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Journal	Log	notes on proxmox and truenas machine setup	2026-04-07T11:00:02	2026-04-07	project

• Hardware:
  • using mum's old Dell XPS 8920 Desktop PC as a host
  • added 4gb of my own ddr4 memory that i found (don't know why i had ddr4, i don't own any ddr4 machines!)
  • ssd on pcieadapter for os
  • 3x 2tb hdd for zfs raid1 setup
• Installing proxmox
  • installed proxmox on ssd located on a pcie adapter card (not bootable by dell bios) and created usb boot drive to boot ssd
    • install proxmox using 'cli debug mode'--follow install path
    • at final 'restart' step, switch into cli (crt + alt + f3) and create bootable usb with proxmox-boot-tool
    • reboot
      • proxmox won't boot off sdd yet
    • at efi boot menu press 'e' and append following custom command rootdelay=10 root=/dev/mapper/pve-root and continue/enter
      • this edit is volatile and does not survive reboots
    • once proxmox booted add the following to /etc/kernel/cmdline
      • rootdelay=10 root=/dev/mapper/pve-root intel_iommu=on iommu=pt
      • note:
        • intel_iommu=on iommu=pt enables passing sata controller to vm (ie truenas)
        • BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/linux26 ro ramdisk_size=16777216 rw splash=verbose proxdebug -- can be omitted once proxmox installation has succeeded
    • run proxmox-boot-tool refresh to sync changes with usb drive
    • reboot and confirm changes with cat /proc/cmdline