[SOLVED] Proxmox installation seems to struggle with VGA output

[andyn]

I've installed Proxmox twice so far
Once on an HP Microserver N54L, which has a VGA output only,
Once on an Intel NUC with HDMI.
Same monitor both times

The HP couldn't be installed from the Proxmox ISO, I had to install Debian with no GUI and then add the packages. Even the Debian installer caused the monitor to issue a timing out of range message unless I use the text installer.
Yet on the same monitor using something that has HDMI output, Proxmox ISO ran first time.

The HP I need to rebuild due to some new disks arriving. None of the ideas I've seen for solving monitor timing out of range errors (add nomodeset to grub and the like) seem to make any difference at all. One suggestion was to press Enter and wait, and let things fall back to a different video output, but this doesn't work either. On the HP I don't get as far as the Proxmox installer menu.

Am I restricted to the Debian then Proxmox packages on this platform? It would be SO much quicker and easier to use the Proxmox installer (and having done both, I think at my level of skill I get a cleaner installation using the Proxmox ISO).

Anyone out there have any ideas on this?

 

[dcsapak]

Am I restricted to the Debian then Proxmox packages on this platform?

seems like it... could you try another monitor maybe?

 

[andyn]

I'd love to, but my only other monitor is the same make and model... Half the point of virtualization for me is to avoid having keyboards and monitors everywhere! I'll just rebuild with the Debian installer

 

[andyn]

Thanks for taking the time

 

[andyn]

To confirm for anyone else finding this thread with the same issue:
My solution was to use the Debian netinst image and the non-graphical installer. I believe it is only necessary to install the base image, but I also installed the SSH server to make the rest of the installation easier. Then follow the instructions here:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Stretch
https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-proxmox-ve-on-debian/