[SOLVED] Proxmox won’t boot after removing NC365T NIC — need help identifying cause

[hannamontanna]

Original setup:
Optiplex with an NC365T running Proxmox.

Services:

• .arr stack
• Nextcloud
• OPNsense (using NC365T for WAN and LAN)

I recently migrated OPNsense and the NC365T into a Lenovo M720q. I expected some network issues afterward on the Optiplex, but I thought Proxmox would still boot so I could fix configs or back up my VMs.

However, after removing the NIC and booting, the Proxmox CLI login appears for ~5 seconds, then the system hangs or reboots. I can’t ping or reach the web UI. The only way to stop the crash is booting with:

Pressing 'e' at the blue boot screen of proxmox and then add this to the linux line: init=/bin/bash

I’ve commented out all NC365T-related lines in /etc/network/interfaces, but it still loops.

I am extremely new to this type of fault finding, so any help I would highly appreciate.

 

[Onslow]

Welcome, hannamontanna!
Maybe the names of the devices changed so the PVE can't find the boot device?

More detailed description of the facts you are observing would be needed...

 

[hannamontanna]

Hi!
I did not see the response on my ticket, silly gmail putting things in spam or my just being sleep deprived . In the end, I backedup my vms via rescueUSB and reinstalled proxmox. I did reinstalld the NC365T back into the orginal proxmox, but the boot loop continued. And at that point I gave up trying to get that proxmox instance working, and went worst case mode approach, of having to reinstall proxmox.

Going forward I will look into running PBS!