Hardware/PCEnginesAPU1D4
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Ubuntu 14.04.01 Server setup
Required hardware :
- 1x apu1d
- 1x Host machine with Linux, windows or OSX
- 1x USB to RS232 adapter if the host machine has none
- 1x Serial port cable (female-female null modem)
- 1x USB Stick (fat32 file system, minimum 27 MBytes)
USB Stick setup
- Install unetbootin (sudo apt-get install unetbootin or for windows/mac)
- Plug the USB Stick
- Run unetbootin
- Select [x] Distribution
- Ubuntu
- 14.04_NetInstall_x64
- Choose the destination (the USB Stick)
- OK
- EXIT
- Edit the USBSTICK:/syslinux.cfg file like this:
serial 0 115200 0x303 default unetbootindefault prompt 0 menu title UNetbootin timeout 1 label unetbootindefault menu label Default kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit console=ttyS0,115200n8
Install on the APU board
- Connect the board (DO not connect the power)
- Network cable on the port near USB
- USB stick in the lower USB port
- Null modem cable to the computer
- Open your favorite serial port terminal emulator
- Choose the right COM port
- 115200 bauds
- 8 data bits
- 1 stop bit
- no parity
- no handshake
- Apply power to the board
- press F12 in your terminal emulator, this will show the boot menu
- Choose "Payload/Setup"
- Configure your board for booting on the internal hard drive first
- Disable IPXE
- Save
- Re-press F12
- Choose the USB Stick
- Follow the steps
- When the installer ask for setting up the grub bootloader on the first hard drive say NO, then select /dev/sdc
- See tips for the rest of the setup.
Using the i2c from Linux
- sudo apt-get install i2c-tools lm-sensors