pve-usbstick.adoc

   1 Install from USB Stick
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   7
   8 The {pve} installation media is now a hybrid ISO image, working in two
   9 ways:
  10
  11 * An ISO image file ready to burn on CD
  12
  13 * A raw sector (IMG) image file ready to directly copy to flash media
  14   (USB Stick)
  15
  16 Using USB sticks is faster and more environmental friendly and
  17 therefore the recommended way to install {pve}.
  18
  19
  20 Prepare a USB flash drive as install medium
  21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  22
  23 In order to boot the installation media, copy the ISO image to a USB
  24 media.
  25
  26 First download the ISO image from
  27 https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/category/iso-images-pve
  28
  29 You need at least a 1 GB USB media.
  30
  31 NOTE: Using UNetbootin or Rufus does not work.
  32
  33 IMPORTANT: Make sure that the USB media is not mounted and does not
  34 contain any important data.
  35
  36
  37 Instructions for GNU/Linux
  38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  39
  40 You can simply use `dd` on UNUX like systems. First download the ISO
  41 image, then plug in the USB stick. You need to find out what device
  42 name gets assigned to the USB stick (see below). Then run:
  43
  44 ----
  45 dd if=proxmox-ve_*.iso of=/dev/XYZ bs=1M
  46 ----
  47
  48 NOTE: Be sure to replace /dev/XYZ with the correct device name.
  49
  50 CAUTION: Be very careful, and do not overwrite the hard disk!
  51
  52
  53 Find Correct USB Device Name
  54 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  55
  56 You can compare the last lines of 'dmesg' command before and after the
  57 insertion, or use the 'lsblk' command. Open a terminal and run:
  58
  59 ----
  60  lsblk
  61 ----
  62
  63 Then plug in your USB media and run the command again:
  64
  65 ----
  66  lsblk
  67 ----
  68
  69 A new device will appear, and this is the USB device you want to use.
  70
  71
  72 Instructions for OSX
  73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  74
  75 Open the terminal (query Terminal in Spotlight).
  76
  77 Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil for example.
  78
  79 ----
  80 hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve_*.dmg proxmox-ve_*.iso
  81 ----
  82
  83 TIP: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
  84
  85 To get the current list of devices run the command again:
  86
  87 ----
  88 diskutil list
  89 ----
  90
  91 Now insert your USB flash media and run this command again to
  92 determine the device node assigned to your flash media
  93 (e.g. /dev/diskX).
  94
  95 ----
  96 diskutil list
  97
  98 diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
  99 ----
 100
 101 NOTE: replace X with the disk number from the last command.
 102
 103 ----
 104 sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_*.dmg of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m
 105 ----
 106
 107
 108 Instructions for Windows
 109 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 110
 111 In order to copy the ISO, rename it first. Just rename the downloaded
 112 file from proxmox-ve_*.iso to proxmox-ve_*.raw.
 113
 114 Download the SUSE Studio ImageWriter from https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick
 115
 116 If this doesn't work, alternative use the OSForsenics USB
 117 installer from http://www.osforensics.com/portability.html
 118
 119
 120 Boot your server from USB media
 121 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 122
 123 Connect your USB media to your server and make sure that the server
 124 boots from USB (see server BIOS). Then follow the installation wizard.