pve-usbstick.adoc

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