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Proxmox Stuck at ‘Loading Initial Ramdisk’: Diagnosis and Fix
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Proxmox Stuck at ‘Loading Initial Ramdisk’: Diagnosis and Fix

A Proxmox install freezing at ‘Loading initial ramdisk’ is almost always a kernel graphics handoff problem—add nomodeset or i915.modeset=0 to the GRUB command line and the boot will…

NguyenApril 14, 20262 min read
VM processes stall when rebooting adjacent node — fix it in a two-node Proxmox cluster
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VM processes stall when rebooting adjacent node — fix it in a two-node Proxmox cluster

VM processes stall when rebooting an adjacent node in a two-node Proxmox cluster because of corosync quorum loss and fence delays. Here’s how to fix it without just…

NguyenApril 2, 20263 min read
Proxmox LVM Cache Thin Provisioning — Make It Actually Work
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Proxmox LVM Cache Thin Provisioning — Make It Actually Work

Setting up NVMe LVM cache with thin provisioning in Proxmox is a damn mess if you follow the scattered forum threads. The docs never combine cache and thin…

NguyenMarch 19, 20263 min read
Fix Beszel Agent Reporting Host RAM in LXC Containers
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Fix Beszel Agent Reporting Host RAM in LXC Containers

Agents on LXC containers show RAM usage of the Proxmox host instead of the container itself — it’s reading /proc/meminfo and getting the host’s numbers. Annoying, but fixable:…

NguyenMarch 5, 20263 min read
Proxmox with multiple IP same subnet — just add it to the bridge
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Proxmox with multiple IP same subnet — just add it to the bridge

Proxmox with multiple IP same subnet is dead simple — you just slap the extra IP onto the bridge interface in /etc/network/interfaces. No VLANs, no routing tricks, no…

NguyenFebruary 19, 20262 min read
How to Resize a Linux Container in Proxmox
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How to Resize a Linux Container in Proxmox

How to resize a Linux container in Proxmox: use pct resize, not the old lvextend crap that can corrupt your storage. It’s dead simple once you know the…

NguyenFebruary 5, 20263 min read
Proxmox get VM IP address without guest agent
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Proxmox get VM IP address without guest agent

Proxmox get VM IP address is a pain when the guest agent isn’t installed or the VM uses DHCP. The GUI shows nothing and the docs are useless.…

NguyenJanuary 22, 20262 min read
Fixing Proxmox USB Installer Failures on Current Versions
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Fixing Proxmox USB Installer Failures on Current Versions

When you get an install proxmox from usb device error, the fix is usually a bad write, wrong mode, or UEFI hiccup—not a broken ISO. Re-write the USB…

NguyenJanuary 8, 20263 min read
How to fix upgrading windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro error (0x803FA071 – 0xC004F069 – 0x80070490)
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How to fix upgrading windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro error (0x803FA071 – 0xC004F069 – 0x80070490)

  Long story short, I wanted to update to Windows 11 Pro so I can remote access into my computer without using any third party application. But, I…

NguyenSeptember 2, 20251 min read
Sharing TrueNAS Datasets with Unprivileged LXC Containers in Proxmox for Plex/Jellyfin
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Sharing TrueNAS Datasets with Unprivileged LXC Containers in Proxmox for Plex/Jellyfin

Tl;dr: you cannot mount or access the storage between Proxmox and TrueNAS? it’s because of the GUID and UID. Took me almost 3 days to read the instruction…

NguyenAugust 18, 20252 min read

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VPS Crashing on Proxmox: Diagnose It with qemu-server and LXC Logs

VPS Crashing on Proxmox: Diagnose It with qemu-server and LXC Logs

September 24, 2026
Uploading certificates caused access issues: fix Proxmox pveproxy user ownership

Uploading certificates caused access issues: fix Proxmox pveproxy user ownership

September 23, 2026
Enterprise iSCSI support in PVE: multipath and CHAP with a TrueNAS target

Enterprise iSCSI support in PVE: multipath and CHAP with a TrueNAS target

September 23, 2026
Can’t Access Proxmox Web GUI: Fix It Fast

Can’t Access Proxmox Web GUI: Fix It Fast

September 22, 2026
No SSH and GUI Access on Proxmox: Recover from the Console

No SSH and GUI Access on Proxmox: Recover from the Console

September 22, 2026
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CapturedByNguyen

Notes on running a homelab, and on a country I left. Written by Nguyen in California.

Technical

Homelab, Proxmox, self-hosting — what broke, and what actually fixed it.

  • VPS Crashing on Proxmox: Diagnose It with qemu-server and LXC Logs
  • Uploading certificates caused access issues: fix Proxmox pveproxy user ownership
  • Enterprise iSCSI support in PVE: multipath and CHAP with a TrueNAS target
  • Can’t Access Proxmox Web GUI: Fix It Fast

Personal

Vietnam, the years since, and the things worth writing down.

  • Little Saigon quận Cam có còn là thủ đô của người Việt Nam tị nạn tại Mỹ?
  • A Journey Back in Time: Revisiting My Middle School (Hai Ba Trung)
  • Tản mạn về cuộc sống (2024)
  • Dịa chỉ chợ trái cây ở Florida (Clearwater, Miami, Destin)

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