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9 The {pve} installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
12 * An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
14 * A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
17 Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and
18 therefore the recommended way to install {pve}.
21 Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium
22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
24 In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB
27 First download the ISO image from
28 https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve
30 You need at least a 1 GB USB media.
32 NOTE: Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
34 IMPORTANT: Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not
35 contain any important data.
38 Instructions for GNU/Linux
39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
41 You can simply use `dd` on UNUX like systems. First download the ISO
42 image, then plug in the USB stick. You need to find out what device
43 name gets assigned to the USB stick (see below). Then run:
46 dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
49 NOTE: Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name.
51 CAUTION: Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk!
54 Find Correct USB Device Name
55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
57 You can compare the last lines of 'dmesg' command before and after the
58 insertion, or use the 'lsblk' command. Open a terminal and run:
64 Then plug in your USB media and run the command again:
70 A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use.
76 Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight).
78 Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example.
81 hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso
84 TIP: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
86 To get the current list of devices run the command again:
92 Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to
93 determine the device node assigned to your flash media
99 diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
102 NOTE: replace X with the disk number from the last command.
105 sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
109 Instructions for Windows
110 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
112 In order to copy the ISO, rename it first. Just rename the downloaded
113 file from proxmox-ve_*.iso to proxmox-ve_*.raw.
115 Download the SUSE Studio ImageWriter from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick
117 If this doesn't work, alternative use the OSForsenics USB
118 installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
121 Boot your server from USB media
122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
124 Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server
125 boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard.