pve-usbstick.adoc

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