Help with Installing Proxmox on Linux Mint

[VMhomebox]

As much as I would love to ditch Windows, I strill need to use it for a very few things.

Right now I am running a few Windows 11 VM's on Gen 4 Intel boxes under a proxmox install and I am happy with how they are running, but I need to have one running on a laptop that I can take with me.

First, is there another application I can restore a Proxmox VM on and use it on a local system with a non-server OS or what is the bbest way to install Proxmox VE on Linux Mint.

I have tried virt-manager and that left me with a non bootable VM, as for following Debian 12 Bookworm, I get an error.

Any advice?

 

[leesteken]

Proxmox VE (8.x) only works on Debian (12). Maybe something like this would work for you: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/developer-workstation-proxmox-ve-8-with-cinnamon-lmde6.133736/

 

[VMhomebox]

Proxmox VE (8.x) only works on Debian (12). Maybe something like this would work for you: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/developer-workstation-proxmox-ve-8-with-cinnamon-lmde6.133736/

With that I would be duel booting Mint and Proxmox.

 

[leesteken]

With that I would be duel booting Mint and Proxmox.

Proxmox does not work well with dual boot. I though the tutorial is about installing Proxmox as the only OS on the system and adding the Cinnamon desktop environment on top of it, which is a bit like https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11 .

 

[VMhomebox]

Proxmox does not work well with dual boot. I though the tutorial is about installing Proxmox as the only OS on the system and adding the Cinnamon desktop environment on top of it, which is a bit like https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11 .

I don't suppose offhand if you know of any applications that work with the proxmox images?

 

[leesteken]

I don't suppose offhand if you know of any applications that work with the proxmox images?

It's QEMU/KVM under the hood (see qm showcmd), so maybe that works (but it may depend on other Proxmox specific infrastructure). Maybe other virtualization technologies have imports for Proxmox? QEMU can convert images to vmdk for example and probably more. Maybe install Proxmox on another laptop or maybe a mini-PC (lots about them on the forum) if you don't need to run it from battery (as Proxmox is managed remotely)? Sorry, I don't have any simple solution for and no experience with this. I thought that installing Proxmox on the laptop might work for you but maybe someone else here knows a way to achieve what you want.

EDIT: Install any virtualization software that you like on your laptop and run Proxmox inside a VM (this only requires nested virtualization support)?

 

[VMhomebox]

It's QEMU/KVM under the hood (see qm showcmd), so maybe that works (but it may depend on other Proxmox specific infrastructure). Maybe other virtualization technologies have imports for Proxmox? QEMU can convert images to vmdk for example and probably more. Maybe install Proxmox on another laptop or maybe a mini-PC (lots about them on the forum) if you don't need to run it from battery (as Proxmox is managed remotely)? Sorry, I don't have any simple solution for and no experience with this. I thought that installing Proxmox on the laptop might work for you but maybe someone else here knows a way to achieve what you want.

EDIT: Install any virtualization software that you like on your laptop and run Proxmox inside a VM (this only requires nested virtualization support)?

To be honest, since my last post, I have been digging through my laptops, I think I found one can run Proxmox on for only Windows 11.

 

[louie1961]

You could go with nested virtualization. Instead of installing Proxmox on Mint. Install a type II hypervisor like Virtualbox, Virtual Machine manager, etc. Then you can create a virtual machine and spin up Proxmox inside of it.