Installing to USB Pen drive

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Hello,

I've tried to install proxmox 1.4 to a usb drive ( 2 gig ) but installation failed due to disk size. Is there a way to install proxmox to usb pen drive? I need to install proxmox to a 2 gig drive and i will use iscsi for storage..

Thanks..
 
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ahmetbuba said:
Hello,

I've tried to install proxmox 1.4 to a usb drive ( 2 gig ) but installed failed due to disk size. Is there a way to install proxmox to usb pen drive? I need to install proxmox to a 2 gig drive and i will use iscsi for storage..

Thanks..
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2 gig is quite small and not recommended, and you cannot run any container and you will have issues with vzdump (snapshots mode)

but if you run only KVM, it could work, but you need to do a custom installation and there are some issues. Follow this guide:
http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Lenny
 
You mean, i can not use an iscsi target for a container but kvm?

Thanks for your reply.
 
Sorry for digging up old thread.

I'm wondering could i install Proxmox to 16 GB pendrive and use iSCSI (1Gigabit) ?

W would like provide quiet low power usage disk-less server (OpenVZ and KVM).


Few days ago i run test on my desktop computer, but it fail.
Installation went successfully but when start booting, Grub throw error. I could remember what it was. I just assume "it's impossible to boot from USB".

But now i got this thread in my hand and start thinking maybe someone find answer.

I will be gratefully for any help.

Regards
 
Hi, try to add
rootdelay=90 in grub, at kernel line.

I've installed proxmox on a bootable usbkey, but i need to add rootdelay because initramfs try to detect lvm2 partitions before usb drive detection.
Just add rootdelay solve the problem for me :)
 
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