Comment on Fresh Proxmox install w/ full disk encryption—so install Debian first, then Proxmox on top?

terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Proxmox is based on Debian, but its installer does not offer you as many options as the base Debian installer. People figured out you can just install debian with your prefered settings and then just slap the proxmox packages on top.

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Because it says to do so?

  Proxmox uses Debian as the OS and for several scenarios it says do Debian to get that done and just add the proxmox software. It’s managing qemu kvm on the normal Debian kernel…

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• sj_zero ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I had to do it for my atom d2550s because of the odd hybrid x86/x86-64 systems they are. I had to install what ended up being linux mint debian edition 5 because that was the best way to get an OS on the odd bootloader system for various reasons, then upgraded to 6 to get to the latest debian, then I installed proxmox and removed all the debian stuff.

  What do I do with something as weak as a pair of D2550s? Don't you worry about that. I've found uses for both. :P

  It's an unusual use case, but it's one reason you might need to install debian before proxmox.