# Follow the Qubes OS [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-vm-kernels/#installing-kernel-in-debian-vm Installing kernel in Debian VM] instructions.
# Ensure the Qubes VM kernel is functional before proceeding -- Qubes VM kernel issues should be raised at [https://www.qubes-os.org/support/ Qubes support] and not in {{project_name_short}} forums. <ref>https://forums.whonix.org/t/what-to-post-in-this-qubes-whonix-forum-and-what-not/2275</ref> <ref>
Qubes feature request: [https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5212 Simplify and promote using in-vm kernel]</ref>
# Reboot <code>dom0</code> with Qubes VM kernel. This is because Qubes VM kernel might break unrelated things such as the USB VM. <ref>As experienced firsthand by {{project_name_short}} developer Patrick Schleizer.</ref>
# Once the Qubes VM kernel is functional, proceed with the following instructions.
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