How do I remove proxmox?

[makalister]

Hi,

After several trys with proxmox I'm not been able to configure it correctly. I follow up many tutorials but result was always different from tutorials and couldn't ever configure and mount disks correctly. So finally I decided to remove proxmox and install another SO. I burn an USB with debian, change BIOS to boot USB disk first, but when I reboot to install debian, computer always runs proxmox. How can I remove completly proxmox?

Thanks and regards

 

[budy]

Despite that's a bit surprising, that you having such issues with proxmox, the answer depends a bit on how you installed proxmox. Did you use the PVE install, or did you install proxmox on top of another base disto, e.g. Debian, Ubuntu…

And before pulling the trigger on proxmox… did you ask for help on this forum? I am experienced with VMWare, Oracle VM and - lately - with Proxmox and I must admit, that I am liking Proxmox actually the best.

 

[makalister]

Hi

I used the PVE install. My idea was to virtualise other SO under proxmox.

Yes i asked, for help. There is really helpful people but can't find any sollution.

i also heard that proxmox is much better than vmware or virtual box, but actually as i cant run it correctly i have to go back to other SO

 

[makalister]

Any guide to configure and mount disks please???

 

[BobhWasatch]

Does the Debian USB boot on another computer? That would be the first thing to check.

 

[makalister]

Does the Debian USB boot on another computer? That would be the first thing to check.

You were right. itried on another computer an didn't work...

Before giving up, any guide for disk config and mount

 

[inxsible]

Before giving up, any guide for disk config and mount

That depends on what you want to do.

You can add a NFS storage or create local storage. You can choose to use ZFS or simply use LVM. Describe what you want to do and someone can guide you.

There isn't a "One size fits all" when it comes to any server configuration.

 

[makalister]

Hi,
I want to add an storage to locate iso files and use these files to virtualize a few operative systems... I think best could be LVM, isn't it?

Regards

 

[budy]

What about first lining up your setup and then let us see, how can get you to achieve, what you want?

 

[Dominic]

Hi!

When you install Proxmox VE with the official ISO file the installer will create two storages as default on your disk:

• local: This storage is of type Directory. That makes it suitable to upload other ISOs, for example those for your other operating systems.
• local-lvm: This storage is of type LVM-Thin and thus suitable to hold your virtual machines.

You might have to skip some information for advanced use cases, but the most reliable source of information is the Proxmox VE reference documentation. Of course, it contains a chapter about installing Proxmox VE. To begin with, I suggest you use the defaults and ignore information like "Advanced ZFS Configuration Options".

As soon as your installation is running, you can (in the resource tree on the left) click on your storage "local"->Content and then use the "Upload" button to get your ISO files from your local computer to your Proxmox VE host.

 

[makalister]

What about first lining up your setup and then let us see, how can get you to achieve, what you want?

This is the setup i used:

#cfdisk /dev/sdb

#pvcreate /dev/sdb1

#vgcreate Disco1b /dev/sdb1



On datacenter, I added the disc as LVM



#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

#cd /

#mkdir isos

#mount –t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /isos

 

[budy]

Really? You first created a LVM on /dev/sdb and then afterwards formatted it as ext4? If you created a LVM volume you'd need to format the LV with ext4, not the partiton, this is bound to go wrong.

I'd assumed something like

mkfs.ext4 /dev/<VG>/<LV> instead of /dev/sdb1