[SOLVED] New to Proxmox and unable to get it to install on DL360 G7 [newbie]

[Tomagoes]

I just got a DL360 G7 for my home lab and am trying to install proxmox on it but have been unsuccessful so far. I am able to get to the "install proxmox" screen via loading the iso with ilo3, but when I hit enter to install proxmox it give me errors like "error reading sector 0x12d0 from hd31" or "unknown filesystem".

I have also tried creating a USB key with etcher and/or rufus, but am unable to get those to boot as well. I have also tried installing debian 6, but even that iso does not boot via ilo3.

I've tried everything I was able to find via search as well with no success. So I'm hoping someone here has some clue as to what I'm doing wrong as I am running out of ideas and options.

 

[Dominic]

, but am unable to get those to boot as well.

With the USBs, do you see anything Proxmox VE related or does it not find anything at all?

 

[Tomagoes]

For the USBs I get "Non-system disk or disk error"

I supposed I should add the server specs in case it matters:
HP Proliant DL360 G7 Server
2x 2.66GHz 12 Cores X5650
96GB
P410, 4x300GB (have tried both RAID 5 for all discs and RAID 0 for each disc)
BIOS is latest 2018 release

 

[Dominic]

Can you try to create the USB stick using the dd command from the Proxmox VE reference documentation?

 

[mima]

Hi Tomagoes,
I'm new to Proxmox jsut like you and had some trouble installing it to a DL380p G8 but finally got it done.
I also tried it with USB and mountig the ISO over the iLO.

This is how I got it to work:
1. In the RAID manager set the logical drive you want to use as a bootable drive.
2. When using the iLO and mount the ISO image, it regularely got disconnected while i was using Chrome browser. When I used MS Edge instead, I had no trouble and installation worked.

 

[Tomagoes]

Well I tried everything and was ready to give up, so I let it sit for a couple days to ease my frustration. I did end up getting it working, but jut to clarify I could not for the life of me get any USB keys to boot, despite trying every method in the documentation and dozens of other methods. I could also not get it to boot from the ISO via ILO3 on a windows 10 machine (despite trying every browser I could thing of [even downloading IE]). I tried literally everything I could think of and/or find via google searches.

So, what finally worked? It was using chrome on a friend's Macbook. Used chrome to launch the ILO3 java web applet, mounted the PVE ISO and it booted right into the installer and installed with no issue!