In the interest of security and your own sanity, be sure to check the md5sum
value of the downloaded PVE image to make sure it matches the value at http://download.proxmox.com/iso/MD5SUMS. In the case of Proxmox VE 4.1, for example, the md5sum
value is 00358ebcfeea1e33977e1be0fa2e02d3
.
For Ubuntu users, for instance, the following process can be used to verify that the downloaded PVE 4.1 image is as it should be.
Enter the following line in a terminal emulator:
md5sum /tmp/proxmox-ve_4.1-2f9650d4-21.iso
The response should be as follows:
00358ebcfeea1e33977e1be0fa2e02d3 /tmp/proxmox-ve_4.1-2f9650d4-21.iso
This response verifies that the md5sum
value corresponds to the string value provided at http://download.proxmox.com/iso/MD5SUMS.
Finally, write the ISO to a blank CD or a USB drive when the download is complete and the md5sum
value is verified.