diff --git a/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh b/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh
index 6c9ce4e..34d99e6 100755
--- a/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh
+++ b/scripts/proxmox/create-proxmox-resource.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ platform_prefix="lxc"
 [[ -z "$cores" ]] && cores="$PROXMOX_DEFAULT_CORES"
 [[ -z "$memory" ]] && memory="$PROXMOX_DEFAULT_MEMORY_MB"
 
+if [[ "$type" == "vm" && -n "$disk_size" ]]; then
+  echo "WARNING: --disk-size is LXC-only for create mode and is ignored for VMs." >&2
+  echo "  VM disk size comes from proxmoxImageSize in variables.nix (currently ${disk_size}G was requested)." >&2
+  echo "  To expand after creation, use: --modify --vmid <n> --grow-disk <GB>" >&2
+fi
+
 # --- discover / resolve the flake target from --host --------------------
 # Emits "<target>\t<hostName>" pairs for every ${platform_prefix}-* flake
 # target -- the one source both --list and the --host lookup below read
@@ -896,7 +902,7 @@ else
   else
     importdisk_output="$(ssh "$ssh_target" "${sudo_prefix} qm importdisk ${vmid} ${remote_path} ${storage}")"
     echo "$importdisk_output"
-    disk_id="$(echo "$importdisk_output" | grep -oP "(?<=Successfully imported disk as ')[^']+" | sed 's/^unused[0-9]*://')"
+    disk_id="$(echo "$importdisk_output" | grep -ioP "(?<=successfully imported disk as ')[^']+" | sed 's/^unused[0-9]*://')"
     if [[ -z "$disk_id" ]]; then
       echo "ERROR: couldn't parse the imported disk identifier from qm importdisk's output above." >&2
       echo "The VM shell (${vmid}) and imported disk both exist -- finish attaching it by hand:" >&2