Installing Proxmox VE on a Mac Pro

[hisaltesse]

so far it looks like all I had to do was to manually create the template and cache directories.

 

[tom]

so far it looks like all I had to do was to manually create the template and cache directories.

yes, you need to do this manually

 

[jcanodk]

To initialize it I used the command:

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
e
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-91201, default 1): 
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-91201, default 91201): 
Using default value 91201

You also need to create a partition inside the extended partition.
I would just create a primary partition and then:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1

I guess everything will be ok then

 

[dietmar]

The main reason for me doing this because if the main os fails I would like to be able to restore it, remount just the vz drive and be back to normal.

You should use a HW Raid controller instead.

 

[hisaltesse]

No luck with the hardware RAID controller on the Mac Pro

No luck with the hardware RAID controller on the Mac Pro.
It looks like only Mac OS X can use the Mac hardware RAID controller and other vendor's Mac compatible RAID controllers would only be compatible with Mac OS X and work with that OS only.

When it comes to running a NON-Mac OS (e.g. Debian) on the Mac, so far I am not aware of any RAID controller that would work because the Mac uses EFI firmware unlike non-mac hardware that us BIOS.