XCP-ng 8.3 and Dell R660 - crash during boot, halts remainder of installer process (bnxt_en?)
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Thanks for your feedback @umbradark
Let me reping the @Team-OS-Platform-Release so we can think about a good strategy to reduce the needed steps
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@olivierlambert Thanks so much for the quick response and for looping in the Team-OS-Platform-Release folks — I really appreciate it.
I’d be more than happy to test an updated installer ISO if one is released. There’s a good chance I’ll be setting up at least one more R660 with the same hardware configuration in the near future, so this would be a perfect opportunity to validate the fix.
Thanks again for all your help and attention on this.
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I'm going to build an updated installer with an updated
bnxt_endriver, as more and more servers require it. -
We are in the process of commissioning a batch of R770 with this broadcom nic.
@stormi , has a new installer been made available?
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@thomasp I'm struggling so much to find the time to do it, and my colleagues are equally busy, but I'll try to make it happen this week!
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The installer is built. We are testing it, then we will be able to provide it to you so you can test it in turn.
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Hi! We have an updated installer for you in https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/12/18/december-2025-security-and-maintenance-updates-for-xcp-ng-8-3-lts/ !
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Let us know if you have any issue with it. It's OK on our side, but I'll wait for some time before making is the new default download.
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@stormi said in XCP-ng 8.3 and Dell R660 - crash during boot, halts remainder of installer process (bnxt_en?):
Hi! We have an updated installer for you in https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/12/18/december-2025-security-and-maintenance-updates-for-xcp-ng-8-3-lts/ !
If I am reading it right, the link is to the 20250606 installer. Have you replaced the 20250606 iso with an updated one with the same June date in the name or did you intend to link a 20251218 iso?
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@dcskinner That was a mistake. Thanks for your vigilance, it's fixed!
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The name is
xcp-ng-8.3.0-20250606.2.isobecause it's the same update level as back then... Only with two updated drivers. -
Great! Thanks! I will test it out on my Dell R7525 hosts this afternoon.
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@dcskinner The correct link is: xcp-ng-8.3.0-20250606.2.iso
@olivierlambert The December 2025 blog post has the wrong link...
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@Andrew had the wrong link. I fixed it as soon as it was mentioned.
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@stormi The new installer boots fine on my systems. I was able to update my hosts from 8.2.1 to 8.3. Huzzah!
Thanks for all the hard work!
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Yes!! Congrats for everyone (including you for the feedback @dcskinner !)
