Installation over console

[Roger Simpson]

Hi all,

I would like some confirmation on whether Proxmox can be installed over a computer with no monitor and instead use the serial port. If you ask why, I have a unit built without IPMI and without graphic I/O.

By the look of the grub.cfg file, it seems that it might not be possible with the default installation.

if the installation can be done over serial and text, could somebody point me to some instructions and/or settings for grub.cfg for successfully booting proxmox install please?

 

[dietmar]

You can use the default debian installer to achieve that, then follow:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Stretch

 

[Roger Simpson]

You can use the default debian installer to achieve that, then follow:

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Stretch

Thank you, I found out that was the only way.
I am hitting a problem with the lvm2 package on the dist-upgrade so troubleshooting this now.

 

[Roger Simpson]

Cool I am up and running with a second node in a cluster now. Thanks !

 

[LnxBil]

What also works is installing PVE inside of PVE on another node and then just dding the harddisk to the other node. Works much faster than a serial Debian installation.

 

[Roger Simpson]

What also works is installing PVE inside of PVE on another node and then just dding the harddisk to the other node. Works much faster than a serial Debian installation.

Interesting approach - thanks for sharing !

 

[bvdl]

What also works is installing PVE inside of PVE on another node and then just dding the harddisk to the other node. Works much faster than a serial Debian installation.

What's the benifit of dd'ing from a PVE installed inside of PVE ?
Can't I just dd from PVE on another node ?

 

[LnxBil]

Can't I just dd from PVE on another node ?

You can control your harddisk better, e.g. install PVE on a 32 GB Disk and only copy this in an offline state. Doing an offline state copy of a hardware PVE, you need to boot a live linux.