New proxmox VM does not boot

When adding a new VM (in this example the nextcloud appliance VM from https://www.hanssonit.se/nextcloud-vm/) to an old version of proxmox like version 6 (debian 10), the VM might not boot and stay stuck showing Booting from Hard Disk ...

Booting from Hard Disk ...

Solution

 

  1. Update your proxmox system, e.g. from version 6 (debian 10 - "buster") to promox version 7 (debian 11 - "bullseye"), see https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_6.x_to_7.0
  2. Import the VM again and start it


 

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