Can I uninstall Proxmox and keep the underlying debian install

[mighty]

Hi,

I installed Proxmox years and years ago and have been using it as combination FileServer with SMB and Hypervisor but I no longer need the Hypervisor as I have moved everything to docker containers and thought I might remove the extra complexity. Is it possible to remove just Proxmox leaving everything else intact or am I better of just leaving it dormant as is? This was a direct Proxmox ISO install not proxmox over debian.

 

[LnxBil]

First, you need to install a debian kernel and boot it. After that you can just look for pve-prefixed packages and remove them. You then can look at ophaned dependency packages by e.g. deborphan and deinstall them too.

 

[mighty]

First, you need to install a debian kernel and boot it. After that you can just look for pve-prefixed packages and remove them. You then can look at ophaned dependency packages by e.g. deborphan and deinstall them too.

Thanks, How will removing the proxmox kernel effect my ZFS pools etc?

 

[LnxBil]

Thanks, How will removing the proxmox kernel effect my ZFS pools etc?

It'll break them. You need to install dkms, kernel-headers and the zfs module sources from non-free and compile them.

 

[mighty]

It'll break them. You need to install dkms, kernel-headers and the zfs module sources from non-free and compile them.

Thanks, seems like it might be more effort and risk than it is worth.

 

[LnxBil]

Thanks, seems like it might be more effort and risk than it is worth.

That depends, but I'd suggest you clone your OS into a VM and try to run it as long as you don't run into errors and then do it on your main machine.