Hardware and OS Installation - sullivaneg/Raspberry-Pi-Proxmox-Lab GitHub Wiki

Objective

First part of Proxmox Project. Initial Hardware setup and OS Configuration.

Hardware

General Cabling

  1. Plug in Ethernet Cable
  2. (Install OS on Micro SD -> Information below)
  3. Plug Micro SD into MicroSD slot
  4. Plug in Power Cord

SSDs

  1. I plugged both SATA Cables into each SSD and then connected the 2-Ch SATA Power Supplies and the 2-ch SATA data connectors to the extension board.
  2. Connect the extension board to RPi HAT interface.
  3. Connect the PCIe to the extension board and the Raspberry Pi's PCIe interface. Make sure the arrows line up:

Installing and Configuring OS

  1. Install Raspberry Pi Imager
  2. Plug in the SD Card to USB C adapter.
  3. Open Raspberry Pi Imager
  1. Apply OS Customization settings -> Edit Settings (Important: If you plan to SSH into your machine you will need to edit these settings)
  2. Edit "General" Tab
  • Set Hostname
  • Set a Username and password for the root account (Remember this -> You will need it to SSH in)
  • Configure wireless LAN
  • Set Locale Settings (helpful for doing tasks that require time to be correct)
  1. Edit "Services" Tab (SSH)
  • Enable SSH
  • I choose to use password authentication but you can also choose public-key authentication only.
  1. Edit "Options" Tab -- Optional
  • I set my media to eject when finished
  • You can enable and disable telemetry. With it enabled Imager will phone home so Raspberry Pi can record the number of uses of each OS
  1. Save -> Would you like to apply OS Customization settings? Yes
  2. Yes to the warning (make sure there's nothing important on the SD card)
  3. Make sure the SD card ejected properly
  4. Remove SD card and plug into Pi