Installing Pop!_OS (NVIDIA Edition) in Proxmox

Date: June 1st, 2025 Category: Virtualization / VM Guest OS Configuration Backlink: Installing Proxmox VE 8.2 on a Standalone GPU Passthrough Server 

 

 Goal 

 Install Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (NVIDIA ISO) as a Proxmox VM with a passed-through RTX 2070 Super GPU , ensuring full graphics acceleration and NVIDIA driver functionality. 

 

 Step 1: Download the Pop!_OS NVIDIA ISO 

 Download directly to Proxmox or to your workstation: 

 🔗 Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS NVIDIA ISO 

 Option 1: Upload via Proxmox GUI 

 

 

 Go to Datacenter > local (proxmox89) > ISO Images 

 

 

 Click Upload and choose the ISO file from your computer 

 

 

 Option 2: Download from URL 

 

 

 In ISO Images , click **Download from URL` 

 

 

 Paste the ISO link above and click Query URL 

 

 

 Confirm filename and click Download 

 

 

 The ISO will appear in the list once it's downloaded. 

 

 Step 2: Create the Pop!_OS VM 

 General Tab 

 

 

 Node: proxmox89 

 

 

 VM ID: 100 (or next available) 

 

 

 Name: POP_OS_NVIDIA 

 

 

 ✅ Start at boot 

 

 

 OS Tab 

 

 

 Use ISO: pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_53.iso 

 

 

 System Tab 

 

 

 BIOS: OVMF (UEFI) 

 

 

 Machine: q35 

 

 

 ✅ Add EFI Disk 

 

 

 ❌ Pre-Enrolled Keys (disable Secure Boot) 

 

 

 SCSI Controller: VirtIO SCSI single 

 

 

 ✅ QEMU Agent 

 

 

 Graphic Card: Default (or change to None later for passthrough) 

 

 

 Disks Tab 

 

 

 Bus: SCSI 

 

 

 Storage: Inland512 

 

 

 Size: 200 GiB 

 

 

 ✅ IO thread 

 

 

 CPU Tab 

 

 

 Sockets: 1 

 

 

 Cores: 6–8 

 

 

 Type: host 

 

 

 Memory Tab 

 

 

 Size: 16384 MiB 

 

 

 Network Tab 

 

 

 Bridge: vmbr0 

 

 

 Model: VirtIO (paravirtualized) 

 

 

 ✅ Firewall (optional) 

 

 

 Click Finish to create the VM. 

 

 Step 3: Attach GPU (Passthrough) 

 

 

 Stop the VM. 

 

 

 Go to Hardware > Add > PCI Device 

 

 

 Select both: 

 

 

 01:00.0 NVIDIA VGA Controller 

 

 

 01:00.1 NVIDIA HD Audio 

 

 

 

 

 Enable: 

 

 

 ✅ All Functions 

 

 

 ✅ Primary GPU 

 

 

 ✅ ROM-Bar 

 

 

 

 

 

 Step 4: Boot and Install Pop!_OS 

 

 

 Start the VM 

 

 

 If passthrough is correct, output will show on monitor connected to GPU 

 

 

 Use “Erase Disk and Install” 

 

 

 Set username and password