Hi,
I'm trying to install Proxmox VE 8.4.1 on a Firebat T8 Pro (16GB RAM, Intel N100, 512GB SSD).
At some point during the install, usually towards the end ('making device bootable' - though occasionally happens mid-install during dpkg commands) the installer suddenly crashes - no warning, the box just suddenly reboots. Confirming this is not the usual end of install reboot, as I always uncheck 'Automatically reboot' in the installer.
The disk then becomes invisible to the BIOS as a boot option (though *nix operating systems see it with a corrupted boot partition).
Other details:
- I have previously installed older versions (7.x) without issue on the same box
- SecureBoot is off
- The BIOS is UEFI - there is no disable CSM or legacy boot option unfortunately
- Other linux OS' I've tried install without issue (NixOS, Fedora)
- I am formatting the single drive as ZFS (Raid 0) in the installer, though the same issue is present with ext4 (not tested extensively)
- I am booting via Ventoy, but have also tried writing the raw ISO to a USB, and even booting over iPXE using netboot.xyz ... same results
- I am running `wipefs -a /sdx` & `sgdisk --zap-all /sdx` to clear away any old partitions before running the installer each time
- I can mount the ZFS partition and can see the installed files on there, so this does seem to be bootloader corruption
- I've tried booting in both Terminal and Graphical Modes, and Graphical debug - same issue with each, unfortunately Graphical debug is not much help as the issue happens during the actual install
- The install seems to go fine when I spin it up in an OVMF VM on my other Proxmox host
- Using the installer's Rescue Mode does not work - it can't 'find' a bootable proxmox install
I wrote a script to try and stream the outputs of dmesg & the install logs to my USB drive, but nothing too interesting looking (to my untrained eye). See attached.
Any ideas? I am thinking maybe buggy UEFI BIOS, but then older versions did install without issue 
I'm trying to install Proxmox VE 8.4.1 on a Firebat T8 Pro (16GB RAM, Intel N100, 512GB SSD).
At some point during the install, usually towards the end ('making device bootable' - though occasionally happens mid-install during dpkg commands) the installer suddenly crashes - no warning, the box just suddenly reboots. Confirming this is not the usual end of install reboot, as I always uncheck 'Automatically reboot' in the installer.
The disk then becomes invisible to the BIOS as a boot option (though *nix operating systems see it with a corrupted boot partition).
Other details:
- I have previously installed older versions (7.x) without issue on the same box
- SecureBoot is off
- The BIOS is UEFI - there is no disable CSM or legacy boot option unfortunately
- Other linux OS' I've tried install without issue (NixOS, Fedora)
- I am formatting the single drive as ZFS (Raid 0) in the installer, though the same issue is present with ext4 (not tested extensively)
- I am booting via Ventoy, but have also tried writing the raw ISO to a USB, and even booting over iPXE using netboot.xyz ... same results
- I am running `wipefs -a /sdx` & `sgdisk --zap-all /sdx` to clear away any old partitions before running the installer each time
- I can mount the ZFS partition and can see the installed files on there, so this does seem to be bootloader corruption
- I've tried booting in both Terminal and Graphical Modes, and Graphical debug - same issue with each, unfortunately Graphical debug is not much help as the issue happens during the actual install
- The install seems to go fine when I spin it up in an OVMF VM on my other Proxmox host
- Using the installer's Rescue Mode does not work - it can't 'find' a bootable proxmox install
I wrote a script to try and stream the outputs of dmesg & the install logs to my USB drive, but nothing too interesting looking (to my untrained eye). See attached.
Any ideas? I am thinking maybe buggy UEFI BIOS, but then older versions did install without issue
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