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@JonathanVQP @kashwindayan, Here some findings. First, here is no e1000 rpm. The Linux e1000 ethernet functionality comes with the Linux kernel, see [4.0/SPECS/linux](https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/4.0/SPECS/linux) e.g. in config_esx ``` CONFIG_E1000=m CONFIG_E1000E=m ```...

edited: a recovered Photon OS vm typically needs maintenance e.g. [reset the root password](https://vmware.github.io/photon/docs/troubleshooting-guide/solutions-to-common-problems/resetting-a-lost-root-password/). Did you already try [boot in emergency mode](https://vmware.github.io/photon/docs/troubleshooting-guide/solutions-to-common-problems/boot-in-emergency-mode/) ? For debug information, in Kernel cmdline add...

@JonathanVQP If the issue is reproducible, please provide vm vmware.log + Photon OS journal log. edited: Is the vm configured with usb controller + passthru of an usb media +...

I was curious about btrfs and have tried installing btrfs manually. ``` tdnf install -y wget tar xmlto asciidoc3 e2fsprogs-devel zlib zstd lzo unzip i2c-tools-devel zlib-devel wget https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/archive/refs/heads/master.zip unzip master.zip...

fyi Tested on slipstreamed photon-4.0-bff8291af.iso, photon-os-installer custom partitioning allows btrfs.

see package [openssl](https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/SPECS/openssl/openssl.spec)

fyi full automatic updates (`tdnf install tdnf-automatic`) e.g. on minimal installation first must be configured. There were some issues in the past (#1185, #1244) though. +1 confirm the self-compiled builds...

fyi (https://github.com/vmware/photon/commit/bff8291af70c1a7a3093a7c0393bdc90e42cc1ec) fixed the issue mentioned

fyi tdnf https://github.com/vmware/photon/issues/964

for open source Photon OS, see https://github.com/vmware/photon/issues/1401