.. _Preparing for Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform Installation:

Preparing for Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform Installation
------------------------------------------------------------

Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform can be installed from

-  IPMI virtual drives,

-  `PXE servers <https://dl.acronis.com/u/storage2/html/VirtuozzoStorage_2_installation_pxe_guide_en-US/index.html>`__,

   .. note:: Time synchronization via NTP is enabled by default.

-  USB drives.

.. _Preparing for Installation from USB Storage Drives:

Preparing for Installation from USB Storage Drives
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To install Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform from a USB storage drive, you will need a 4 GB or higher-capacity USB drive and the Virtuozzo Infrastructure Platform distribution ISO image.

Make a bootable USB drive by transferring the distribution image to it with ``dd``.

.. important:: Be careful to specify the correct drive to transfer the image to.

For example, on Linux:

::

    # dd if=storage-image.iso of=/dev/sdb

And on Windows (with `dd for Windows <http://www.chrysocome.net/dd>`__):

::

    C:\>dd if=storage-image.iso of=\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0
