Converting an Igel thin client to Proxmox host
Written 2023-11-25 by Kalle
1 min read | 199 words
Preparation
To replace my Raspberry Pi home server, I recently acquired a second hand Igel M340C thin client (Link to official specification).
As described by Parky Towers, the M340C came with two different chipsets: the AMD GX-412 and the more powerful AMD GX-424CC. Of these two, my machine has the GX-412.
After some investigations, I discovered that the AMD GX-412 does support Hardware Virtualization, which is needed for Proxmox and Home Assistant, which are two intended uses for the machine. Sadly, though, the outdated version of BIOS on the machine has no option for enabling this functionality. I managed to enable this by booting the machine in UEFI mode, using grml linux on a USB stick and following a guide by Denis Boehme. I was a bit nervous since the guide only mentions the GX-424, but it worked!
Installation
I then installed Proxmox VE on the internal SSD of the machine by downloading the ISO from the Proxmox website and flashing it to the SSD with Balena Etcher.
On my Proxmox machine, I then installed the following tools using scripts provided by tteck on Github: