[TUTORIAL] How to install Zabbly Kernel (6.9.3 and higher) with optional ZFS

[Der Harry]

WARNING 1: This is for nerds or testing.

WARNING 2: Zabbly is no official Debian nor an official Proxmox project

-> this is always bleeding edge software <-
-> it might be a bad idea to use a very new kernel with a very old Proxmox version <-

What you will get:

- always new "stable" kernels!
- https://github.com/zabbly/linux
- https://github.com/zabbly/zfs

Zabbly is the vanilla Linus Torwalds Kernel. No Debian patches. No Ubuntu patches. No Proxmox Patches. (which is either cool or bad for you!)

(ZFS is optional)




WARNING 3: Read WARNING 1 and 2

Kernel install

mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc -o /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc

sh -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-kernel-stable.sources
Enabled: yes
Types: deb
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/kernel/stable
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_CODENAME})
Components: main
Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc

EOF'

apt-get update
apt-get install linux-zabbly

Pin Kernel (optional)

Find available zabbly kernels

ls /boot/vmlinuz*zabbly*
/boot/vmlinuz-6.9.3-zabbly+

Pin the kernel you got as bootkernel (You might have a more recent version - 6.9.3 is an example)

proxmox-boot-tool kernel add 6.9.3-zabbly+
proxmox-boot-tool kernel pin 6.9.3-zabbly+

ZFS install (optional)

WARNING 4: This will replace pve zfs userspace tools with more recent zabbly versions.

sh -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-kernel-stable.sources
Enabled: yes
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/kernel/stable
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_CODENAME})
Components: zfs
Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc

EOF'

apt-get update
apt-get install openzfs-zfsutils openzfs-zfs-dkms openzfs-zfs-initramfs

Reboot.

Now you are:

1. happy or
2. your system is broken

 

[mac.linux.free]

I tested it. For now I am happy with it.

 

[Kingneutron]

Why would I ever want to do this if my goal is to have a stable hypervisor? Debian and Ubuntu patch their kernels for a reason.

Kernel 6.8 is enough of a s--tshow without trying "bleeding edge"

 

[Der Harry]

Why would I ever want to do this if my goal is to have a stable hypervisor? Debian and Ubuntu patch their kernels for a reason.

ok.