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How to install Debian over serial console on Apu board?
Installing Debian over serial console on APU board. Installing Debian on APU boards is easy, if you know the steps. Step 1: Step 2: burn the image on USB. If you are using Linux, use dd: Step 3: Insert the USB into the APU board, and use putty to connect over the serial cable, as described here.
How to activate the network console in Debian?
You can activate the network console of the Debian Installer via preseeding. The Installation Guide actually contains the following example: # Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console # component for remote installation over SSH.
How to install Debian on a USB drive?
At this stage I could boot the usb on my target embedded system and repeat the whole process again to install debian on the SATA drive. Obviously I needed to install things like debootstrap on the usb drive first to facilitate this but that was minor. You can activate the network console of the Debian Installer via preseeding.
How to install Linux on a serial line?
I have managed to build a custom Linux 3.16.7 kernel that can be booted with console=uartPCH0,115200 and then displays a console on the serial line. However, to move from here to an actual installation seems to be problematic.
How to install Ubuntu serial install in Debian?
CONSOLE 0 SERIAL 0 115200 0 default menu.c32 prompt 0 menu title UNetbootin timeout 100 label unetbootindefault kernel /ubnkern append vga=normal initrd=/ubninit nomodeset askmethod console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 Add serial console options and remove quiet option in the menuentry of “Insatall Ubuntu Server”
How to install Debian on an embedded system?
Instead of adding a preseed.cfg file to your initrd (which your bootloader may not support directly), you can supply all these settings on the kernel command line like linux language=en country=US locale=en_US.UTF-8 keymap=us anna/choose_modules=network-console network-console/authorized_keys_url=”http://…”