Prepare Installation Media: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:04, 16 April 2019

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-The Proxmox VE installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
+The Proxmox VE installation media is a hybrid ISO image, working in two ways:
-ways:
 An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
 A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
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 contain any important data.
 Instructions for GNU/Linux
-You can simply use dd on UNUX like systems. First download the ISO
+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:
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 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
+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&#8217;t work, alternatively use the OSForsenics USB
+If this doesn&#8217;t work, alternatively use the OSForensics USB
 installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
 Boot your server from USB media