Initramfs unpacking failed - ZSTD-compressed data is corrupt

[batranikhil]

Hi,

New to the PVE scene and just installed PVE 8.2 with xfce4 for GUI. The system was working fine for a day - created some containers and VMs for Home Assistant, Docker etc. - and was able to paly around with them.

Restarted and this error popped up in command line when restarting. Full error log in the pic attached. Not sure what's wrong - wondering if its an issue with my Hard disk. Its a 2TB 3.5 inch SATA disk.

New to all this so and any tips to resolve this would be appreciated.

Cheers,
N

 

[Kingneutron]

Try booting into systemrescuecd or similar and poke around, maybe rootfs needs an fsck

https://github.com/kneutron/ansitest/tree/master/proxmox

bkpcrit script could be used to back up your VM configs, etc to separate disk or NAS if you can at least still mount root R/O

Apart from that you're probably looking at a reinstall - and maybe replacing the disk. Check SMART stats and do a SMART long test or a badblocks r/o test

 

[yswery]

I am seeing the same issue on a fresh install on a Dell R330

- Installing PVE 8.2 ISO = Kernal Panic on boot (post install)
- Installing Debain 12 (fine) and then installing latest PVE = Kernal Panic on boot (post install)
- Installing PVE 8.1 ISO = WORKS FINE
- Upgrading PVE from 8.1 to 8.2 = Kernal Panic on boot

@batranikhil can you try to download the PVE 8.1 ISO http://download.proxmox.com/iso/proxmox-ve_8.1-2.iso and see if you can interact with it all ok?

 

[Kingneutron]

This is starting to sound like maybe a web mirror is hosting corrupt files, I wonder if both of you have the same one in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ?

 

[wheeliebinladin]

I am getting the same error message when trying to install the current iso
Proxmox VE 8.2 ISO Installer
Version8.2-1
File Size1.39 GB
Last UpdatedApril 24, 2024
SHA256SUMd99d182a0df4ba94c27668d3e33d14cc286d775a7bdf571a86c24ea522009e93

I am trying to reinstall over an existing install as i cannot find a solution to hanging after power loss.

 

[jj6401]

I'm getting this same error after upgrading to the latest version through the console

 

[yswery]

I'm getting this same error after upgrading to the latest version through the console

Did you end up finding the solution to this? additionally what CPU/RAM do you have?

 

[joeler]

Experienced same thing - did a fresh install of 8.2.1 ISO.
Have now downloaded 8.1.2 ISO and done a fresh install - no problems.

 

[yswery]

Experienced same thing - did a fresh install of 8.2.1 ISO.
Have now downloaded 8.1.2 ISO and done a fresh install - no problems.

Can you confirm what Motherboard, CPU and maybe additional network cards you have on your system that had issues.

Also Can you try to add the proxmox non-subscription repo and do a dist-upgrade to latest and reboot and see if the issue comes back for you?

 

[joeler]

Can you confirm what Motherboard, CPU and maybe additional network cards you have on your system that had issues.

Also Can you try to add the proxmox non-subscription repo and do a dist-upgrade to latest and reboot and see if the issue comes back for you?

Ah, sure:
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: B550I AORUS PRO AX
Version: Default string
Serial Number: Default string
Asset Tag: Default string
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Default string
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0

Processor Information
Socket Designation: AM4
Type: Central Processor
Family: Zen
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
ID: 00 0F A5 00 FF FB 8B 17
Signature: Family 25, Model 80, Stepping 0

The board contains an onboard ethernet hw:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)

and I've added an Intel card:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
01:00.2 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)
01:00.3 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 01)

And yes, the dist-upgrade works. No issues.