Tried to apt upgrade my primary PVE node but failed. Was installed with blood, sweat and tears from PVE ISO 7.3 in February.
Configuration fails because
My setup might be a bit weird. My PVE is installed on a HP MicroServer G8 on a M.2 SDD installed to PCIx extension card. Since the server cannot boot from this disk, my
Any advice?
Facts:
Configuration fails because
/etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync is unable to copy the kernel (src and dst "are the same file" / "ln: failed to create hard link"). Now I feel a bit uneasy, fearing that the next reboot might fail.My setup might be a bit weird. My PVE is installed on a HP MicroServer G8 on a M.2 SDD installed to PCIx extension card. Since the server cannot boot from this disk, my
/boot is a USB thumb drive. Took me a weekend to get this setup booting straight, thus I hesitate to reinstall PVE.Any advice?
Facts:
Code:
root@pve-1:~# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.140) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve (5.15.102-1) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 5.15.102-1-pve /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 5.15.102-1-pve /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.102-1-pve
Running hook script 'zz-proxmox-boot'..
Re-executing '/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-proxmox-boot' in new private mount namespace..
No /etc/kernel/cmdline found - falling back to /proc/cmdline
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/D39E-88C2
Copying kernel 5.15.102-1-pve
cp: '/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve' and '/var/tmp/espmounts/D39E-88C2/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve' are the same file
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync exited with return code 1
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve.postinst line 19.
dpkg: error processing package pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve (--configure):
installed pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-kernel-5.15:
pve-kernel-5.15 depends on pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve; however:
Package pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package pve-kernel-5.15 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
proxmox-ve depends on pve-kernel-5.15; however:
Package pve-kernel-5.15 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140) ...
ln: failed to create hard link '/boot/initrd.img-5.15.102-1-pve.dpkg-bak' => '/boot/initrd.img-5.15.102-1-pve': Operation not permitted
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.15.102-1-pve
Running hook script 'zz-proxmox-boot'..
Re-executing '/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-proxmox-boot' in new private mount namespace..
No /etc/kernel/cmdline found - falling back to /proc/cmdline
Copying and configuring kernels on /dev/disk/by-uuid/D39E-88C2
Copying kernel 5.15.102-1-pve
cp: '/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve' and '/var/tmp/espmounts/D39E-88C2/vmlinuz-5.15.102-1-pve' are the same file
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//proxmox-boot-sync exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve
pve-kernel-5.15
proxmox-ve
initramfs-tools
Code:
root@pve-1:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 1.6G 1.1M 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/mapper/pve-root 32G 26G 4.3G 86% /
tmpfs 7.8G 60M 7.8G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
/dev/sdf3 1.5G 216M 1.3G 15% /boot
/dev/fuse 128M 28K 128M 1% /etc/pve
tmpfs 1.6G 4.0K 1.6G 1% /run/user/0
Code:
root@pve-1:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdf
Disk /dev/sdf: 3.72 GiB, 3997171712 bytes, 7806976 sectors
Disk model: FIash Disk
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 171CF352-E642-4D3D-B45C-D25CA30AA07E
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdf1 2048 67583 65536 32M BIOS boot
/dev/sdf2 67584 1116159 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sdf3 1116160 4188159 3072000 1.5G EFI System
Code:
root@pve-1:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 7.3-1 (running kernel: 5.15.74-1-pve)
pve-manager: 7.4-3 (running version: 7.4-3/9002ab8a)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-14
pve-kernel-5.15.74-1-pve: 5.15.74-1
ceph-fuse: 15.2.17-pve1
corosync: 3.1.7-pve1
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.24-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.4
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.3.1-1
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.2.1
libpve-access-control: 7.4-2
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.3-4
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.2-4
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.2-1
libpve-rs-perl: 0.7.5
libpve-storage-perl: 7.4-2
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-2
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 2.4.1-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.4.1-1
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.1.1-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.6.5
pve-cluster: 7.3-3
pve-container: 4.4-3
pve-docs: 7.4-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-1
pve-firewall: 4.3-1
pve-firmware: 3.6-4
pve-ha-manager: 3.6.0
pve-i18n: 2.12-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 7.2.0-8
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
qemu-server: 7.4-3
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.8.0~bpo11+3
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.9-pve1
Code:
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/000_proxmox_boot_header ###
#
# This system is booted via proxmox-boot-tool! The grub-config used when
# booting from the disks configured with proxmox-boot-tool resides on the vfat
# partitions with UUIDs listed in /etc/kernel/proxmox-boot-uuids.
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg is NOT read when booting from those disk!
### END /etc/grub.d/000_proxmox_boot_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod lvm
insmod ext2
set root='lvmid/4cOWPJ-pXNq-ZlSr-oUuY-t6e4-zSjs-EMV26y/8Lj2Yq-50Xp-apks-QReI-3I8S-dqZc-jsOm45'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint='lvmid/4cOWPJ-pXNq-ZlSr-oUuY-t6e4-zSjs-EMV26y/8Lj2Yq-50Xp-apks-QReI-3I8S-dqZc-jsOm45'
d397a3fd-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d397a3fd-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Proxmox VE GNU/Linux' --class proxmox --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-d397a3f
d-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
set root='hd3,gpt3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd3,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,gpt3 D39E-88C2
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root D39E-88C2
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5.15.74-1-pve ...'
linux /vmlinuz-5.15.74-1-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-5.15.74-1-pve
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Proxmox VE GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-d397a3fd-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903' {
menuentry 'Proxmox VE GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.15.74-1-pve' --class proxmox --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_
id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.74-1-pve-advanced-d397a3fd-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
set root='hd3,gpt3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd3,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,gpt3 D39E-88
C2
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root D39E-88C2
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5.15.74-1-pve ...'
linux /vmlinuz-5.15.74-1-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-5.15.74-1-pve
}
menuentry 'Proxmox VE GNU/Linux, with Linux 5.15.74-1-pve (recovery mode)' --class proxmox --class gnu-linux --class gnu --clas
s os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.74-1-pve-recovery-d397a3fd-796b-46f5-a96e-34f57b632903' {
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
set root='hd3,gpt3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,gpt3 --hint-efi=hd3,gpt3 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,gpt3 D39E-88
C2
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root D39E-88C2
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 5.15.74-1-pve ...'
linux /vmlinuz-5.15.74-1-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-5.15.74-1-pve
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###