I've been trying to install Proxmox VE on a Dell Poweredge R730 to no avail. This has a PERC H730 Mini which I've set to HBA mode. Trying to install via either legacy BIOS and UEFI using iDRAC virtual mounted media and flashed USB (using both RUFUS and Etcher) was not working and would hang on
I tried this with many versions of PVE (8.0-2, 7.1-2, 7.4-1, and 6.4-1) but no dice.
Today I used a different computer (and thus, a different network interface) to install PVE 8.0-2 in ZFS RAID 1 on two SSDs with no issues and then tried booting this installation from the R730. On my R730, I have ethernet plugged into the iDRAC port and first ethernet port (indicated by "1"). Looking online, I assumed that this interface is `eno1`, so edited by `/etc/network/interfaces` file to reflect this as suggested here (also updated the `bridge-ports` line). I can't verify the interface because, well, the installation hangs when run directly on the R730 to begin with. However, this shouldn't affect being able to locally get PVE to boot, correct? Just accessing the web interface?
This approach at first seemed the most promising so far, getting to the bootloader where I have both the 6.2.16-6-pve and 6.2.16-3-pve kernels. Unfortunately, either option hangs on the message:
which I'm realizing is basically the same as the hanging seen in the USB installation...
I've attempted the steps seen in [1] (installing PVE 7 and then upgrade to 8 -- I tried doing this similarly with the other computer, but it would hang on the same error) and [2] (I believe which remakes the initrd.img), but this also was unsuccessful.
At this point, I feel I've exhausted the related problems I saw online, and quite stumped am unsure of what do to next. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!
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Loading initial ramdisk...Today I used a different computer (and thus, a different network interface) to install PVE 8.0-2 in ZFS RAID 1 on two SSDs with no issues and then tried booting this installation from the R730. On my R730, I have ethernet plugged into the iDRAC port and first ethernet port (indicated by "1"). Looking online, I assumed that this interface is `eno1`, so edited by `/etc/network/interfaces` file to reflect this as suggested here (also updated the `bridge-ports` line). I can't verify the interface because, well, the installation hangs when run directly on the R730 to begin with. However, this shouldn't affect being able to locally get PVE to boot, correct? Just accessing the web interface?
This approach at first seemed the most promising so far, getting to the bootloader where I have both the 6.2.16-6-pve and 6.2.16-3-pve kernels. Unfortunately, either option hangs on the message:
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EFI stub: Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device pathI've attempted the steps seen in [1] (installing PVE 7 and then upgrade to 8 -- I tried doing this similarly with the other computer, but it would hang on the same error) and [2] (I believe which remakes the initrd.img), but this also was unsuccessful.
At this point, I feel I've exhausted the related problems I saw online, and quite stumped am unsure of what do to next. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!