Running a Debian 12 Bookworm VM in Proxmox VE

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0191.html

   01. Log into the Proxmox web UI    02. Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to    03. Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane    04. If running Proxmox 6, download the Debian 12 iso  https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/bookworm_di_alpha2/amd64/iso-dvd/ and upload it to the Proxmox ISO image library    05. If running Proxmox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above ≫ Click Query URL ≫ Click Download    06. Right click the Proxmox node name ≫ Create VM    07. Give the VM a unique ID and Name ≫ Next    08. On the OS tab, Select the Debian 12 installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel ≫ Next    09. Leave the defaults on the System tab ≫ Next    10. On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 16 GiB or more ≫ Next    11. On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host ≫ Next    12. On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 ≫ Next    13. Leave the defaults on the Network tab ≫ Next    14. Verify the summary and click Finish    15. Right click the Debian 12 VM in the left navigation pane ≫ Start    16. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu    17. When the install dialog displays press Enter to select Graphical Install    18. Select a language ≫ Click Continue    19. Select a Location ≫ Click Continue    20. Select a keyboard layout ≫ Click Continue    21. Enter a hostname for the VM ≫ Click Continue    22. Enter a Domain name or leave it empty ≫ Click Continue    23. Leave the root password empty ≫ Click Continue    24. Enter the full name for the new user ≫ Click Continue    25. Enter the username for the new user ≫ Click Continue    26. Enter and confirm a password for the new user ≫ Click Continue    27. Select a timezone ≫ Click Continue    28. Select Guided - user entire disk ≫ Click Continue    29. Select the QEMU HARDDISK ≫ Click Continue    30. Select All files in one partition ≫ Click Continue    31. Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk ≫ Click Continue    32. Select Yes to confirm writing the changes ≫ Click Continue    33. Wait for Debian to copy and install files    34. When prompted, select Yes to enable a network apt mirror ≫ Click Continue    35. Select a country to use for the apt mirror ≫ Click Continue    36. Select a mirror from the list ≫ Click Continue    37. Setup a HTTP proxy if necessary ≫ Click Continue    38. Choose if you want to participate in package usage survey ≫ Click Continue    39. Select the optional software to install ≫ Click Continue    40. Select Yes to install GRUB ≫ Click Continue    41. Select /dev/sda for the boot loader location ≫ Click Continue    42. After the bootloader is installed select reboot to finish the installation    43. Log in using the username and password created during the installation    44. Welcome to Debian 12

Optional Steps

   01. Launch a terminal window    02. Run the following commands          # update software repositories          sudo apt update          # install qemu guest agent          sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y          # enable and start the qemu-guest-agent service          sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent --now    03. A subsequent reboot is required to complete the guest agent installation  

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