[PVE-User] 8.2-1 ISO doesn't boot via UEFI on usb

[Stefan Radman]

Hi Brian

I’ve been using both Ventoy <https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html> and YUMI <https://pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/> to install PVE 8.2-1 from USB thumbdrives on Dell servers (UEFI by default).
Works very well for me.

My “PVE Install & Rescue” thumb drive contains several LiveCD ISO images alongside the PVE ISO:
* clonezilla to backup the boot drive(s)
* gparted
other useful tools for troubleshooting as well as the host's clonezilla image if needed.
Makes my life a lot easier.

Ventoy claims to support Secure Boot in UEFI Mode <https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_secure.html>
Haven’t tried PVE installation with secure boot enabled though and would be interested to hear from someone who has.

Stefan
 

> On Sep 6, 2024, at 20:28, Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> wrote:
> 
> On 8/21/24 12:17 PM, Bryan Fields wrote:
>> On 8/21/24 8:10 AM, Bryan Fields wrote:
>>> On 8/21/24 7:52 AM, Bryan Fields wrote:
>>>> I've setup to boot UEFI in the bios and
>>>> when selecting the usb stick with partition 2 for UEFI boot, I get the GRUB
>>>> LOADING output and then nothing else.
>>> 
>>> Sorry was going from memory here.  It says:
>>> 
>>> READY TO BOOT...Welcome to GRUB!
>>> 
>>> Then after about 60 seconds this is printed:
>>> 
>>> error: no such device /.disk/info.
>> 
>> I let this sit about about 30 min while I had a shower this morning.  I'm
>> unsure how long it took, but it did boot into the PVE installer finally.
>> Apparently it has something it's doing or waiting on it to time out on.
> 
> Tried this on a super micro 6028R-E1CR24L today.  It doesn't time out or boot
> after letting it set 30 min. This is on the latest bios and IPMI.  As I
> mounted the ISO via http (i tried a real USB too), i could see it stopped
> accessing it shortly after booting.
> 
> This does appear to be some issue with the X10 servers and proxmox.
> -- 
> Bryan Fields
> 
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