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Create PXE bootable Proxmox installation

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Create PXE bootable Proxmox installation

  • 2016-12-13: successfully pxe-installed 4.4
  • 2016-09-27: successfully pxe-installed 4.3

Preparation

  1. download Proxmox VE ISO Installer from Proxmox into a folder somewhere (e.g. /tmp/pve-iso)
  2. run the script pve-iso-2-pxe.sh with the folder containing the ISO file as parameter (you need to be root or sudo for the loop mount)
  3. the linux26 and initrd.iso.img (including ISO) will copied to sub-directory pxeboot

PXE

  1. on you PXE server, create a directory proxmox/$version in your PXE root directory (e.g. /var/lib/tftpboot/ or /srv/pxe/)

  2. copy/move linux26 and initrd.iso.img to this directory

  3. add the following lines to your PXE config file (mind the important parameter ramdisk_size or the initrd won't fit into default memory):

    label proxmox-install
        menu label Install Proxmox
        linux proxmox/$version/linux26
        append vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=16777216 rw quiet splash=silent
        initrd proxmox/$version/initrd.iso.img splash=verbose

label proxmox-debug-install
        menu label Install Proxmox (Debug Mode)
        linux proxmox/$version/linux26
        append vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=16777216 rw quiet splash=verbose proxdebug
        initrd proxmox/$version/initrd.iso.img splash=verbose

  4. be happy and think about supporting the great guys at Proxmox!