{"id":1854,"date":"2026-09-21T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:51:13","slug":"proxmox-unable-to-install-initramfs-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/proxmox-unable-to-install-initramfs-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Proxmox &#8220;Unable to Install Initramfs&#8221; Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIChAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_I_Fixed_the_Proxmox_%E2%80%9CUnable_to_Install_Initramfs%E2%80%9D_Error_on_an_MSI_Z97_Motherboard\"><\/span><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">How I Fixed the Proxmox &#8220;Unable to Install Initramfs&#8221; Error on an MSI Z97 Motherboard<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong><!--TgQPHd|||[]--><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/proxmox-unable-to-install-initramfs-error\/#How_I_Fixed_the_Proxmox_%E2%80%9CUnable_to_Install_Initramfs%E2%80%9D_Error_on_an_MSI_Z97_Motherboard\" >How I Fixed the Proxmox &#8220;Unable to Install Initramfs&#8221; Error on an MSI Z97 Motherboard<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAICxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">I recently tried installing the latest <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">Proxmox VE 9.2.1<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> on my trusty <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><span data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><a id=\"pvlink8IGxaoP3B5qA5OMP7sKygQc_w590y6_1\" class=\"SmjhRb bqYA2d\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?ibp=oshop&amp;prds=pvt:hg,pvo:29,mid:576462897988603129,imageDocid:9724883405527609685,gpcid:6038016899654456882,headlineOfferDocid:1383808013925954074,catalogid:10913733167492109062,productDocid:13639694148495523462,rds:PC_6038016899654456882%7CPROD_PC_6038016899654456882&amp;q=product&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiDr8nnsICXAxUaAHkGHW6hLHAQxa4PegYIAAgLEAE\" data-cid=\"13639694148495523462\" data-pid=\"1383808013925954074\" data-iid=\"9724883405527609685\" data-link-behavior=\"nocobrowse\" aria-describedby=\"pvlink-desc-8IGxaoP3B5qA5OMP7sKygQc_w590y6_2\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiDr8nnsICXAxUaAHkGHW6hLHAQxa4PegYIAAgLEAE\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; 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First, the installer flat out crashed with an <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">unable to install initramfs<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code> error.<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/div>\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">To fix it, I had to dig through the absolute dumbest BIOS layout in existence. On this motherboard, <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">Secure Boot<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/strong> is completely hidden. I had to go to <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">Settings \u2794 Advanced \u2794 Windows OS Configuration<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code>, turn on the <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">Windows 8\/8.1 Feature<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code>, and only <em class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">then<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/em> did the secret Secure Boot submenu pop up so I could finally disable it.<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">I wiped the disk and tried again, but immediately hit a new roadblock: <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">installation of package pve-i18n... failed<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code>. It turns &#8220;out the modern Proxmox kernel sends power management and queuing commands that older Z97 SATA controllers just can&#8217;t keep up with, causing the target drive to drop offline mid-installation.&#8221; Source less claim, tiss a theory AI suggested.<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/div>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">The ultimate fix? I bypassed the hardware&#8217;s native command queuing entirely. At the Proxmox boot menu, I pressed <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">e<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code> to edit the installer parameters, found the <code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">linux<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/code> boot line, and appended these specific kernel safe-flags to the very end of it:<\/div>\n<div class=\"r1PmQe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-wiz-uids=\"PE6tTc_2a,PE6tTc_29\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 4px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">\n<div data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">\n<div class=\"pHpOfb\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">\n<div class=\"pCTyYe\" dir=\"ltr\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">\n<pre data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 14px 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><code data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><span class=\"undefined\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">intel_iommu=on iommu=pt libata.force=noncq pci=nomsi\r\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LIBz9e\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 3px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiDr8nnsICXAxUaAHkGHW6hLHAQh9gSegYIAAgPEAI\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">I hit <\/span><code class=\"KDcb0c\" dir=\"ltr\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid rgb(44, 46, 53);\">Ctrl + X<\/code><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> to boot, and the installation finally sailed right through without a single hiccup. If you are struggling with a modern Proxmox install on older Intel hardware, force these flags at boot\u2014it will save your sanity!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/div>\n<div class=\"AHmQrc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\">\n<div class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEhAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(232, 234, 242);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How I Fixed the Proxmox &#8220;Unable to Install Initramfs&#8221; Error on an MSI Z97 Motherboard I recently tried installing the latest Proxmox VE 9.2.1 on my trusty MSI Z97 PC Mate motherboard, and it turned into an absolute nightmare. First, the installer flat out crashed with an unable to install initramfs error. To fix it, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2026\/09\/21\/proxmox-unable-to-install-initramfs-error\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Proxmox &#8220;Unable to Install Initramfs&#8221; Error&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[105,83,461],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hypervisors","category-server-administration","tag-error","tag-install","tag-pve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions\/1855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}