VE 6.3-1 failing to install, 3970x

[psyberemt]

I am a long time VMWare user wanting to test out Proxmox. Trying to install 6.3-1 on my home host and getting the crash in the photo every time.

Hardware is:

• Threadripper 3970x
• ASUS Zenith Extreme ii Alpha motherboard on latest BIOS
• 128GB RAM, no DOCP
• NVIDIA RTX 2080TI
• NVIDIA RTX Quadro 4000
• Kioxia CM5-r NVME

I've tried tons of different USB sticks, rufus and balena etcher. No matter what I do I get the error and crash.

Any thoughts?

 

[mirthrandir]

I'm not sure if you are having the same problem I did, but do you happen to have an AMD video card you can try instead?

Back in August 2020, I had a problem installing Proxmox with an NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super installed on a Threadripper 3960x system. Having an NVIDIA card in the system caused my Proxmox installation to crash with similar display corruption in your screenshot. As long as I also had a supported AMD video card in the system, I could proceed with the installation after doing one of the following:

Option 1 - Turn off or disconnect all displays connected to the NVIDIA card(s)

Option 2 - Blacklist the NVIDIA drivers

1. When the GRUB boot menu appears, hit the "E" key
2. Update the kernel parameters to add this to the end:

blacklist_modules=nvidia,nouveau

Once the installation completed, I was able to use the NVIDIA card. I hope this helps. Good luck!