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TRUE nass Core Installation in a PROXMOX VM

Behram Munir edited this page Aug 17, 2022 · 1 revision

In This Page i will show you how to install TrueNas Core in a Proxmox VM

  1. Go to the official website of the truenass and download truenass core package ISO file.
  2. Upload the ISO file in Proxmox
  3. Create a VM In Proxmox Using a TrueNass Core ISO file with 8gb ram, 2 processor cores and SCSI storage type but do not start it yet.
  4. login to your Proxmox server via .SSH.
  5. Type the following command.
lsblk -o +MODEL,SERIAL 

it will list all the drives with their model and serial number and hard drives will be listed as sda and sdb

ls /dev/disk/by-id

it will show you the hard drives connected to your motherboard.

  • sata drives are listed as follows: ata 0r if it is not listed as ata it will be listed with scsi
  1. Add the sata drives by running following command
qm set 103 -scsi2 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250318AS_9VY9660G
  • 103 is a id of vm
  • scsi2 is the storage type
  • ata-ST3250318AS_9VY9660G is the hard drive model and serial number
  1. Add all the drives using the same command but with minor changes like previous hard was added using scsci 2 the next drive will be added with scsi 3 and its serial and model & so on.
  2. Start the VM and install TrueNass Core
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