Installing Proxmox w/o ISO

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wtfux

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Hey,
I got a new server (with Debian 64bit on it). The ISP won't install proxmox.

Is there a way to install proxmox using their rescue console?

I also tried to install proxmox on debian using your wiki, but somehow SSHd doesn't work after installing the new kernel and rebooting (don't know if it's related to Proxmox but since I have to write a ticket to start/stop rescue modus I can't just try it out and bug them with a lot of tickets).

Can someone please help me? Thanks.
 
Yeah I did it using that wiki page. Then I told grub to boot the new kernel --once (i don't remember what command I ran, I never configured grub yet).
Since then I couldn't connect to SSH. Even after I rebooted the server using the ISPs control panel.
 
so maybe a reboot changed something in the nic assignment? what kernel do you use on Lenny, which one on from Proxmox VE?
 
I don't remember what kernel I used on Lenny. I just got the server today and upgraded to the latest packets.
I installed:
Code: 
# apt-get install pve-kernel-2.6.35-2-pve
I'm sure the installed kernel was below 2.6.35.
After the installation I rebooted the server and everyone was still fine (using the old kernel).
Then @grub: savedefault --default=X --once #x=the menu.lst entry of the pve kernel
Again reboot.
Now ssh doesn't work. I just rebooted the server once again (not in rescue mode anymore). But it still doesn't work although I used --once.

In the rescue console I couldn't find any logs regarding this problem. I even chrooted and reinstalled ssh, didn't help. :o

Edit: I still can ping the server.
 
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wtfux said:
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Now ssh doesn't work. I just rebooted the server once again (not in rescue mode anymore). But it still doesn't work although I used --once.

In the rescue console I couldn't find any logs regarding this problem. I even chrooted and reinstalled ssh, didn't help. :o

Edit: I still can ping the server.
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Hi,
do you have a second entry for the nic in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules?

Udo
 
There's only eth0:
Code: 
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1f:29:02:89:6d", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
 
Thanks for your help. I solved my problem, it wasn't even related to proxmox.
Grub asked which kernel to boot instead of automatically booting the first one. :D

Edit: I got two more questions:
1. I need to ensure that proxmox does NOT overwrite eth0 settings. How do I do this? When I edit vmbr0 it'll reset eth0.
2. I got 3 IPs and I need at least 2 virtual machines with windows (3 would be even better). Should I setup a NAT or should I assign an IP for each VM? I used shorewall on my other machine with proxmox to forward ports to different VMs and it worked without problems. And traffic to windows goes through a linux firewall (I don't trust windows firewall ;) ). I'm not sure if NAT has disadvantages like higher pings, ...
 
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