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− | The installation media is | + | <!-- Do not edit - this is autogenerated content --> |
− | + | {{#pvedocs:pve-usbstick-plain.html}} | |
− | + | [[Category:Reference Documentation]] | |
+ | <pvehide> | ||
+ | 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. | ||
+ | </pvehide> | ||
+ | <!--PVE_IMPORT_END_MARKER--> | ||
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Revision as of 08:04, 16 April 2019