[PVE-User] How to install Proxmox without CD ?

[Martin Maurer]

Hi,

first, pls do not double post (forum and list). But ok, you do not got an answer so I understand it.

we (proxmox) do not support this way of installation currently. Some user already played with alternative installations, just search the forums.

Beginning with Proxmox VE 1.2 (based on Lenny, available soon), we will maintain a howto for installing Proxmox VE on an existing Debian Lenny (but this is also not the supported way but we describe it) - I assume this will help here.

BTW: the datacenter guys can also just install the ISO for you.

Best Regards,

Martin Maurer

martin at proxmox.com
http://www.proxmox.com

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Sent: Mittwoch, 06. Mai 2009 12:00
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Subject: [PVE-User] How to install Proxmox without CD ?

Hello all,

It's now been few days I'm trying to install Proxmox on a server hosted by a colocation provider. I have access to the console and can also boot the system on a rescue mode (some sort of ubuntu livecd). 

I've read that many distributions (including debian) allow installing the OS without the CD, as long as I mount the ISO image and copy initrd.img + the kernel (linux26 for proxmox) in my boot partition, copy all the install files on a partition outside root and then change grub menu to reflect the new changes and reboot the box. Unfortunately no matter what I do, the system always freeze when initrd and linux26 are loaded ... Am I missing something somewhere ? Is there any way to install proxmox without the CD ?

Thanks in advance for your help,
SB

ps: below what I've added in grub's menu.lst:
title PROMOX (New installation)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/linux26 vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=16777216 rw quiet splash=silent root=/dev/sda4
initrd /boot/initrd.img

and /ISO contains all the CD content - mounted under :
/dev/sda4 4.1G 683M 3.3G 18% /ISO