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| + | The Proxmox VE installation media is now 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 UNUX 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/rdiskN bs=1m | ||
| + | Instructions for Windows | ||
| + | In order to copy the ISO, rename it first. Just rename the downloaded | ||
| + | file from proxmox-ve_*.iso to proxmox-ve_*.raw. | ||
| + | Download the SUSE Studio ImageWriter from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick | ||
| + | If this doesn’t work, alternative use the OSForsenics 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 08:59, 17 October 2016