Error preparing initrd: Bad Buffer Size

[JohnnyD]

I have just hit this issue also today on an oldish Supermicro MB, is there a v8 installer that works yet?

 

[fiona]

Hi,

I have just hit this issue also today on an oldish Supermicro MB, is there a v8 installer that works yet?

I'm not aware of any plans to release a new version of the 8.0 installer. What you can do is:

• Installing 7.4 and upgrading
• Debug install of 8.0 with upgrading the systemd packages and reinitializing the ESPs before reboot (see the previous few posts)
• Wait for 8.1

 

[ylavi]

For what it's worth, I would add that I have experienced this issue on a Dell Poweredge T410 and I couldn't even boot the installer in debug mode. I installed 7.4 and upgraded.

 

[davet]

Working with a T410 also and just discovered this bug today. Will try the upgrade method @ylavi

 

[feisal]

Working with a T410 also and just discovered this bug today. Will try the upgrade method @ylavi

I am using a Powered R820 and have the same problem. Had to install 7.4 and upgrade.

 

[lugnut]

I am using a Powered R820 and have the same problem. Had to install 7.4 and upgrade.

When trying to install 7.4 and upgrade, I ran into a different issue, but was able to successfully install 8.0 by following the debug shell method outlined earlier in the thread.
Specifically:

1. Installed proxmox with GUI in debug mode, entered the shell after installation, then ran:
2. wget https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg
3. Added proper repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list
4. apt update
5. apt upgrade
6. apt install systemd-boot
7. proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sda2
8. proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sdb2
9. proxmox-boot-tool reinit
10. proxmox-boot-tool refresh

and it now boots just fine!

 

[ClemontX]

I've tried this also like @lugnut (i wanted to write the steps, then the forum told me there are new messages, lol) and it worked like a charm on my Poweredge R720xd with the Dell PERC H710P D1 Controller in IT mode.