Guys, any idea how to load Debian manually without mounting the ISO via KVM?
I do not want to consume Virmach's time. I am sure he has other things to do and this is a good situation for me to learn.
What I want to do is boot into some network tool that lets me start the Debian installer and set up the OS with RAID1 on those beautiful and big -not 1200GB but 4TB- NVMEs. Then I would install Proxmox on top. No ZFS of course. Is that possible?
GRML ISO is available in the control panel. I read it can be used to install Debian, but when I tried it, it asked me to select the partitions. So I guess I have to create them in advance, which started to feel intimidating. I ended up discarding that way.
@imok said:
Guys, any idea how to load Debian manually without mounting the ISO via KVM?
I do not want to consume Virmach's time. I am sure he has other things to do and this is a good situation for me to learn.
What I want to do is boot into some network tool that lets me start the Debian installer and set up the OS with RAID1 on those beautiful and big -not 1200GB but 4TB- NVMEs. Then I would install Proxmox on top. No ZFS of course. Is that possible?
GRML ISO is available in the control panel. I read it can be used to install Debian, but when I tried it, it asked me to select the partitions. So I guess I have to create them in advance, which started to feel intimidating. I ended up discarding that way.
PS: Did I write a wall of text Virmach-style?
There should be Netboot available on the OS list. Let me spend some time to see how ISO works, it should probably be easy.
(edit) It is real easy. Let me know if it works, adding it is easy, I don't know about getting it to work.
(edit) I'm also going to try to get into creating some disk layouts for RAID and see how well that works. I keep forgetting I have a bunch of servers I'm allowed to use/mess around with...
@imok said:
Guys, any idea how to load Debian manually without mounting the ISO via KVM?
I do not want to consume Virmach's time. I am sure he has other things to do and this is a good situation for me to learn.
What I want to do is boot into some network tool that lets me start the Debian installer and set up the OS with RAID1 on those beautiful and big -not 1200GB but 4TB- NVMEs. Then I would install Proxmox on top. No ZFS of course. Is that possible?
GRML ISO is available in the control panel. I read it can be used to install Debian, but when I tried it, it asked me to select the partitions. So I guess I have to create them in advance, which started to feel intimidating. I ended up discarding that way.
Did you want to buy one of these to joint the beta pre-sale or whatever? It'll be 3500, and 500GB NVMe. Not sure if this was a suggestion for the sale or part of the custom requests or if we talked about it anywhere else, my brain is mush, I just accidentally found this comment when I was trying to help skorous.
Did you want to buy one of these to joint the beta pre-sale or whatever? It'll be 3500, and 500GB NVMe. Not sure if this was a suggestion for the sale or part of the custom requests or if we talked about it anywhere else, my brain is mush, I just accidentally found this comment when I was trying to help skorous.
Yes, please! Definitely meant that as wanting to be part of the beta pre-sale
I didn't know whether it was going to boot the ISO image via PXE or actually try to use the KVM dongle. It seems like it's actually using the dongle. That's why it doesn't work. Anyway that makes more sense.
There's different tiers of dongles, we're below economy class. One does a mouse that doesn't sync, and nothing else. That's ours. Then there's a premium one where the mouse syncs and it allows you to use an ISO. Then there's an ultra premium dual USB one that lets you also emulate USB inside the BIOS.
@Wonder_Woman said: Yes, please! Definitely meant that as wanting to be part of the beta pre-sale
Alright, I'll likely provision yours after I go to the datacenter tonight, I believe that configuration you want needs a BIOS change.
I got my FOMO imok CPU upgrade requested, and it installed next day, on a holiday weekend. Now my GB6, it's over 9,000! (god I'm old) and a nice big drive in there to fill up with requests for the wifey and inlaws.
I got my FOMO imok CPU upgrade requested, and it installed next day, on a holiday weekend. Now my GB6, it's over 9,000! (god I'm old) and a nice big drive in there to fill up with requests for the wifey and inlaws.
Virmach was hard at work while I was getting drunk and grilling, looks like my server is off and running too!
I was ready to install Debian and Proxmox on top. I set the control panel to run Grml and at boot I pressed CTRL+B, then followed the instructions to run netboot.xyz and voilà... Proxmox was listed 🤩
Now I'm running the Proxmox installer GUI and trying to click stuff with the out-of-sync mouse. Feels like driving drunk (i'm not saying that I've done that, just guessing 😉)
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lucky @imok with the machine
hey @VirMach .... anything for 4'th of July ... i am interested in NL only.
From elsewhere, I miss my low-end 2CPU/8GB/500GB/29 dedicated server @$18/month.
Just saying.
It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away.
NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh)
Why Virmach has not launched some Atom dedis with 500gb HDD at $6.5/m?
Edit: Oh right, the provider that tried that previously failed successfully.
Guys, any idea how to load Debian manually without mounting the ISO via KVM?
I do not want to consume Virmach's time. I am sure he has other things to do and this is a good situation for me to learn.
What I want to do is boot into some network tool that lets me start the Debian installer and set up the OS with RAID1 on those beautiful and big -not 1200GB but 4TB- NVMEs. Then I would install Proxmox on top. No ZFS of course. Is that possible?
GRML ISO is available in the control panel. I read it can be used to install Debian, but when I tried it, it asked me to select the partitions. So I guess I have to create them in advance, which started to feel intimidating. I ended up discarding that way.
PS: Did I write a wall of text Virmach-style?
There should be Netboot available on the OS list. Let me spend some time to see how ISO works, it should probably be easy.
(edit) It is real easy. Let me know if it works, adding it is easy, I don't know about getting it to work.
(edit) I'm also going to try to get into creating some disk layouts for RAID and see how well that works. I keep forgetting I have a bunch of servers I'm allowed to use/mess around with...
Install OS from template and then use netboot.xyz to install from whatever ISO you want to use
https://netboot.xyz/docs/booting/uefi
Edit: Virmach already answered, netboot is available on list so you don't even have to install OS first
Finnix is a favorite of mine, swiss army tool rescue CD, worth an upload: https://www.finnix.org/
@virmach can you check my invoices? Now I have a debt of around $600 😅
Did you want to buy one of these to joint the beta pre-sale or whatever? It'll be 3500, and 500GB NVMe. Not sure if this was a suggestion for the sale or part of the custom requests or if we talked about it anywhere else, my brain is mush, I just accidentally found this comment when I was trying to help skorous.
Added.
@virmach I can see the new ISOs. Thank you!
I'm surprised it works, nice.
I'm testing out some RAID profiles now as well to see if we can actually get it to set it up before OS install automatically in some way.
Debían, thx
Apparently Netboot is disabled by default, time to find out why.
Inmediately after mounting the ISO I see an alert:
Okay, I'm no longer surprised.
Yes, please! Definitely meant that as wanting to be part of the beta pre-sale
I didn't know whether it was going to boot the ISO image via PXE or actually try to use the KVM dongle. It seems like it's actually using the dongle. That's why it doesn't work. Anyway that makes more sense.
There's different tiers of dongles, we're below economy class. One does a mouse that doesn't sync, and nothing else. That's ours. Then there's a premium one where the mouse syncs and it allows you to use an ISO. Then there's an ultra premium dual USB one that lets you also emulate USB inside the BIOS.
Alright, I'll likely provision yours after I go to the datacenter tonight, I believe that configuration you want needs a BIOS change.
Awesome, but no rush!
(internal screams in rush)
Is there a reason why the solus vm vnc address does not work to connect with my own vnc client?
Also about netboot.xyz I only got it to work by adding it to grub and booting it that way
A huge huge thank you to @VirMach.
I got my FOMO imok CPU upgrade requested, and it installed next day, on a holiday weekend. Now my GB6, it's over 9,000! (god I'm old) and a nice big drive in there to fill up with requests for the wifey and inlaws.
Virmach was hard at work while I was getting drunk and grilling, looks like my server is off and running too!
BEEFY!
Ok it seems I found a way to install Proxmox.
I was ready to install Debian and Proxmox on top. I set the control panel to run Grml and at boot I pressed CTRL+B, then followed the instructions to run netboot.xyz and voilà... Proxmox was listed 🤩
Now I'm running the Proxmox installer GUI and trying to click stuff with the out-of-sync mouse. Feels like driving drunk (i'm not saying that I've done that, just guessing 😉)
Guys!
The server is up and proxmoxing! There are still some issues.
@Kris could this be related to that thing you wrote?
Edit: ChatGPT says it's easy to fix by forcing the command. Will try.
Good to finally see imok talking technical and not just shit.
It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away.
NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh)
It's just because I'm sad and waiting for the results of my cat.
Most probably I will be eating flan again in a couple of weeks.
So one method is /dev/disk/by-id
I ended up doing a lsblk, formatting them as the letters they were.
Then lsblk -f to get the UUID
Finally in fstab, they start with UUID=[uuid] and no problems since.
Yeah you can force that just a warning they aren't ready and need to be formatted.
I just didn't use /dev/disk/by-id/ for fstab, and UUID= has been working a charm.
Betty died 1 hour ago
I hate when I 'lose' a feline friend.
Condolences.
It wisnae me! A big boy done it and ran away.
NVMe2G for life! until death (the end is nigh)