pve-usbstick.adoc

   1 Install from USB Stick
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   8
   9 The {pve} installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
  10 ways:
  11
  12 * An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
  13
  14 * A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
  15   (USB Stick)
  16
  17 Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and
  18 therefore the recommended way to install {pve}.
  19
  20
  21 Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium
  22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  23
  24 In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB
  25 media.
  26
  27 First download the ISO image from
  28 https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve
  29
  30 You need at least a 1 GB USB media.
  31
  32 NOTE: Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
  33
  34 IMPORTANT: Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not
  35 contain any important data.
  36
  37
  38 Instructions for GNU/Linux
  39 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  40
  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:
  44
  45 ----
  46 dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
  47 ----
  48
  49 NOTE: Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name.
  50
  51 CAUTION: Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk!
  52
  53
  54 Find Correct USB Device Name
  55 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  56
  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:
  59
  60 ----
  61  lsblk
  62 ----
  63
  64 Then plug in your USB media and run the command again:
  65
  66 ----
  67  lsblk
  68 ----
  69
  70 A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use.
  71
  72
  73 Instructions for OSX
  74 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  75
  76 Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight).
  77
  78 Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example.
  79
  80 ----
  81 hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso
  82 ----
  83
  84 TIP: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
  85
  86 To get the current list of devices run the command again:
  87
  88 ----
  89 diskutil list
  90 ----
  91
  92 Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to
  93 determine the device node assigned to your flash media
  94 (e.g. /dev/diskX).
  95
  96 ----
  97 diskutil list
  98
  99 diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
 100 ----
 101
 102 NOTE: replace X with the disk number from the last command.
 103
 104 ----
 105 sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
 106 ----
 107
 108
 109 Instructions for Windows
 110 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 111
 112 In order to copy the ISO, rename it first. Just rename the downloaded
 113 file from proxmox-ve_*.iso to proxmox-ve_*.raw.
 114
 115 Download the SUSE Studio ImageWriter from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick
 116
 117 If this doesn't work, alternative use the OSForsenics USB
 118 installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
 119
 120
 121 Boot your server from USB media
 122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 123
 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.