Proxmox Installation via USB

Hello together,

Installing Proxmox wasn’t the most straight forward for me, so in case anyone has similar issues, here is how I did it.

1. Grab the desired ISO
   1. Proxmox Virtual Enviroment
   2. Proxmox Backup Server
   3. Proxmox Mail Gateway
      
      
2. Grab a working USB, anything should really work as long as more than 1 GB capacity
   
   
3. Download a bootable USB Maker
   1. I can recommend
      1. Rufus
         
         
4. Insert the USB into your PC
   
   
5. Open up Rufus
   1. Make sure Rufus found and selected the correct USB drive
      
      
   2. Select the ISO
      
      
   3. Either, Rufus will tell you that it’s a “ISO Hybrid” and will use DD-Mode automatically
      1. If not, don’t worry –  we’ll let Rufus know soon enough
         
         
   4. Select the correct Partition scheme for your System
      1. Older/Legacy/Enterprise will mostly work with MBR
      2. Newer System will mostly work with GPT
         
         
   5. Everything else should be fine with the default settings
      1. You can change the Volume Label to something more descriptive than PVE”
         
         
   6. Now we are ready to let Rufus do the heavy lifting, so we press on “Start”
      
      1. THIS WILL REMOVE ANY DATA ON THE USB, MAKE SURE THIS IS OK
         
         
      2. If it didn’t detect “ISO Hybrid” earlier, it should do now and ask what we want to do, as said earlier, we want DD-Mode
         
         
   7. Rufus is now copying the files, prepare the USB and make it bootable
      
      
6. Remove the USB once Rufus is finished
   
   
7. Happy proxmoxin’