[SOLVED] Centos 8 VM fail to install

[juniper]

Hi,

i'm trying to install Centos 8 VM in a proxmox ve environment but installation fail (with dvd iso and netinstall iso)

Plymouth fail to start

all end with "failed to start Switch Root"

 

[tom]

Post your VM config.

> qm config VMID

 

[juniper]

:~# qm config 132
agent: 1
bootdisk: scsi0
cores: 1
ide2: local:iso/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-boot.iso,media=cdrom
memory: 512
name: centos8
net0: virtio=86:76:A0:20:7B:8B,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=200
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsi0: local:132/vm-132-disk-0.qcow2,size=32G
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=559ded6b-7356-4ef2-bd41-d1ee6dc7bb95
sockets: 1
vmgenid: 8b8f513a-f5fc-4843-9b2b-c0866faf83c5

 

[tom]

I assume 512 mb RAM ist not enough?

https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product

Try with more ram.

here is my test VM, no issues:

# qm config 144

agent: 1
bootdisk: scsi0
cores: 4
ide2: local:iso/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-dvd1.iso,media=cdrom
memory: 4096
name: CentOS8
net0: virtio=12:EE:DC:80:C7:1F,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsi0: sandisk-zfs:vm-144-disk-0,discard=on,size=32G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=6e43ce68-bb48-4fbe-a38c-bfe48f423609
sockets: 1
vmgenid: fab33976-9197-4d72-9b14-1081c5499be7

 

[juniper]

I assume 512 mb RAM ist not enough?

https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product

Try with more ram.

here is my test VM, no issues:

# qm config 144

agent: 1
bootdisk: scsi0
cores: 4
ide2: local:iso/CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-dvd1.iso,media=cdrom
memory: 4096
name: CentOS8
net0: virtio=12:EE:DC:80:C7:1F,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: l26
scsi0: sandisk-zfs:vm-144-disk-0,discard=on,size=32G,ssd=1
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=6e43ce68-bb48-4fbe-a38c-bfe48f423609
sockets: 1
vmgenid: fab33976-9197-4d72-9b14-1081c5499be7

yes, problem was default RAM selection.