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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…

pnguyenAugust 4, 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.…

pnguyenAugust 4, 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…

pnguyenAugust 3, 20263 min read
How to Add npm to the WordPress Docker Image
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How to Add npm to the WordPress Docker Image

If you need to add npm to the WordPress Docker image, don’t bother with the old Stack Overflow answers—they use apt-get and it’s all broken now. The official…

pnguyenJuly 14, 20263 min read
Fix ‘Must be connected to a terminal’ when attaching screen inside a Proxmox LXC container
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Fix ‘Must be connected to a terminal’ when attaching screen inside a Proxmox LXC container

Getting the “Must be connected to a terminal” error when you try screen -x inside a Proxmox LXC? It’s because pct exec doesn’t allocate a tty—you need to…

pnguyenJune 16, 20262 min read
Little Saigon quận Cam có còn là thủ đô của người Việt Nam tị nạn tại Mỹ?
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Little Saigon quận Cam có còn là thủ đô của người Việt Nam tị nạn tại Mỹ?

Vì không cạnh tranh đượcvới người gốc Đại Hàn, người Tàu sinh sống ở Los Angeles, nơi được xem là thành phố thiên thần, người Việt xuôi về…

pnguyenMay 25, 20265 min read
Is it possible to have a Proxmox VM image? Yes, here’s how
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Is it possible to have a Proxmox VM image? Yes, here’s how

Is it possible to have a Proxmox VM image? Yeah, you can import a prebuilt VM image directly into Proxmox using qm importdisk — it’s not as straightforward…

pnguyenMay 12, 20263 min read
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…

pnguyenApril 14, 20262 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…

pnguyenSeptember 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

Sharing TrueNAS Datasets with Unprivileged LXC Containers in Proxmox Tl;dr: you cannot mount or access the storage between Proxmox and TrueNAS? it’s because of the GUID and UID.…

pnguyenAugust 18, 20252 min read

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Delete Proxmox Cluster — the full cleanup the old guides skip

Delete Proxmox Cluster — the full cleanup the old guides skip

August 9, 2026
What Replaces SRM and vSphere Replication on Proxmox? ZFS replication and a little scripting

What Replaces SRM and vSphere Replication on Proxmox? ZFS replication and a little scripting

August 9, 2026
Proxmox Hypervisor Restarts itself — check logs and watchdog first

Proxmox Hypervisor Restarts itself — check logs and watchdog first

August 8, 2026
PBS Backup Host Outage: Evidence Checklist After a Kernel Update

PBS Backup Host Outage: Evidence Checklist After a Kernel Update

August 8, 2026
Fix LXC TTY Login Prompt Gibberish in Proxmox

Fix LXC TTY Login Prompt Gibberish in Proxmox

August 7, 2026

CapturedByNguyen

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

Technical

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

  • Delete Proxmox Cluster — the full cleanup the old guides skip
  • What Replaces SRM and vSphere Replication on Proxmox? ZFS replication and a little scripting
  • Proxmox Hypervisor Restarts itself — check logs and watchdog first
  • PBS Backup Host Outage: Evidence Checklist After a Kernel Update

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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