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1 | Install from USB Stick |
| 2 | ---------------------- | |
| 3 | include::attributes.txt[] | |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | The {pve} installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two | |
| 6 | ways: | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | * An ISO image file ready to burn on CD | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | * A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media | |
| 11 | (USB Stick) | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and | |
| 14 | therefore the recommended way to install {pve}. | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium | |
| 18 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB | |
| 21 | media. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | First download the ISO image from | |
| 24 | https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | You need at least a 1 GB USB media. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | NOTE: Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | IMPORTANT: Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not | |
| 31 | contain any important data. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | ||
| 34 | Instructions for GNU/Linux | |
| 35 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | You can simply use `dd` on UNUX like systems. First download the ISO | |
| 38 | image, then plug in the USB stick. You need to find out what device | |
| 39 | name gets assigned to the USB stick (see below). Then run: | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | ---- | |
| 42 | dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M | |
| 43 | ---- | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | NOTE: Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | CAUTION: Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk! | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | ||
| 50 | Find Correct USB Device Name | |
| 51 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | You can compare the last lines of 'dmesg' command before and after the | |
| 54 | insertion, or use the 'lsblk' command. Open a terminal and run: | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | ---- | |
| 57 | lsblk | |
| 58 | ---- | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | Then plug in your USB media and run the command again: | |
| 61 | ||
| 62 | ---- | |
| 63 | lsblk | |
| 64 | ---- | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use. | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | ||
| 69 | Instructions for OSX | |
| 70 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight). | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example. | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | ---- | |
| 77 | hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso | |
| 78 | ---- | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | TIP: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically. | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | To get the current list of devices run the command again: | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | ---- | |
| 85 | diskutil list | |
| 86 | ---- | |
| 87 | ||
| 88 | Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to | |
| 89 | determine the device node assigned to your flash media | |
| 90 | (e.g. /dev/diskX). | |
| 91 | ||
| 92 | ---- | |
| 93 | diskutil list | |
| 94 | ||
| 95 | diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX | |
| 96 | ---- | |
| 97 | ||
| 98 | NOTE: replace X with the disk number from the last command. | |
| 99 | ||
| 100 | ---- | |
| 101 | sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m | |
| 102 | ---- | |
| 103 | ||
| 104 | ||
| 105 | Instructions for Windows | |
| 106 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 107 | ||
| 108 | In order to copy the ISO, rename it first. Just rename the downloaded | |
| 109 | file from proxmox-ve_*.iso to proxmox-ve_*.raw. | |
| 110 | ||
| 111 | Download the SUSE Studio ImageWriter from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | If this doesn't work, alternative use the OSForsenics USB | |
| 114 | installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html | |
| 115 | ||
| 116 | ||
| 117 | Boot your server from USB media | |
| 118 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 119 | ||
| 120 | Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server | |
| 121 | boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard. |