[SOLVED] New Installation fails

[JoeT]

Hello folks,

Looking at a possible migration to Proxmox from ESXi for obvious reasons.

Went to install Proxmox on my backup machine - the same exact make/model as the ESXi box - and it's failing trying to load the drivers at bootup. I get the menu, and choosing either graphical or terminal install simply hangs endlessly.

I ran it in debug mode and took this pic:



...Anyone have any idea why it just hangs at this point?

Thanks!

 

[cheiss]

Hi,

it fails to load the Nvidia driver, as can be seen from the last line. Esp. Nvidia drivers are always bad-behaving, unfortunately that's a problem with the green company.

You can try setting the nomodeset parameter - that normally always solves this problem: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#nomodeset_kernel_param

Otherwise, you can also install stock Debian 12 and then Proxmox VE on top of it: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12_Bookworm
Or try our relatively new unattended installation option: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Automated_Installation

 

[JoeT]

The nomodeset parameter did the trick. Thanks!

Now to figure this all out....

Joe

 

[cheiss]

Great!

Please just mark the thread as SOLVED by editing the first post, there should be a dropdown near the title field. This helps others find the thread more easily in the future