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    Installing Proxmox Screen Issues VGA on HP N54L

    I am new to Proxmox and I'm currently trying to get one of my hosts migrated from ESXi over to Proxmox. The sever itself is a HP Microserver N54L. Its only got a VGA port on the back of it. When the server starts booting into Proxmox V6.0 the display complains its gone out of range at the server...
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    Proxmox 6.x + Ceph + CephFS

    I am currently evaluating Proxmox in a cluster environment and have intention to expand it to 7 storage nodes and 7 compute nodes to harness the storage provided by ceph. I have spent the last few weeks spending my effort formatting the machines and reinstalling everytime I make a ceph...
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    I cant get windows to install.

    I have tried any number of configuration options in proxmox and reset the bios and disabled cstates on the host but it just won't install. Every time the installer boots it flashes a bluescreen with a fairly random error. one of the most common of which is system thread exception not handled...
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    HDDs not found

    Hi, I have server where I need to put Proxmox. I configurated RAID 1 using DELL SAS 6ir raid controller. When I start installer proxmox doesnt find RAID and exits. Why ? Thanks
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    [SOLVED] Proxmox 6 EFI Boot ZFS Rpool Race to Import Fail

    Hey all, Running into some problems getting the system to work properly now that release is out and I want to make a ZFS Mirror instead of just a single drive. For clarity, the system showed no issue booting using ext4 or xfs on NVME or SATA SSDs (if used by themselves) but now that I'm...
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    [SOLVED] Adding Node to Cluster Makes Other Nodes Un-pingable

    Hi All. I'm trying to add a 16th node to our cluster, but when I try to add it, I get 1. locked out of the 16th node, and 2. It causes several other members of the cluster to become unpingable, as well as ALL nodes in the cluster showing as beig in Standalone mode, even though you can see them...
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    Install to hardware raid. Do i need lvm?

    Hello. I'm newby in proxmox and need some consultation. I have fresh server with hardware raid controller LSI Megaraid and configured raid10 with 4x3Tb SATA. I want to install debian and over it - proxmox. How to right partition must be when i setup debian? Do i need LVM volume for my virtual...
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    Advice on proxmox install and config

    Hello! I have to replace an old server. The new server will have proxmox and a vm running a licensed cpanel/whm. In order to replace the server, I have to go to the datacenter and make the switch. I was hoping I can install the server off-location and just drop it in place. I see that proxmox...
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    Unable to install from USB

    Hi, I'm trying to install Proxmox 5.3-1 from a USB key. I have been following the instructions here without success. My platform is an old HP desktop, which I want to use as a test lab; Core2 Duo CPU 8Gb RAM 250Gb HDD 1Tb SSD I have created the USB in several different ways; Using Etcher...
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    [SOLVED] Abortion during installation on NUC (compressed data is corrupt)

    Dear all, I try to install Proxmox (5.3-1) on an Intel NUC (7i3BNH) but it doesn't work. When I run the installation routine I get the following message: ... Unpacking gnupg1 (1.4.21-4+deb9u1) … dpkg-deb (subprocess):decompressing archive member: lzma error: compressed data is corrupt … I...
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    omv-installproxmox ?

    Hello everyone, After a fresh install of openmediavault on my server, I discovered a script called «omv-installproxmox». I started this script, everything got fine (no error, prompt to reboot, reboot OK, omv still working), but I do not know what to do afterwards :-/ I searched for documentation...
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    running vm from ext. hdd

    Right now Im using proxmox on single intel nuc with wd red hdd. Fine. Im thinking about install proxmox to SSD hdd and running all vm from usb 3.0 wd red hdd. is it possible?
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    Proxmox 5.2 install error on HP Proliant BL685 G1

    Hi, I am trying install Proxmox 5.2 on blade server HP Proliant BL685 G1, but it stops during booting from install source. I attached screen of error. "ACPI Error: Field [CDW3] at bit offset/length 64/32 exceeds size of target buffer (64 bits)" Does anybody solve problem like this? Please any...
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    Networking issue on install

    My prevous proxmox installation had VMs working automatically. However, I'm having issues in this install. Still newb to networking. Any suggestions what I did wrong? My proxmox server can access internet but my VMs cannot ping. The folloiwng is ifconfig and interfaces:
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    New install not using entire drive?

    Hello all, Returning newbie here. I installed ProxMox 5.1 on an IBM x3550 M3 rack server with a 272G RAID drive and a 134G Raid Drive. I installed it to the 134G drive. The 134G drive (sdb) seems to appear as a 33G 'local' volume and a 76G 'local-lvm' volume in ProxMox Storage. Why does it...
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    Adapter Confusion on Install - Which one?

    Trying out the new version of proxmox (v.5) and it seems much more difficult to get going than version 1.8. All sorts of issues with network adapters that I didn't have before. Didn't have a network cable plugged in the first attempt and neither adapter appeared to be up, post install. So, I...
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    Unable to get device for partition 1 on device /dev/mmcblk0

    Hi guys. When I try to install PVE on my device I get the error "Unable to get device for partition 1 on device /dev/mmcblk0". I've tried selecting ext4, xfs and zfs, but nothing worked. I'm installing from a 16GB USB 3.0 and the device is a Teclast TbooK 16 Power with a 64GB Samsung eMMC...
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    Proxmox Windows VM which is the best hard disk setting?

    Hello, I would like to install windows server 2016 on proxmox. my server have two ssds. i use qcow2 but wich is the best ide, sata or virtio and discard enable or disable? i have no lvm storage. can you give me a quick answer? thanks!
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    Issues installing

    Hey guys, trying to install proxmox on my r710 is throwing some weird errors; unable to partition hard disk dev/sda. (log in downloads) However after trying to remove any partitions that may be on the disk using Gparted I get this (log in downloads) is there anyone that can help me with...
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    Server freezing on install

    Hi! Has anyone ever faced this kind of problem? I'm trying to install Proxmox on a Dell Poweredge 2950 server, and in one particularly moment, the server freeze without install Proxmox. Frozen such is need to press power button to shutdown the server. I already tried Proxmox versions 4.4 and 5...

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