Patches to the Proxmox VE software for compilation on x86 / i386.

Install a standard Debian Wheezy (x86)

Created based on: http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Wheezy

Preparation

1. Install a standard Debian Wheezy (x86), for details see Debian. Go for a LVM based partitioning and a fixed IP and take care that you have enough free space for snapshots (needed for online backup with vzdump)

2. Please make sure that your hostname is resolvable via /etc/hosts, i.e you need an entry in /etc/hosts which assigns an IP address to that hostname.

Install Proxmox VE

Adapt your sources.list

1. Adapt your sources.list and add the Proxmox VE repository:

   nano /etc/apt/sources.list

        deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib
        deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib
		
	# PVE packages provided by fvhovell
        deb http://www.fvhovell.nl/proxmox pve3/

2. Update your repository and system by running:

        aptitude update
        aptitude full-upgrade

3. Install Proxmox VE Kernel

        aptitude install pve-firmware
        aptitude install pve-kernel-2.6.32-24-pve

4. Reboot and make sure to select Proxmox VE Kernel on the boot loader (grub2).

5. Optional - install Kernel headers:

        aptitude install pve-headers-2.6.32-24-pve

6. Now restart the system using the Proxmox VE kernel.

Install Proxmox VE packages

1. Make sure you are running the Proxmox VE Kernel, otherwise the installation will fail. Check the currently active Kernel:

        uname -a
        Linux 2.6.32-24-pve ... 

2. Install the Proxmox VE packages:

        aptitude install proxmox-ve-2.6.32

Install the rest of needed packages:

    aptitude install ntp ssh lvm2 postfix ksm-control-daemon vzprocps

Accept the suggestion to remove Exim and configure postfix according to your network.

Connect to the Proxmox VE web interface

Connect to the admin web interface (https://youripaddress:8006) and configure the vmbr0 and review all other settings, finally reboot to check if everything is running as expected.