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The Proxmox VE installation media is a hybrid ISO image, working in two ways: | |||
An ISO image file ready to burn on CD | |||
A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media | |||
(USB Stick) | |||
Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and | |||
therefore the recommended way to install Proxmox VE. | |||
Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium | |||
In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB | |||
media. | |||
First download the ISO image from | |||
https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve | |||
You need at least a 1 GB USB media. | |||
Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work. | |||
Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not | |||
contain any important data. | |||
Instructions for GNU/Linux | |||
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 (see below). Then run: | |||
dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M | |||
Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name. | |||
Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk! | |||
Find Correct USB Device Name | |||
You can compare the last lines of dmesg command before and after the | |||
insertion, or use the lsblk command. Open a terminal and run: | |||
lsblk | |||
Then plug in your USB media and run the command again: | |||
lsblk | |||
A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use. | |||
Instructions for OSX | |||
Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight). | |||
Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example. | |||
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso | |||
OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically. | |||
To get the current list of devices run the command again: | |||
diskutil list | |||
Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to | |||
determine the device node assigned to your flash media | |||
(e.g. /dev/diskX). | |||
diskutil list | |||
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX | |||
replace X with the disk number from the last command. | |||
sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskX bs=1m | |||
rdiskX, instead of diskX, in the last command is intended, | |||
this will increase write speed | |||
Instructions for Windows | |||
Download Etcher from https://etcher.io , select the ISO and your USB Drive. | |||
If this doesn’t work, alternatively use the OSForensics USB | |||
installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html | |||
Boot your server from USB media | |||
Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server | |||
boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard. | |||
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Revision as of 08:04, 16 April 2019