Install 7.2 VE on Debian 11.4.0

[bearhntr]

I am trying this again now for the 6th time. Following the instructions here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_11_Bullseye

Have to admit these instructions do a good job, but there "COPY" button so that one know specifically what needs to be pasted into terminal. Some of the lines wrap apparently.

Any way. I have a brand new install of DEBIAN 11.4 on this HP t620+ ThinClient and have made sure that firmware/drivers are installed so that there are no errors in 'dmesg' and everything is recognized.

I get to this line in the instructions "apt install proxmox-ve postfix open-iscsi" and it has gone passed the POSTFIX (I chose NO CONFIGURATION) and it started doing other things. It has been sitting at this screen for 40+ Minutes - mouse and keyboard are not frozen (as you can see the characters when I pressed arrow keys):

 

[hlindqvist]

I am trying this again now for the 6th time.

Unfortunately, I do not know what is going wrong during package installation there.
Maybe investigate from a different virtual console? (Eg alt-f2 and check what is running, maybe you can kill whatever process is blocking the installation and fix the network config later if necessary?)

Any way. I have a brand new install of DEBIAN 11.4 ...

I understand that there is probably some reason why you are attempting to do the installation this way, but I would anyway suggest that you consider doing a normal PVE install instead: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Installation / https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve which should reduce the risk of running into problems in the first place.

 

[bearhntr]

Unfortunately, I do not know what is going wrong during package installation there.
Maybe investigate from a different virtual console? (Eg alt-f2 and check what is running, maybe you can kill whatever process is blocking the installation and fix the network config later if necessary?)



I understand that there is probably some reason why you are attempting to do the installation this way, but I would anyway suggest that you consider doing a normal PVE install instead: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Installation / https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve which should reduce the risk of running into problems in the first place.

Thank you for your response...

Please see this posting -- https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/missing-drivers-how-do-i-add-these.114900/

as I tried that, before going with the Debian 11.4.0 install - and it fails as well from the get go, the onboard NIC is not seen.

It uses the Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

 

[bearhntr]

OMG!!!! This truly cannot be THIS HARD!!!!!

I have just installed a brand install of DEBIAN 11.4.0 (now on the 9th time doing this)!!

I found the drivers/firmware for the Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

Installed them and I was getting an IP address on this on-board port....the PCI Card that is also installed, has never had a problem. I had run multiple iterations of the apt-get update && apt-get upgrade and nothing new was being installed.

I ran the steps from here: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_11_Bullseye Yet again - like I have been for a week now, and this time it made it all the way to the end, and I rebooted.

First thing that I noticed -- the IP Address is not the one I have RSVP for the NIC above. I SSH into the box, an sure enough - the enp2s0 is not even listed """A-G-A-I-N"""




and it appears that the /etc/network/interfaces file has been modified --- but it is there:



This is infuriating. The PROXMOX installer has never worked - never sees the onboard NIC.

There is no LINK LIGHT on the port -- but there is a flashing data light.

Please someone tell he how to fix this.

 

[bearhntr]

I am able to get the PROXMOX console using the IP address shown on the screen -- but cannot create a bridge:

 

[Dark26]

on the screen the enp2s0 don't exist, so you can't add this card to the bridge.

you only have enp1s0f0,enp1s0f1,enp1s0f2,enp1s0f3

 

[bearhntr]

on the screen the enp2s0 don't exist, so you can't add this card to the bridge.

you only have enp1s0f0,enp1s0f1,enp1s0f2,enp1s0f3

It "was" there before I ran the installer to put PROXMOX on the box. As that was the NIC I was using for all setup and SSH into the box to setup PROXMOX.

That makes no sense.