Install Ubuntu from USB Stick

Hello,

I just received a PICO-APL3 , that is a nice SBC.
I flashed Ubuntu ISO on a USB stick and connected to the system in order to load UBUNTU 16 on the eMMC.

Looking at the BIOS I do not see the boot option for USB (as showned in the manual at page 73) , There is just the EFI option available.

So at boot it goes to the EFI Shell, with no devices being mapped: all Alias are (null)
I can see the USB stick using the devices command.

Questions:
How can I get the Bios boot option to load from USB?
If this option no longer available, how can I map correctly the map USB stick in order to boot with the EFI and load OS on the eMMC ?

Best Regards

Patrick Poirier

Comments

ppoirier

RESOLVED

Ubuntu 16.04 ISO is NOT UEFI compliant.
I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ISO with no problem.

Please note that the download link on the wiki is pointing to the correct version: https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
But the text is misleading:
__Download the Ubuntu 16.04 ISO from the Ubuntu download page____

I suggest that you specify the correct release and add a special note about UEFI compliancy

Daniele Cleri

Hello Ppoirier,

The system has been tested with Ubuntu 16.04, which is already UEFI compliant but it still include legacy BIOS support.

Can I ask you which Ubuntu 16.04 image you downloaded and which tool you are using to flash the image into the USB Stick?

ppoirier

Hello Daniele,
Sorry for late reply ;-)
Ii was ubuntu-16.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync and made image with both Etcher (1.4.4) & Diskmanager 9.5.
Anyway. I prefer working with latest LTS, even if I have some incompatibilities.

Best Regards