What is Debian Sid?
Debian Unstable (also known by its codename "Sid") is not strictly a release, but rather a rolling development version of the Debian distribution containing the latest packages that have been introduced into Debian. As with all Debian release names, Sid takes its name from a Toy Story character. In the movie, Sid is the kid next door who breaks his toys and makes nasty creatures of them. - https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable
- Log into the Proxmox web UI
- Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to
- Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane
- If running Proxmox 6, download the Debian Unstable (Sid) Download and upload it to the Proxmox ISO image library
- If running Proxmox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above > Click Query URL > Click Download
- Right click the Proxmox node name > Create VM
- Give the VM a unique ID and Name > Next
- On the OS tab, Select the Debian Sid installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel > Next
- Leave the defaults on the System tab > Next
- On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 16 GiB or more > Next
- On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host > Next
- On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 > Next
- Leave the defaults on the Network tab > Next
- Verify the summary and click Finish
- Right click the Debian Sid VM in the left navigation pane > Start
- Click console in the left sub-navigation menu
- When the install dialog displays press Enter to select Install
- Select a language > Press Enter
- Select a Location > Press Enter
- Select a keyboard layout > Press Enter
- Enter a hostname for the VM > Press Enter
- Enter a Domain name or leave it empty > Press Enter
- Choose a mirror location > Press Enter
- Choose a mirror > Press Enter
- Set the HTTP proxy if needed > Press Enter
- Leave the root password empty > Press Enter > Press Enter again to confirm
- Enter the full name for the new user > Press Enter
- Enter the username for the new user > Press Enter
- Enter a password for the new user > Press Enter > Confirm the password > Press Enter
- Select a timezone > Press Enter
- Select Guided - user entire disk > Press Enter
- Select the QEMU HARDDISK > Press Enter
- Select All files in one partition > Press Enter
- Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk > Press Enter
- Select Yes to confirm writing the changes > Press Enter
- Select a country to use for the apt mirror > Press Enter
- Select a mirror from the list > Press Enter
- Setup a HTTP proxy if necessary > Press Enter
- Choose if you want to participate in package usage survey > Press Enter
- Select the optional software to install > Press Enter
- Wait for Debian Sid to copy and install files
- Select Yes to install GRUB > Press Enter
- Select /dev/sda for the boot loader location > Press Enter
- After the bootloader is installed press Enter to finish the installation and reboot
- Log in using the username and password created during the installation
- Welcome to Debian Sid
Optional Steps
- Launch a terminal window
- Run the following commands
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install qemu guest agent
sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y
# enable and start the qemu-guest-agent service
sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent --now - A subsequent reboot is required to complete the guest agent installation
Documentation: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable