[SOLVED] Proxmox 8 don't see my disk on installation step.

[onlineapps]

Hi, i want to install proxmox 8 to my mini PC, but when i want to do that, proxmox say that he don't see my disk

right now on this pc is installed openmediavault, an he see disk, debian 12 see disk:


how to fix it? and why if proxmox is based on debian, don't see disk?

 

[Chris]

Hi, i want to install proxmox 8 to my mini PC, but when i want to do that, proxmox say that he don't see my disk
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right now on this pc is installed openmediavault, an he see disk, debian 12 see disk:
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how to fix it? and why if proxmox is based on debian, don't see disk?

Hi,
the installer of Proxmox VE is independent of Debian. Is this by any chance a SD card/eMMC flash you are trying to install on? Proxmox VE installer does not support installations on such disks.

Please switch to a terminal by typing CTL+ALT+F2 and post the output of ls -la /dev/disk/by-id.

 

[onlineapps]

inside in my pc is installed ssd disk.

after CTL+ALT+F2 i entered command, but i don't receive response, console not available

 

[fschauer]

Switch to CTRL+ALT+F1, it should work there.

 

[onlineapps]

Proxmox VE installer does not support installations on such disks.

are you shure?

root@proxmox2:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 57.73 GiB, 61991813632 bytes, 121077761 sectors
Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0
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: 74846794-81B0-4D89-A317-AF7AA19CB3BA

right now on one of my proxmox instance is running on USB flash drive, and work very vell, more that 1 year
proxmox is installed on this drive (kingston DataTraveler 3.0):

 

[onlineapps]

Switch to CTRL+ALT+F1, it should work there.

ls -la /dev/disk/by-id is correct executed?

 

[onlineapps]

 

[fschauer]

Could you take a look at ls -la /sys/block

 

[Chris]

are you shure?

root@proxmox2:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 57.73 GiB, 61991813632 bytes, 121077761 sectors
Disk model: DataTraveler 3.0
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: 74846794-81B0-4D89-A317-AF7AA19CB3BA

right now on one of my proxmox instance is running on USB flash drive, and work very vell, more that 1 year
proxmox is installed on this drive (kingston DataTraveler 3.0):
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I meant a device exposed as mmcblk device, see https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/unable-to-get-device-for-partition-1-on-device-dev-mmcblk0.42348/. But never mind, that is not the issue here. Please follow the command suggested by @fschauer and also post the output of udevadm info /dev/sda

Edit: Also, not that it is not recommended to run Proxmox VE of an USB stick, as they will wear out and fail.

 

[onlineapps]

Could you take a look at ls -la /sys/block

 

[onlineapps]

udevadm info /dev/sda

 

[Chris]

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And there you have the reason why the disk is not detected: ID_FS_TYPE=iso9660, the proxmox installer ignores disk with this filesystem type, in order to avoid interfering with the installer medium. So wipe the disk and the installer should be able to see it.

 

[onlineapps]

And there you have the reason why the disk is not detected: ID_FS_TYPE=iso9660, the proxmox installer ignores disk with this filesystem type, in order to avoid interfering with the installer medium. So wipe the disk and the installer should be able to see it.

i guess, this will be enough?

 

[fschauer]

Yes, it should suffice to wipe the first couple sectors of the disk.

 

[onlineapps]

thanks a lot for very quick answer, problem fixed, wipe disk helped. best regards.

 

[bobendylon]

Problem fixed also! Thank you!
CTRL+alt+F3 to write - It took almost 1 hour to do it!

 

[shf]

Hello, I am getting the same issue, i.e; No hard disk found!, in my Dell R620 server when I tried to installed Proxmox 8.3 or 8.4. I am using RAID10 and the total storage is 1675GB. Please check the udevadm command output and let me know if there is any issue with my disk. I did run the above 'dd' command but it took ages to reach 1675GB. Please let me know if it is the only solution then I will try it again and leave it to complete.

Attached udevadm info /dev/sda output