From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46A72604C9 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3C5DFBD7 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 4558EBCC for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 77B5D4165E; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:36:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:36:34 +0100 From: Stoiko Ivanov To: Wolf Noble Cc: Proxmox VE user list Message-ID: <20220216093634.56554ae9@rosa.proxmox.com> In-Reply-To: <31F64522-29EC-45FA-8A4B-4ED7DA1C2998@wolfspyre.com> References: <31F64522-29EC-45FA-8A4B-4ED7DA1C2998@wolfspyre.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.229 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE -0.01 - Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Installing proxmox such that it boots from internal sdcard (dell r720)? .. root on sas drives X-BeenThere: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE user list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:43:03 -0000 Hello, On Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:23:45 -0600 Wolf Noble 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 > >