7 The {pve} installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
10 * An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
12 * A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
15 Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and
16 therefore the recommended way to install {pve}.
19 Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium
20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
22 In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB
25 First download the ISO image from
26 https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve
28 You need at least a 1 GB USB media.
30 NOTE: Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
32 IMPORTANT: Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not
33 contain any important data.
36 Instructions for GNU/Linux
37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
39 You can simply use `dd` on UNIX like systems. First download the ISO
40 image, then plug in the USB stick. You need to find out what device
41 name gets assigned to the USB stick (see below). Then run:
44 dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
47 NOTE: Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name.
49 CAUTION: Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk!
52 Find Correct USB Device Name
53 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
55 You can compare the last lines of 'dmesg' command before and after the
56 insertion, or use the 'lsblk' command. Open a terminal and run:
62 Then plug in your USB media and run the command again:
68 A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use.
74 Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight).
76 Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example.
79 hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso
82 TIP: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
84 To get the current list of devices run the command again:
90 Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to
91 determine the device node assigned to your flash media
97 diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
100 NOTE: replace X with the disk number from the last command.
103 sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
107 Instructions for Windows
108 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
110 Download Etcher from https://etcher.io , select the ISO and your USB Drive.
112 If this doesn't work, alternatively use the OSForensics USB
113 installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
116 Boot your server from USB media
117 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
119 Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server
120 boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard.