Create Proxmox USB boot using Terminal on macOS

Chetta Busayarat

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Create Proxmox USB boot using Terminal on macOS

Creating a bootable Proxmox VE USB drive on a Mac OS through the macOS Terminal.

  1. Download ISO proxmox from the web. (https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads/proxmox-virtual-environment).
  1. Open "Terminal" and brows to your download directory.
  2. User following command to convert the ISO to a DMG format (Replace file name "proxmox-ve_*.iso" with your actual file name). 
hdiutil convert proxmox-ve_*.iso -format UDRW -o proxmox-ve.dmg
  1. Plug USB to your Mac.
  2. List your drives to identify your USB.
diskutil list
  1. Unmount the USB drive (Replace "diskX" with your actual USB disk number). 
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
  1. Write the image to the USB drive (Replace "diskX" with your actual USB disk number). 
sudo dd if=proxmox-ve.dmg bs=1M of=/dev/rdiskX conv=fdatasync
  1. Enter your Mac password when prompted and wait for the process to complete. Once done, eject the drive.
diskutil eject /dev/diskX