Comment on Proxmox vs. Debian: Running media server on older hardware
Ferawyn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Proxmox is Debian. :-) I do always suggest installing Debian first, and then installing Proxmox on top. This allows you to properly set up your disks, and networking as needed, as the Proxmox installer is a bit limited: pve.proxmox.com/…/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12… Once you have it up and running, have a look at the CT Templates. There’s a whole set of pre-configured templates from TurnkeyLinux (again, debian+) that make it trivial to set up all kinds of services in lightweight LXC Containers.
I do always suggest installing Debian first, and then installing Proxmox on top.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Proxmox it’s own OS unto itself? What would be the advantage of installing Proxmox ‘on top of’ Debian when it’s Debian already as you pointed out?
You have some options that aren’t in the installer e.g. full disk encryption
hmmmm. Wouldn’t you have to remove the Debian kernal and use the Proxmox kernal? Sorry, not trying to be obtuse, I just have never installed Proxmox ‘on top’ of Debian. I always opted for the clean install.
Yes, but that’s a supported way to install Proxmox.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I would just install Proxmox since it is way easier
Also last time I checked the Debian installer didn’t support ZFS