Proxmox host does not start up - loading initial ramdisk

mcgods

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Apr 21, 2024
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Hi.
I have a server that I have been running for a while now, and at some point today the host crashed / restarted. I could not connect to the Web GUI, so I checked directly. It gets stuck after 'loading initial ramdisk' and warning about secure boot. (tried toggling off however had no significant impact) - unless this got somehow reset in bios, I'm pretty sure this version of proxmox was installed with it enabled.

I disabled it to run the ram memtest and it didn't report any issues...

It is running kernel 6.5.13.1 on a i5 sff thinkcentre.

I tried running previous kernel/recover mode however neither worked. This is where it hangs I have to recovery mode.
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When searching online for similar issues I keep stumbling on things related to zfs pooling (I do have one disk mapped in such way using the GUI), however I'm not sure how to confirm that.

Any suggestions on the next steps I can try?
 
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