I installed the proxmox .qcow2 image from Nethserver several times as a VM.
The Proxmox VE version is 9.2.5,
the VM machine type is set to Standard i440fx,
BIOS type is Standard SeaBios.
disk controller virtio-scsi and CPU type set to HOST-
The used image file is ‘ns8-rocky-qcow2’ downloaded from https://tinyurl.com/ns8-rocky-qcow2.
I downloaded this file and installed it with qm create and importdisk.
So, whenever I start this VM I get a boot screen, it says
GRUB loading …
Welcome to Grub!
Probing EDD (edd off to disable) … OK
and that’s it. The boot process stalls.
It would be helpfull if this problem could be solved. The image file is supposed to be a very good template for NS8 installations with multiple nodes. But like this ist is useless.
BTW, with the image ‘ns8-rocky-linux-9-ns8-stable.qcow2’ it’s the same.
Link shorteners are quite unhelpful in this context, because they completely obscure where you got the image from, but I guess that’s more an issue for the Nethesis folks.
But with that said, I attempted to duplicate on my Proxmox installation. Created a VM through the GUI matching the specs you’ve stated, giving it four cores and 4 GB of RAM, no ISO or virtual disk. Then qm importdisk 301 ns8-rocky.qcow2 local-zfs, add that new virtual disk to the VM (double-click on it, set appropriate options, Add), then adjust the VM’s boot order to add that new disk to it.
Went to boot the VM, and it does stop for a moment at the “Probing EDD” you mention, but after that moment (maybe 30 seconds or so?) it brings up this:
Same result with the machine type set to Q35 and SeaBIOS (though it doesn’t display the URL on the login screen), and also with Q35/UEFI. So whatever it is, it isn’t a universal problem. I don’t know how to further troubleshoot, though.
Thanks, Dan. I sorted it out myself as well. It works if I first create a VM without any OS and with some disk. After that I add the imported qcow2 image and I can boot. So far so good.
Can you tell how I should continue? After logging in and changing the root password I see an ip received from DHCP and the FQDN is ‘node.ns8.test’. How can I change the ip to static and change the FQDN to my needs?
