* [PVE-User] Installing proxmox such that it boots from internal sdcard (dell r720)? .. root on sas drives @ 2022-02-13 22:23 Wolf Noble 2022-02-16 8:36 ` Stoiko Ivanov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Wolf Noble @ 2022-02-13 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Proxmox VE user list Howdy all! is there a way to install proxmox such that the boot filesystem and bootloader is installed on the dual mirrored sd cards that are available on the dell 12g servers? I don't want to have the entirety of the root filesystem on them (waaaaaaay too slow) but having /boot and the initial bootloader on an isolated media would make it much easier to have a zfs root.... as well as having the root fs on fast media that might not be a supportable boot option. I'n not seeing an obvious way to configure this, but that doesn't mean it's not there hiding (probably in plain sight and I'm blind) Wolf Noble Hoof & Paw wolf@wolfspyre.com [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [PVE-User] Installing proxmox such that it boots from internal sdcard (dell r720)? .. root on sas drives 2022-02-13 22:23 [PVE-User] Installing proxmox such that it boots from internal sdcard (dell r720)? .. root on sas drives Wolf Noble @ 2022-02-16 8:36 ` Stoiko Ivanov 2022-02-16 17:14 ` Wolf Noble 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Stoiko Ivanov @ 2022-02-16 8:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Wolf Noble; +Cc: Proxmox VE user list Hello, On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:23:45 -0600 Wolf Noble <wolf@wolfspyre.com> wrote: > Howdy all! > > is there a way to install proxmox such that the boot filesystem and bootloader is installed on the dual mirrored sd cards that are available on the dell 12g servers? Has been a while since I dealt with those machines - and cannot verify this here - but if you cannot boot from the disks in the internal bays you could try the following: * start the PVE installer in debug mode * let the installer run (exit the first 2 debug shells, and install regularly) * after the installation is done you get another debug shell * there re-import the zfs rpool, bind mount what's necessary and chroot into the new system - see [0] for steps. * inside format and init the sd-cards (if you want you can also create partitions on them - assuming the sd-card presents itself to the OS as /dev/sdX run: ** proxmox-boot-tool format /dev/sdX ** proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sdX * exit the chroot, umount, export rpool * try booting from the sd-card but this is just from memory - have not tried this and am not sure if it will work smoothly. Good luck, stoiko [0] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Switch_Legacy-Boot_to_Proxmox_Boot_Tool#Repairing_a_System_Stuck_in_the_GRUB_Rescue_Shell > > I don't want to have the entirety of the root filesystem on them (waaaaaaay too slow) but having /boot and the initial bootloader on an isolated media would make it much easier to have a zfs root.... as well as having the root fs on fast media that might not be a supportable boot option. > > > I'n not seeing an obvious way to configure this, but that doesn't mean it's not there hiding (probably in plain sight and I'm blind) > > > > > > > Wolf Noble > Hoof & Paw > wolf@wolfspyre.com > > [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] > > > _______________________________________________ > pve-user mailing list > pve-user@lists.proxmox.com > https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [PVE-User] Installing proxmox such that it boots from internal sdcard (dell r720)? .. root on sas drives 2022-02-16 8:36 ` Stoiko Ivanov @ 2022-02-16 17:14 ` Wolf Noble 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Wolf Noble @ 2022-02-16 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stoiko Ivanov; +Cc: Proxmox VE user list I love this community. Thank you Stoiko! i’ll play with this and write up my experience and post back. ❤️🐺W [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] > On Feb 16, 2022, at 02:36, Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com> wrote: > > Hello, > >> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:23:45 -0600 >> Wolf Noble <wolf@wolfspyre.com> wrote: >> >> Howdy all! >> >> is there a way to install proxmox such that the boot filesystem and bootloader is installed on the dual mirrored sd cards that are available on the dell 12g servers? > Has been a while since I dealt with those machines - and cannot verify > this here - but if you cannot boot from the disks in the internal bays you > could try the following: > * start the PVE installer in debug mode > * let the installer run (exit the first 2 debug shells, and install > regularly) > * after the installation is done you get another debug shell > * there re-import the zfs rpool, bind mount what's necessary and chroot > into the new system - see [0] for steps. > * inside format and init the sd-cards (if you want you can also create > partitions on them - assuming the sd-card presents itself to the OS as > /dev/sdX run: > ** proxmox-boot-tool format /dev/sdX > ** proxmox-boot-tool init /dev/sdX > * exit the chroot, umount, export rpool > * try booting from the sd-card > > but this is just from memory - have not tried this and am not sure if it > will work smoothly. > > Good luck, > stoiko > > > [0] > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ZFS:_Switch_Legacy-Boot_to_Proxmox_Boot_Tool#Repairing_a_System_Stuck_in_the_GRUB_Rescue_Shell > >> >> I don't want to have the entirety of the root filesystem on them (waaaaaaay too slow) but having /boot and the initial bootloader on an isolated media would make it much easier to have a zfs root.... as well as having the root fs on fast media that might not be a supportable boot option. >> >> >> I'n not seeing an obvious way to configure this, but that doesn't mean it's not there hiding (probably in plain sight and I'm blind) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wolf Noble >> Hoof & Paw >> wolf@wolfspyre.com >> >> [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pve-user mailing list >> pve-user@lists.proxmox.com >> https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user >> >> > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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