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alenguav

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I was thinking of doing the following procedure to install PROXMOX in a core i7 laptop, do you think it feasible?
My final goal is to have a PROXMOX lab test

1. Install proxmox in full disk (the laptop has a 1 TB hard disk)
2. Repartition the hard disk and assign 500GB to proxmox and keep 500GB for windows 7 in case we need to use the laptop for other purposes.
3. Setup dual boot so we can choose to boot from PROXMOX or Windows 7
 
Hi,

I have already a dualboot on my server (win10 + debian). Win 10 is there just for testing purpose, the Debain is running everything. So far I was happy with this setup - multiple docker containers, some VMs (KVM), etc. My next goal is to test available options to virtualize some "company environment" (routers/firewalls/servers). In order to do so I dont wanna destroy my existing dualboot and especially Debian setup. What I would like to accomplish is to add Proxmox VE to the dualboot options - install it on separate SSD and test all its capabilities.

Here are my concerns if somebody can spare a moment:
  1. Will it add to the boot options if I install ProxmoxVE on separate SSD from the ISO file you provide? Or are there some necessary tweaks in order to have functioning "triple boot".
  2. If I am satisfied with the Proxmox VE, will I be able to import existing Debian install from the LV it is installed on? Probably know the answer.. but just to confirm.
  3. Does Proxmox VE allow to pass-through resources to the VM? For the CPU - so called host pass-through and the GPU pass-through. For the most of my VMs I would like to share whole CPU as is - so the VMs see it directly and can share its all resources.
  4. Will ProxmoxVE work without dedicated graphic card? I have 2 dedicated Graphic Cards - CPU doesn't provide any. First one Nvidia Quadro is meant for the main Linux system hosting all the dockers containers - it will process all the transcoding stuff for the media center inside. The second dedicated Nvidia is for Gaming on TV - via GPU pass-through to the Win10 VM.
  5. Can I configure graphic card (nvidia quadro in this case) resources per VMs as it is possible with CPU?
  6. Can I do the complete GPU share as with CPU (so called host pass-through)?

Thanks for anybody taking time in responding this questions. Appreciate, Michal
 
Hi,

for the next time please open a new thread and do not use old ones.

Grub and systemd boot are capable to load also Windows. But this is not supported by Proxmox.

MacGyver27 said:
If I am satisfied with the Proxmox VE, will I be able to import existing Debian install from the LV it is installed on?
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Yes, you can. dd or qemu-img can do this.

You can share CPU over multiple VM/CT this is the basic idea of virtualization.
Shared GPU is only working with GPU witch is capable to expose a GPU as a function.
This feature is normally available at the most expensive Enterprise GPU.

But a single GPU can PCIe passthrough to a VM [1]

MacGyver27 said:
Can I configure graphic card (nvidia quadro in this case) resources per VMs as it is possible with CPU?
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It depends on the Model and the license(NVIDIA) you got.


1.) https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Pci_passthrough
 
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