Bedrock V3000 does not have a display, so Ubuntu installation requires connecting lacks an integrated display adapter. Consequently, to install Ubuntu, users must connect Bedrock to a host PC using a console (, facilitated by serial over USB).

This document describes Ubuntu installation process on Bedrock V3000.

Table of Contents

• Test Setup

• Installation Process

  • Creating a Bootable USB Drive

  • Connecting to Serial Console

  • BIOS Boot select

  • Configuring Grub

  • Live USB Settings

  • Enable ttyS4 Service

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Setup Setup

Test setup

The This installation was process has been validated at by SolidRun using with the following setupconfigurations:

• Ubuntu versions:

  • Ubuntu server 22.04

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  • Ubuntu server 23.04

  • Ubuntu server 24.04

• Terminal software:

  • PuttyAlternatively, Tio can also be used.
    known Tio limitation: in BIOS, the currently selected option is displayed in the same color as the background, which makes it not visible yet it is still fully functional.

• USB flash disk: Kingston Data Traveler

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Installation Installation

Installation process

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bootable

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This step takes place on a host PC running Linux.

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download Ubuntu server .iso file

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Connect a USB thumb drive to your pc

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Run command: 
lsblk

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Identify your drive (usually /dev/sdX, X can be different for each system) 

• NOTE: SATA HDDs & SSDs also identify as sdX so be careful not to corrupt your data.

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Run command:
sudo dd if=${path/to/iso/file.iso} of=/dev/sdX status=progress

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bootable

Creating bootable USB drive

Please follow instructions at https://solidrun.atlassian.net/l/cp/m9Reo11r

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serial serial

Connecting serial console

Please follow instructions at Using serial console with Bedrock V3000

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BIOS

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BIOS

BIOS Boot select

You need to enable some configurations in BIOS before starting choose your USB bootable device to start the installation.

• Insert the USB media to the device

• Turn on Bedrock

• Repetitively press the DEL / ESC key to enter the BIOS setup

• In BIOS go to -> Save & Exit -> <your bootable USB device> -> yes

• Device will reset and a grub menu screen will appear

  • If you dont see a grub menu, reboot and press the “arrow down” key repetitively right after you pressed enter to boot from BIOS

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grub grub

Configure grub

A At the grub menu will appear saying (displaying "try or install Ubuntu. "),Press ‘e’ to set the boot parameters.

• You will be prompted with 'll encounter a window like thisresembling:

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  setparams 'Install Ubuntu Server'

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• set gfxpayload=keep

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• linux        /casper/vmlinuz   quiet  ---

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• initrd        /casper/initrd

• Remove the quiet parameter and change the entry that starts with ‘linux’ to look as follows:

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  linux /casper/vmlinuz console=tty1 console=ttyS4,115200n8 systemd.

  unit

  wants=serial-getty@ttyS4

  .service

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• Wait for the live USB to boot

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Live Live

Live USB settings

• After live USB boots

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• Run sudo

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• run the installer program: Sudo subiquity

• wait for 10 minutes until cloud-init runs out

• Choose your selected settings for installationsubiquity

  • NOTE: On newer Ubuntu versions the installer might run automatically, so you can skip this step.

• If you see a “waiting for cloud init” message, wait until it times out and opens the installer (could take some time since some services should finish starting in the background).

• Proceed with your preferred installation settings and await completion

• Wait until installation is complete.you will be asked to

• When prompted, remove the installation media and press enter

• Device will be rebooted

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ttyS4 ttyS4

Enable ttyS4 service

Enable the ttyS4 console to be able to interact with the system.

• Boot into BIOS

• Boot from the disk you installed linux on.

• If you don't get a grub menu automatically on boot, hold press the shift key“arrow down” key repetitively right after you pressed enter to boot from BIOS

  • If you dont get the grub menu after pressing shift, connect a keyboard to the divice device and pres hold shift on the connected keyboard .when booting

• In the grub menu choose:

  • Advanced options for Ubuntu

  • Select the line that says recovery mode

  • Press ’e’

  • In the line that says: linux        /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-43-generic root=UUID=4c58e5aa-6443-4fb2-84e7-4ac2265a7b9e ro recovery nomodeset dis_ucode_ldr

  • Add the console redirection:

    linux

    parameters to grub after the ‘ro’ parameter

    • from this:

    • Code Block
      linux /boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-27-generic root=UUID=1dfc1a94-6289-4b15-9f4f-0fb36c083841 ro

    • to this:

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        linux /boot/vmlinuz-

      5

      • 6.

      15

      • 2.0-

      43

      • 27-generic root=UUID=

      4c58e5aa

      • 1dfc1a94-

      6443

      • 6289-

      4fb2

      • 4b15-

      84e7

      • 9f4f-

      4ac2265a7b9e

      • 0fb36c083841 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS4,115200n8

      recovery nomodeset dis_ucode_ldrPress

      • systemd.wants=serial-getty@ttyS4 quiet

      • Note: if you want to see the boot logs remove the quiet argumentPress ctrl+x to boot

• Choose Root (drop into shell)

• Type to enable the ttyS4 service automatically when you boot: systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyS4.service

• edit grub config file: nano /etc/default/grub

  • add the console redirection to the grub default options (same as above):
    on line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT add the following

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    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash console=tty1 console=ttyS4,115200n8 usbcore.autosuspend=-1"

    the usbcore.autosuspend=-1argument is used to enable all 4 of the usb ports.

  • save the file and run: update-grub

  Boot Linux in normal mode