28 Mar
2023
28 Mar
'23
3:34 p.m.
Hi,
I had start-on-power enabled, so the machine would boot upon the power
being restored.
The problem following a power loss, is that it would boot, but fail to
start Proxmox, and complain that I have to run fsck manually (on the
boot spinning rust drive).
This involved swapping display and keyboard from another machine (which
I could then not use) and try to fix the problem using a tablet for
internet access. Yuk!
This was usually enough to fix the problem, but this last time,
it wasn't. I had to reinstall Proxmox and then try to configure it to
see my backup disk. It could have gone smoother had I taken better notes
when I first built it. Of course, not having experience of Proxmox I did
not know what to note - and the notes were still lost deep in the
machine I could not use. :(
When Proxmox works, it works well. VMs start on boot if so configured.
PyHole handles DNS.
Ian
On 28/03/2023 20:36, Andy Bennett via BitFolk Users wrote:
Hi,
Could you provide any more information about why the machine has failed
to boot?
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Ian Hobson
Tel (+66) 626 544 695
I am having to leave Proxmox behind - every time
there has been a
power cut (every 4-6 weeks), the machine has failed to boot. This last
time, I have had to re-install and restore VMs from backup. So I am
investigating what to use instead, in the hope that it will be less
damaged by power breaks.
VBox is familiar, and the machine is not a lap-top, so running windows
24/7 is not a problem, although I suspect I should reboot once a week,
weather it needs it on not. :)
Xen is another option. New to me, but my websites are on Xen on
Bitfolk, so high compatibility.
The VMs are all Ubuntu. If I use Xen I will have to install a Windows
VM because I use software that has no Linux version yet.
Has anyone any advice or warnings they would like to share?
Thanks
Ian