Running a Pop! OS VM in Proxmox VE

#PopOS #Proxmox #VirtualMachine

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0868.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. Download the Pop!_OS iso  https://linuxmint.com/download.php and upload it to the Proxmox ISO image library    05. Right click the Proxmox node name ≫ Create VM    06. Give the VM a unique ID and Name ≫ Next    07. On the OS tab, Select the Pop!_OS installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel ≫ Next    08. Leave the defaults on the System tab ≫ Next    09. On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 30 GiB or more ≫ Next    10. On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host ≫ Next    11. On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 ≫ Next    12. Leave the defaults on the Network tab ≫ Next    13. Verify the summary and click Finish    14. Right click the Pop!_OS VM in the left navigation pane ≫ Start    15. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu    16. Install Pop!_OS should start automatically, if it does not, click the Activities button ≫ Search install ≫ Select Install Pop!_OS    17. Choose a language ≫ Click Select ≫ Click Select    18. Select a keyboard layout ≫ Click Select ≫ Click Select    19. Click Clean Install ≫ Click Clean Install    20. Select the QEMU HARDDISK ≫ Click Erase and Install    21. Enter a full name and username ≫ Click Next    22. Enter and re-enter a password ≫ Click Next    23. Click Don't Encrypt    24. Wait while Pop! OS copies files and installs    25. When the installation completes click Restart Device    26. After the reboot, login using the username and password set earlier    27. Select a dock preference ≫ Click Next    28. Configure the Top Bar ≫ Click Next    29. Click Next, Next, then Select an Appearance ≫ Click Next    30. Choose to enable or disable Location Services ≫ Click Next    31. Select a time zone ≫ Click Next    32. Click Skip on the Connect Your Online Accounts screen    33. Click Start Using Pop!_OS    34. Welcome to Pop!_OS

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          # shutdown to complete setting up qemu guest agent          sudo shutdown now    03. Back in the Proxmox web UI, select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu ≫ Double click the CD/DVD drive ≫ Select Do not use any media ≫ Click OK    04. Select Options from the left sub-navigation menu    05. Double click QEMU Guest Agent ≫ Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box ≫ Click OK    06. Right click the Pop!_OS VM in the left navigation pane ≫ Start    07. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu  

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