grub

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    Memtest86+

    I missed that moment when Memtest86+ disappears from boot menu. Instead of blue color GRUB menu I see only black menu with few different Kernel options. How can I get Memtest back?
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    Warnings (and how to get rid of them) upgrading from 7 to 8

    Hello everyone, I am going to upgradea my current Proxmox 7.4-19 to 8 but I struggle a bit with the precheck and its results. INFO: Checking bootloader configuration.. WARN: System booted in uefi mode but grub-efi-amd64 meta-package not installed, new grub versions will not be installed to...
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    DHCP interrupting remote install on Idrac

    I am trying to install px ve 8.3 on a couple of Dell machines using Idrac's virtual CD option. This works fine when Idrac is on a dedicated port. However, some of the machines use a shared Idrac port. On those machines the Idrac / virtual CD connection is lost when px installer probes the...
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    Tried to update, but it fails and goes to Grub prompt.

    Good day to everyone, I went to go update one of my proxmox servers through the GUI today and got this msg. "Starting system upgrade: apt-get dist-upgrade E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. System not fully up to date (found 30 new...
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    Proxmox on Debian secure boot setup

    Hi Experts I'm installing Proxmox on top of Debian for disk encryption purposes. Everything seems to work fine for Proxmox but I can't get secure boot to be working. Secure boot worked for a normal Proxmox ISO installation (not with Debian). I got this while booting up: Loading Linux...
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    [SOLVED] "Welcome to GRUB" after apt dist-upgrade

    I did an update today: Start-Date: 2025-02-28 07:25:33 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Upgrade: librados2:amd64 (17.2.7-pve3, 17.2.8-pve1), ceph-fuse:amd64 (17.2.7-pve3, 17.2.8-pve1), proxmox-widget-toolkit:amd64 (4.3.4, 4.3.6), libpve-rs-perl:amd64 (0.9.1, 0.9.2), libproxmox-acme-perl:amd64...
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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?