diff --git a/internal/agent/install.go b/internal/agent/install.go
index 55a4bdf..b3b965c 100644
--- a/internal/agent/install.go
+++ b/internal/agent/install.go
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ func RunInstall(options map[string]string) error {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if device == "auto" {
+		device = detectDevice()
+	}
+
 	cloudInit, ok := options["cc"]
 	if !ok {
 		fmt.Println("cloudInit must be specified among options")
diff --git a/internal/agent/interactive_install.go b/internal/agent/interactive_install.go
index f03c494..e1488f2 100644
--- a/internal/agent/interactive_install.go
+++ b/internal/agent/interactive_install.go
@@ -110,6 +110,23 @@ func promptToUnstructured(p events.YAMLPrompt, unstructuredYAML map[string]inter
 	return unstructuredYAML, nil
 }
 
+func detectDevice() string {
+	preferedDevice := "/dev/sda"
+	maxSize := float64(0)
+
+	block, err := ghw.Block()
+	if err == nil {
+		for _, disk := range block.Disks {
+			size := float64(disk.SizeBytes) / float64(GiB)
+			if size > maxSize {
+				maxSize = size
+				preferedDevice = "/dev/" + disk.Name
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return preferedDevice
+}
+
 func InteractiveInstall(spawnShell bool) error {
 	bus.Manager.Initialize()