Dell OptiPlex 7010 – Problems installing via USB

[wonderfish]

Hi All

I am trying to install Proxmox on a Dell Inc. OptiPlex 7010 PC, but am having difficulty. I have tried using Ventoy, but, whilst the installer boots, it ends in a ‘Wrong Proxmox ID’ error, on whatever computer I have tried it on.

I have followed the instructions for ‘Instructions for GNU/Linux’, to create a bootable USB, at the following web page:

https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pve-installation.html

And the installer boots and appears to be working properly on two of the computers that I have tried it on but it does not seem to be recognising the USB device on the Dell OptiPlex 7010.

As far as I can tell, the Dell OptiPlex 7010, is compatible with Proxmox, but I cannot work out why it works on two computers, but not the Dell. Here is an outline of what I have tested:

Computer​	Ventoy USB​	Proxmox VE Installer image on USB​
B450-A PRO Motherboard AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics​	Installer boots but get ‘Wrong Proxmox ID’ error.​	Boots and installer appears to work (but I do not want to install it here).​
IdeaPad Flex 5 16 Laptop (AMD version)​	Installer boots but get ‘Wrong Proxmox ID’ error.​	Boots and installer appears to work (but I do not want to install it here).​
Dell Inc. OptiPlex 7010 Intel Core i5 3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz x 4​	Installer boots but get ‘Wrong Proxmox ID’ error.​	Cannot boot, does not recognise USB device in BIOS, even though it is viewable and accessible in the currently installed Ubuntu, on the PC.​

If anyone can provide any insight, it would be appreciated?

Thanks

 

[noel.]

Have you tried with different USB sticks? Also, the iso might be broken, have you checked the checksum [1]?
Can you manage to install Debian on the Optiplex? Because, if so, you can easily install Proxmox on Debian [2].

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[1]: https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/item/proxmox-ve-7-4-iso-installer
[2]: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_11_Bullseye