How to netboot ubuntuy install#

You should see a prompt that says 'Press F10 key now for boot menu' which will allow you to select your thumb-drive, if it's not your default. Or, depending on how your system is setup: The command I use to open up that session is: My APU is setup to talk serial at the 115200 speed, but you’ll want to check the manual for your device to see what it’s defaults are. I talk to the APU via another PC using the screen command and a USB serial adapter.

With that done, pop it into your APU device, hook up the serial interface, plug it into a network with DHCP, and apply power. For instance ĭd if=/the/path/to/mini.iso of=/you/thumbdrive bs=4k status=progress & sync I use a thumb-drive and DD to make that happen. Once downloaded, use your preferred method to image it onto a CD, or thumb-drive. The full path, as of Feb 5th, 2021, is below: Once you’ve selected your version, you just need to navigate down into the folder for installers and grab the mini.iso file. Head to the below link, and then navigate into the version of Ubuntu you’re looking to install. Ubuntu does not make it that easy to find anymore, but if you know where to look you can find what you need.

How to netboot ubuntuy install#

This ~75MB image is the core installer for Ubuntu and it will download the items needed to complete your install as it runs, instead of it being pre-loaded onto a larger ISO image. The first step is to find the mini.iso that is made available on the mirrors. I have a few PC Engines APU units that do not have a graphics adapter, and are designed to be setup via a serial interface.