Using the {pve} Installation CD-ROM
-----------------------------------
-You can download the ISO from http://www.proxmox.com. It includes the
+You can download the ISO from {website}. It includes the
following:
* Complete operating system (Debian Linux, 64-bit)
NOTE: By default, the complete server is used and all existing data is
removed.
-[thumbnail="pve-grub-menu.png"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-grub-menu.png"]
Please insert the installation CD-ROM, then boot from that
drive. Immediately afterwards you can choose the following menu
Start normal installation.
+TIP: It is possible to only use the keyboard to progress through the
+installation wizard. Buttons can be pressed by pressing down the `ALT`
+key, combined with the underlined character from the respective Button.
+For example, `ALT + N` to press a `Next` button.
+
Install Proxmox VE (Debug mode)::
Start installation in debug mode. It opens a shell console at several
Runs `memtest86+`. This is useful to check if your memory is
functional and error free.
-[thumbnail="pve-select-target-disk.png"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-select-target-disk.png"]
You normally select *Install Proxmox VE* to start the installation.
After that you get prompted to select the target hard disk(s). The
if you do not have a hardware RAID controller. The `Options` button
lets you select the ZFS RAID level, and you can choose disks there.
-[thumbnail="pve-select-location.png", float="left"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-select-location.png", float="left"]
The next page just ask for basic configuration options like your
location, the time zone and keyboard layout. The location is used to
them in rare situations when auto detection fails, or when you want to
use some special keyboard layout not commonly used in your country.
-[thumbnail="pve-set-password.png"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-set-password.png"]
You then need to specify an email address and the superuser (root)
password. The password must have at least 5 characters, but we highly
All those notification mails will be sent to the specified email
address.
-[thumbnail="pve-setup-network.png"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-setup-network.png"]
The last step is the network configuration. Please note that you can
use either IPv4 or IPv6 here, but not both. If you want to configure a
dual stack node, you can easily do that after installation.
-[thumbnail="pve-installation.png", float="left"]
+[thumbnail="screenshot/pve-installation.png", float="left"]
If you press `Next` now, installation starts to format disks, and
copies packages to the target. Please wait until that is finished,
Defines the size of the `swap` volume. The default is the size of the
installed memory, minimum 4 GB and maximum 8 GB. The resulting value cannot
be greater than `hdsize/8`.
++
+NOTE: If set to `0`, no `swap` volume will be created.
`maxroot`::
`datasize = hdsize - rootsize - swapsize - minfree`
+
Where `datasize` cannot be bigger than `maxvz`.
++
+NOTE: In case of LVM thin, the `data` pool will only be created if `datasize`
+is bigger than 4GB.
++
+NOTE: If set to `0`, no `data` volume will be created and the storage
+configuration will be adapted accordingly.
`minfree`::