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== Introduction ==
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The installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two ways:
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*An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
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*A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly dd to flash media (USB Stick)
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[[Category:Reference Documentation]]
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The Proxmox VE installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
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ways:
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An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
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A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
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  (USB Stick)
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Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and
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therefore the recommended way to install Proxmox VE.
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Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium
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In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB
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media.
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First download the ISO image from
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https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve
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You need at least a 1 GB USB media.
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Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
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Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not
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contain any important data.
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Instructions for GNU/Linux
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You can simply use dd on UNIX like systems. First download the ISO
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image, then plug in the USB stick. You need to find out what device
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name gets assigned to the USB stick (see below). Then run:
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dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
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Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name.
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Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk!
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Find Correct USB Device Name
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You can compare the last lines of dmesg command before and after the
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insertion, or use the lsblk command. Open a terminal and run:
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lsblk
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Then plug in your USB media and run the command again:
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lsblk
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A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use.
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Instructions for OSX
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Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight).
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Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example.
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hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso
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OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
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To get the current list of devices run the command again:
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diskutil list
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Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to
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determine the device node assigned to your flash media
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(e.g. /dev/diskX).
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diskutil list
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diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
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replace X with the disk number from the last command.
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sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
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Instructions for Windows
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Download Etcher from https://etcher.io , select the ISO and your USB Drive.
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If this doesn&#8217;t work, alternatively use the OSForensics USB
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installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
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Boot your server from USB media
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Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server
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boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard.
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Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and therefore the recommended way to install Proxmox VE.
 
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== Write the ISO image to USB ==
 
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In order to boot the installation media you need to copy the ISO image to your USB media. You need at least a 512 mb USB stick.
 
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[[File:Proxmox usb install.jpg|thumb]]
 
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=== Instructions for Windows ===
 
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*Make sure that your USB media is not mounted and does not contain any data.
 
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*Download [http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html OSForsenics USB installer]
 
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*Copy the image to your USB media
 
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'''Note''':
 
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*Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
 
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*If you use [https://github.com/downloads/openSUSE/kiwi/ImageWriter.exe SUSE Studio ImageWriter], you must run ImageWriter as admin. and you need to rename it first, just rename the downloaded file from proxmox-ve_4.*.iso to proxmox-ve_4.-*.raw.
 
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=== Instructions for GNU/Linux ===
 
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You can simply use dd on unix like systems. First download the ISO image, then plug in the USB stick (you need to find out what device name gets assigned to the USB stick. You can compare the last lines of 'dmesg' command before and after the insertion, or use the 'lsblk' command and identify using the size if unique).
 
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dd if=pve-cd.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
 
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Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name (be careful, and do not overwrite your hard disk!)
 
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=== Instructions for OS X ===
 
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OS X can use dd as the unix systems, but first requires the ISO image to be converted before it can be copied over to the USB stick. First you will need to download the ISO image, then plug in the USB Stick. To get the device name by running 'diskutil list'. This command will output all the disk attached to the system, you should be able to match up the USB stick to the specs and name of one listed. To get the raw device, you can add an 'r' in front of the name, ex. /dev/disk4 would become /dev/rdisk4. Next you will an to open Disk Utility and eject each partition only (If you eject from Finder or the Desktop it will eject the entire disk, removing it completely from the system). Now we can convert the ISO and copy the new image over with. Note hdiutil will commonly add the .dmg extension to the output file, so you will end up pve-cd.img.dmg
 
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  hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o pve-cd.img pve-cd.iso
 
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  sudo dd if=pve-cd.img.dmg of=/dev/rXYZ
 
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Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name (be careful, and do not overwrite your hard disk!)
 
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== Boot your server from USB media ==
 
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Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server boots from USB - and follow the installation wizard.
 
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== External resources ==
 
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* [http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick SUSE Live USB stick]
 
  
 
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