I have been struggling with this for several weeks and even opened a bug report without success. I'm hoping someone here that is far more versed in Linux and ProxMox can help me get my v8 machine upgraded.
I attempted to bare install v9.2 on new SD cards on working ProxMox v8.4.19 hardware so in case of failure, I didn't lose my working v8 machine.
Dell PowerEdge T630
BIOS: 2.17.0
iDRAC/Lifecycle Controller: 2.84.84.84
CPU: (2) Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
RAM: 384.00 GB
Storage controller: 06:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [1000:0087]
Kernel driver: mpt3sas
Boot with Proxmox VE 9.2 ISO (Tried via several USB sticks in different ports, a burned DVD and a Virtual CD/DVD)
Install presents the install menu, I choose 'Install Proxmox VE - Graphical" fails when machine hangs in the same place ("Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" point), then reboots back to Dell POST
Tried edited installer by pressing 'e' and removing 'quiet' and adding 'modprobe.blacklist=mpt3sas'. This changed the failure behavior. The installer progressed past the previous "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" point, but later rebooted before the installer UI appeared.
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Next step was to completed a fresh install of Debian 13 with PVE 9 on top as per these instructions: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_13_Trixie. This would rule out the Debian kernel as the fail point.
Debian installed and updated without issue proving the hardware was compatible with Debian 13.
Then proceed to follow the above instructions in 'Install Proxmox VE on Debian 13 Trixie' at the URL provided.
Completed without error:
- Hostname Resolves to Hosts IP Address
- Add Proxmox VE Repository
- Add the Proxmox VE repository key as root
- Update your repository and system
- Installed the Proxmox VE Kernel
- Issued system reboot -> systemctl reboot
System failed to load and reboots back to Dell POST.
In both cases, the system reboots immediately after GRUB begins loading the Proxmox kernel. It returns to the Dell POST before I can capture any kernel messages, so there isn't a journal or dmesg from the failed boot.
Screen captures and logs can be found here: ProxMox Boot Failures
I'm at a loss on how to get my v8 upgraded to v9.
I attempted to bare install v9.2 on new SD cards on working ProxMox v8.4.19 hardware so in case of failure, I didn't lose my working v8 machine.
Dell PowerEdge T630
BIOS: 2.17.0
iDRAC/Lifecycle Controller: 2.84.84.84
CPU: (2) Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
RAM: 384.00 GB
Storage controller: 06:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [1000:0087]
Kernel driver: mpt3sas
Boot with Proxmox VE 9.2 ISO (Tried via several USB sticks in different ports, a burned DVD and a Virtual CD/DVD)
Install presents the install menu, I choose 'Install Proxmox VE - Graphical" fails when machine hangs in the same place ("Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" point), then reboots back to Dell POST
Tried edited installer by pressing 'e' and removing 'quiet' and adding 'modprobe.blacklist=mpt3sas'. This changed the failure behavior. The installer progressed past the previous "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" point, but later rebooted before the installer UI appeared.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Next step was to completed a fresh install of Debian 13 with PVE 9 on top as per these instructions: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_13_Trixie. This would rule out the Debian kernel as the fail point.
Debian installed and updated without issue proving the hardware was compatible with Debian 13.
Then proceed to follow the above instructions in 'Install Proxmox VE on Debian 13 Trixie' at the URL provided.
Completed without error:
- Hostname Resolves to Hosts IP Address
- Add Proxmox VE Repository
- Add the Proxmox VE repository key as root
- Update your repository and system
- Installed the Proxmox VE Kernel
- Issued system reboot -> systemctl reboot
System failed to load and reboots back to Dell POST.
In both cases, the system reboots immediately after GRUB begins loading the Proxmox kernel. It returns to the Dell POST before I can capture any kernel messages, so there isn't a journal or dmesg from the failed boot.
Screen captures and logs can be found here: ProxMox Boot Failures
I'm at a loss on how to get my v8 upgraded to v9.