[SOLVED] Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

[wahmed]

I did a fresh Proxmox install on a dual Xeon CPU node with 64GB RAM. After booting it sits with the following error.

This same node had proxmox installed previously but with single Xeon without issue. To make sure something did not go wrong during installation i reinstalled Proxmox again but same issue. But i can SSH into the node, checked all services running. Any idea?

 

[mir]

Re: Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

When the grub boot menu shows press 'e'. Then find the line where boot parameters are listed for the kernel. To this line add 'nomodeset' and press Ctrl-X to boot. The reason is that grub wants to insert a frame buffer to boot the console in high graphics mode but nomodeset ensures that grub boots using stdvga driver.

If this works simply change /etc/default/grub

uncomment '#GRUB_TERMINAL=console'
and comment 'GRUB_GFXMODE=some_Xxsome_Y

Then: update-grub

 

[mir]

Re: Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

Another thing worth trying is replacing 'allow-hotplug eth0' in /etc/network/interfaces with 'auto eth0'.
See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754987

 

[wahmed]

Re: Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

When the grub boot menu shows press 'e'. Then find the line where boot parameters are listed for the kernel. To this line add 'nomodeset' and press Ctrl-X to boot. The reason is that grub wants to insert a frame buffer to boot the console in high graphics mode but nomodeset ensures that grub boots using stdvga driver.

If this works simply change /etc/default/grub

uncomment '#GRUB_TERMINAL=console'
and comment 'GRUB_GFXMODE=some_Xxsome_Y

Then: update-grub

Huh! That was it! Adding nomdoeset worked. It booted to prompt just fine without /dev error.
I went to /etc/default/grub as your suggestion. It appears that both lines are commented. So i uncommented terminal console line and left gfxmode commented then rebooted. Issue was back.
So edited the following line /etc/default/grub and it rebooted just fine:
Changed from

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

To

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"

Also i do not use allow-hotplug eth0 in interface config.

Thanks mir!!

 

[mir]

Re: Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

OK. A problem with the i915 driver then. In that case you should apply it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX instead to ensure it also adds nomodeset to maintenance mode as well.

 

[lucaferr]

Re: Fresh Proxmox Install with /dev to be fully populated error

I just installed Proxmox VE 3.4 and had the same problem: black screen after "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated". The graphics in my test system is integrated in the CPU (Intel Pentium G3220 - Hashwell architecture).
Editing /etc/default/grub and replacing

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

with

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"

and running "update-grub" solved the problem.
I think it should be added somewhere in the Wiki

 

[pain]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to install the latest proxmox 8.1.
For this purpose, I am at the mercy of smart people like all of you.

I followed the below

When the grub boot menu shows press 'e'. Then find the line where boot parameters are listed for the kernel. To this line add 'nomodeset' and press Ctrl-X to boot.

After the above I got a console and tried to find the /etc/default/grub file but it's not there.
Anyway, I made the grub file myself and added the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset". But the problem is when I run
"update-grub" command I get the below error

-bash: update-grub - command not found

I am not able to install grub as well.

Anyone got an idea how to make it work properly to install proxmox 8.1?

Look at the attached image.

Thanks