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Creating an Ubuntu Live USB from CD. How to Create an Ubuntu Live USB Persistent Flash Drive from a running Live CD: In the following segment I show you how I used the Official Startup Disk Creator (created by the Ubuntu team) to put Ubuntu on a USB Flash Drive. Ubuntu's Casper Persistent feature can also be used for saving and restoring. Start Minicom We will provide a USB-Serial convertor which is located at /dev/ttyUSB0. We should provide the sudo command for root privileges.
This instruction show you how to install Ubuntu with serial console without VGA.We have tested the following instructions under UEFI boot and legacy boot mode.
USB boot-disk setup
- Download an ubuntu server amd64 iso file
- Create a USB boot disk using unetbootin
- Modify the following files. If you still use legacy bios boot mode, modify
isolinux/isolinux.cfg
,isolinux/txt.cfg
,syslinux.cfg
. If you use UEFI boot mode, modifyboot/grub/grub.cfg
only.isolinux/isolinux.cfg
isolinux/txt.cfg
syslinux.cfg
boot/grub/grub.cfg
Add serial console options and remove quiet option in the menuentry of 'Insatall Ubuntu Server'
Hardware configuration
- Enter BIOS.
- Setup serial port setting to allow console redirection.
- Enter 'Advanced Setup Configurations' Tab
- Enter 'Super IO Configuration' option
- Enter 'Serial Port Console Redirection' option
- Select boot partition
- Enter 'Boot' Tab
SetUEFI USB disk boot
orUSB disk
as first boot priority at Boot Option - Save current BIOS configuration and reboot
Client setup
- Attach serial console from client
Ubuntu Installation
- Proceed normal Ubuntu installation.
- At the phase of GRUB installation, select your correct boot disk for boot loader.An Ubuntu 14.04 installation boot disk may be '/dev/sda' in case that you use USB boot.
- Install SSH daemon and avahi-daemon to configure the system after this installation.
- (Optional) When you see the dialog at 'Finish the installation', check ' and select 'start shell' to check host IP address in a DHCP environment with the following command.
First boot after the installation
- Enter
editing mode
of grub boot option with keye
, when you see grub boot menu on serial console. - Add console options after
ro
in linux boot options - Boot linux with current grub configuration by
Ctrl-x
Post setup
- Grub configuration
- Edit /etc/default/grub as follows:
- Update grub configuration
Tested Ubuntu and Hardware
Ubuntu version
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
![Ubuntu 18.04 serial console Ubuntu 18.04 serial console](/uploads/1/2/6/6/126665639/957563463.png)
Tested hardware
- Lanner FW-7551
- Lanner FW-8896
- Lanner NCA-4010
- Riava Rangeley server
Reference
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image- 2.6.27-. package is currently available for you to install and test.-or-2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4.
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Please watch for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback. Hi sles,This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue?
Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from.If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a Terminal (Applications- Accessories- Terminal).
It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.apport-collect -p linux-image-`uname -r` 246844Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs- upstream- testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs- upstream- testing' text.
Please let us know your results.Thanks in advance.This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so. This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed.
Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release. Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to 'New'.
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