I thought I would document the procedure I used to get ZimaOS to work with Proxmox. It was really simple.
- Define your VM in Proxmox as per normal. Make sure you select the UEFI BIOS option:
If you forgot to set UEFI on VM setup you can change it by going to the VM “Hardware” window and double click on the BIOS option and then in the dropdown option select the OVMF (UEFI) option.
You can forget about the warning to install an EFI disk, it is not needed.
Here is a sample of a test VM definition:
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Download the installer image
You should grab the latest ZimaOS installer image.
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Burn it to a USB drive. I used Balena Etcher for that.
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Plug the USB into the machine running the Proxmox hypervisor.
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Assign the USB as a passthrough device to the VM you defined in step 1) above
In the VM view select “Hardware” then choose “Add” and select USB device , then on the popup window (Add: USB Device) select “Use USB Port” and on “Choose Port” hit the down arrow, in the selection window, select the USB you just plugged in.
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Now enable the USB in the boot order window and move it to the top of the list to make it the first boot device.
To do this select the VM “Options”, double click “Boot Order” and in the popup window (Edit: Boot Order) look for the USB device (at first it will appear at the bottom of the window), click the Enabled option for the USB device and then drag the entry to the top of the list. Below is an example of the Boot Order window once you have completed this.
- Now select the VM “Console” and click Start Now … and voila the ZimaOS installer should run.
Note: I could not get the 1.4.1-beta1 image to boot. The 1.4.0 image boots as does the 1.4.1-beta2 image.
However doing an OTA update from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1-beta1 worked.