progress but just wanted to check with you all to see what i could be missing. Both cards use i915 so i don't know if i can blacklist without creating new problems because 00:02.0 is still being used for Proxmox VE. #...
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    Boot stops after cpu change, can't access GRUB

    Hello everyone, I installed proxmox on my intel system with an Nvidia gpu. I configured the system, so the gpu could be used by one of my VMs. It worked just fine but I decided to upgrade to an AMD ryzen 7 5700x cpu instead of the intel i5 11400. The mainboard used to be a Gigabyte B560M DS3H...
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    OLD RHEL5 ESXi VM wont boot after import from ESXi 6.7

    Hi all, new Proxmox user here. Migrated to ProxMox this weekend after purchasing a new server and realizing Broadcom had screwed us over with our perpetual ESXi Licensing. For the most part went easy, the import tool is awesome, learned a lot (mainly install VirtIO drivers in windows BEFORE...
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    Booting from USB painfully slow

    Hello, I recently installed Proxmox on a USB 3.2 Gen 2 stick (Kingston DataTraveler Max). The USB is rated for 1000/900 MB/s. I noticed that booting off the USB takes a long time to fully load the kernel and the initrd. Loading the kernel takes about a minute and "Loading initial ramdisk ..."...
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    Proxmox "disk not found" after reboot

    Bonjour, We had proxmox version 7 installed as standalone (all VM in a host - no cluster) from official ISO and VMs disks were LVM. After a reboot, the host refused to boot with the following error: error: disk...
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    Stuck at Grub screen

    I am not an expert on Linux, I have a few VMs but this morning I woke up to the proxmox server stuck on the grub screen (screenshot attached). I tried boot and I tried https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Recover_From_Grub_Failure#Temporary_Workaround but it doesn't boot. Any idea on how to fix this...
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    Proxmox startup error

    Hi, after turning off the server, when I start it gives me the error that I attach in the photo, the server has two disks, one 500 GB for the operating system and one 2 TB for the VM, does anyone know how to resolve it?
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    Freezes on loading after update

    Freezes on loading after update. How fixit?
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    Need Help with Proxmox Boot Issue

    Hey everyone, I’m encountering a bit of a snag with my Proxmox setup and could use some guidance. Here’s the situation: I have two NVMe SSDs in my Desktop: one with Proxmox installed and the other with Windows. When I unplug the Proxmox SSD and attach the Windows SSD, everything works fine...
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    [SOLVED] I’ve question about grub zfs between upgrade to 8 “bug grub”

    Hello, In subject “ GRUB Might Fail To Boot From LVM in UEFI Mode“ https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_7_to_8 If i’ve use ZFS on EFI mode should be not affect boot right ? Could you please suggest. Best Regard.
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    Default Partitioning Question

    When Proxmox is installed via the installer (UEFI with GRUB / secure boot) it creates three partitions by default. sda1 1007K Bios Parition sda2 512M EFI Parition sda3 Parition for the main data Is there a particular reason that proxmox only has a single joined EFI/Boot partition instead of...
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    installation stuck in GRUB

    Hi all. I'm new to Proxmox and I wanted to install it on my old DELL T610 server before installing it on one of my production environment servers (DELL T140). I followed the instructions on https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Prepare_Installation_Media to setup the USB, but as I booted from it, it got...
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    IOMMU: difference between "/etc/kernel/cmdline" and "/etc/default/grub"

    I had a roadblock today and figured it out, but I want to understand the difference. I configured now three systems with iommu and pci-passthrough. Everytime appending intel_iommu=on at /etc/kernel/cmdline was enough. Those were on a: ASUS Prime Z590-P MSI MEG Z590 ACE ASUS B450M-K II MSI MEG...