Subj : Re: proxmox server hardware
To   : Granville Errol Casey, Jr
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Aug 28 2024 06:53:00

-=> Granville Errol Casey, Jr wrote to paulie420 <=-

 GEJ> Have you made images of "original" OS, before installing proxmox? I
 GEJ> don't have a windows machine; but it looks like most of the NUC and
 GEJ> USFF servers have windows on them.

 A lot of machines nowadays have the Windows key stored somewhere, so
 you don't need to keep the original install. Download the ISO from
 Microsoft, install from that, and it'll read the Window key
 automatically.

 GEJ> the image in a vm . I believe proxbox installs as a debian installation
 GEJ> right ?

Yes - Proxmox is essentially Debian, kvm and QEMU with some other
features and a nice GUI.

There's a process called P2V (Physical to Virtual) where you can copy a
physical machine to a virtual guest:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Advanced_Migration_Techniques_to_Proxmox_VE



 
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