Proxmox 6 to 7 upgrade - Legacy-Boot to Proxmox Boot

[keropiko]

Hello all,

i have recently upgraded my proxmox installation to version 7. Everything working correctly and super fast.

I would like to know to upgrade from legacy boot to the new proxmox boot. The first proxmox installation was from version 5.2 or 5.3 if i remember, so there is not VFAT with size 512 M.

this is the ssd drive the proxmox installation is on:

lsblk -o +FSTYPE

sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1007K 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 223.6G 0 part zfs_member
└─sda9 8:9 0 8M 0 part

I would like to know if and how i can upgrade to the new Proxmox Boot since using the instructions here : https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Switch_Legacy-Boot_to_Proxmox_Boot_Tool, i am afraid to do any mistake and block everything.

Thank you in advance.

 

[fabian]

you don't have an EFI System Partition, so you in order to switch you need to add one. this could be done by
- adding another disk (or two) just for booting, and formatting/initializing it according to the instructions
- if your pool is redundant, recreate the vdevs one-by-one and resilvering (potentially dangerous, requires familiarity with zpool commands to manipulate a pool)

of course making backups and reinstalling the system from scratch is also an option to get the new boot mechanism in place.

 

[keropiko]

Hello and thank you for the reply. Do you think it would be a good idea to install a usb drive to use only for booting with the new system? in that case how to i remove the old boot partition from the ssd?

thank you