V1.3: no cdrom found during installation

[wagnerma]

Hi,

I want to install the proxmox ve on a dell poweredge T105, but no luck ;-(
The CDROM boots, but after some time I get a boot screen with:
...
testing cdrom /dev/sr0
mount: mounting /dev/sr0 on /mnt failed: Invalid argument
umont: can't umount /mnt: Invalid argument
....
This message is repeated a few times and ends with
no cdrom found - unable to continue (type exit ot CTRL-D to reboot)

;-( Any ideas how can I boot on this server. It seems a problem with the SATA CDROM drive. Are there any boot options to try?

Thanks for the help,

Marcel

 

[dietmar]

Simply use another cdrom drive (for examply an external usb cdrom drive).

 

[wagnerma]

hmm, well we have only this one server here, no external CDROM drive available ;-(

Ok, I will retry proxmox when using a more recent kernel to support actual hardware.

Thanks,
Marcel

 

[dad311]

I have the same server, the DVD drive does not work with proxmox. I used a external CDROM to load the software.

 

[conrad]

At the moment I want to install 1.3 on a brand new server.

after booting from cd the installation stops...
"no cdrom found - unable to continue"

mainboard has no ide on board just sata, so i cannot use a
another cdrom device from another server.

And there is no other external usb cdrom available here.

I gues i can leave the datacenter? Or is there a workaround?

 

[Maxnet]

I'm having the same problem with both 1.3 and 1.4b2 on a system with a Nvidia SATA chipset.


As a work-around I just installed Debian, and added the proxmox packages.