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            <h1>Running an ARM64 VM in ProxMox VE</h1>
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          <p>DISCLAIMER: While running ARM64 architecture VMs on Proxmox works, the performance is not on par with what it would be on a baremetal ARM device. In this example I&#39;ll be installing Debian 11 AARCH64 in Proxmox running on Intel x64 based hardware.</p>

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	<li>Log into the ProxMox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>If running ProxMox 6, download the Debian ARM64 iso <a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current/arm64/iso-cd/debian-11.1.0-arm64-netinst.iso" target="_blank">Download</a> and upload it to the ProxMox ISO image library</li>
	<li>If on ProxMox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above &gt; Click Query URL &gt; Click Download</li>
	<li>Right click the ProxMox node name &gt; Create VM</li>
	<li>Type DebianARM64 in the name field set the VM ID to 164 (unless 164 is in use) &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Set the Type to Linux, Version to 5.x - 2.6 Kernel and select Do not use any media &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the System tab set the BIOS for OVMF (UEFI), Uncheck the Add EFI Disk checkbox &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Hard Disk tab, set the Storage device and Disk size to 16 (adjust as needed) &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab, set the number Cores to 2 (adjust as needed) &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 2048 (adjust as needed) &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>Select the DebianARM64 VM in the left navigation pane</li>
	<li>Select Hardware from the left navigation sub-menu</li>
	<li>Click on the CD/DVD Drive to select it &gt; Click Remove at the top of the main content area &gt; Click Yes to confirm</li>
	<li>Click Add &gt; Serial Port &gt; Leave the Port Number 0 &gt; Click Add</li>
	<li>Click Add &gt; Select CD/DVD Drive &gt; Set the Bus/Device to SCSI &gt; Select the Storage device where the Debian ARM64 iso is uploaded &gt; Select the uploaded Debian ARM64 iso &gt; Click Create</li>
	<li>Double click Display to edit it &gt; Set the Graphic card value to Serial terminal 0 &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left navigation sub-menu</li>
	<li>Double click Boot order to edit it &gt; Drag/drop the SCSI2 device (where the Debian iso is attached) to the top of the list &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the ProxMox node name &gt; Console</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in the terminal
	<div class="codeBlock CMD"># edit the VM conf file, change 164 to the VM ID for the DebianARM64 VM<br />
	nano /etc/pve/qemu-server/164.conf</div>
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	<li>Add the following line to the bottom of the .conf file:
	<p>arch: aarch64</p>
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	<li>Find the line starting with vmgenid: and comment it out by adding a # to the beginning of the line</li>
	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to the conf file</li>
	<li>Back in the Proxmox web UI, select the DebianARM64 VM from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click Start at the top right of the screen to start the VM</li>
	<li>Wait a moment for the serial console to initialize</li>
	<li>Follow the prompts to complete the OS installation<br />
	<span style="font-size:12px;"><em>NOTE: This will feel slower than normal, allow it time to complete</em></span></li>
	<li>After the installation completes, select the Shutdown dropdown at the top of the screen &gt; Stop</li>
	<li>Select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click the CD/DVD Drive to edit it &gt; Select Do not use any media &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Go back to the VM console</li>
	<li>Click Start at the top right of the screen to start the VM again</li>
	<li>Enter the following commands to launch Debian from the EFI shell
	<div class="codeBlock CMD">fs0:\EFI\debian\grubaa64.efi</div>
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	<li>The GRUB menu should boot and start loading Debian</li>
	<li>Welcome to ARM64 based Debian running on Proxmox VE</li>
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<p>Sources: <a href="https://rotelok.com/installing-arm64-debian-10-buster-in-a-virtual-machine/" target="_blank">https://rotelok.com/installing-arm64-debian-10-buster-in-a-virtual-machine/</a>,<br />
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Proxmox/comments/ed2ldo/installing_and_launching_an_arm_vm_from_proxmox/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Proxmox/comments/ed2ldo/installing_and_launching_an_arm_vm_from_proxmox/</a></p>
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