Installable on unformatted SSD?

[Martin_Ruhrgebiet]

I want to install Proxmox on a Gigabyte BACE 3000 System (Celeron N3000, Intel NUC Style, fanless).
A brand new crucial 2.5" 480G SATA SSD shall be used.

Proxmox Boot USB-Stick boots on the system, but the attached unformatted SSD is not recognized. Installation process stalls on searching HDDs ...

I assume, that there is another problem (e. g. SATA pigtail cable of Gigabyte NUC), but to be sure:
Proxmox Installation USB-Stick is capable to handle the unformatted SSD and should install on it after partitioning and formatting?

 

[aaron]

Do you see the SSD in the BIOS? If it isn't visible there, check your hardware.

If it is, then it gets interesting

 

[Martin_Ruhrgebiet]

Not visible in BIOS ("SATA - disabled" shown for the port, no BIOS option to change that, entry is greyed out) - seems to be a "Branded" Gigabyte barebone "Kyocera Minolta Evolution" boot screen and packaging.
Since the "Pigtail" for attaching the 2,5" SSD looks a little bit strange...it seems to me, that the system was perhaps a RMA returned device, that is sold again ...

http://www.islabit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gigabyte-brix-gb-bace-3150-15-1024x586.jpg

The pigtail type tag is covered by a small piece of crepe tape ...
Perhaps the branded system was intended to be used as a diskless PXE Device, with crippled BIOS...
Unfortunately the M.2 Slot is of "E" Type. No SSDs for this type.