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            <h1>Running a Linux Mint VM in ProxMox VE</h1>
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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>Download the Linux Mint iso <a href="https://linuxmint.com/download.php" style="font-size: inherit" target="_blank">Download</a> and upload it to the Proxmox ISO image library</li>
	<li>Right click the Proxmox node name &gt; Create VM</li>
	<li>Give the VM a unique ID and Name &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the OS tab, Select the Linux Mint installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the System tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 30 GiB or more &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click the Linux Mint VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Press Enter to Start Linux Mint (or wait 10 seconds)</li>
	<li>Double click the Install Linux Mint icon on the desktop</li>
	<li>Select a language &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select a keyboard layout &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Choose whether or not to install multimedia codecs &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Click Install Now then Continue to confirm the partitions</li>
	<li>Select a Region &gt; Click continue</li>
	<li>Enter a name, computer name, username and password &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Wait while Linux Mint copies files and installs</li>
	<li>When prompted to Restart, click Restart Now to complete the installation, the VM will reboot</li>
	<li>When prompted to remove the installation medium, select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu &gt; Double click the CD/DVD drive &gt; Select Do not use any media &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click QEMU Guest Agent &gt; Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the Linux Mint VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Press Enter at the remove installation medium prompt to continue the boot process</li>
	<li>Login with the username and password created earlier in the process</li>
	<li>Welcome to Linux Mint</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>Launch a terminal window</li>
	<li>Run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install qemu guest agent<br />
	sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y</div>
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