There is a far easier way to install ubuntu

[nbrownus]

To install ubuntu, download the server iso of your choice, dd it to a usb drive, boot it up in your apu2 and when the boot: screen appears type the following:

install vga=off console=ttyS0,115200n8

And then hit enter.

on 14.04 you may see this screen:

Press to see video modes available, to continue, or wait 30 sec

If you do hit then hit <SPACE> then <ENTER>, should boot fine.

I tried the latest ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso and for some reason the grub menu is borked and nothing works. Maybe some earlier isos for 16.04 work properly.

I have succesfully installed and booted into 17.04 off the vanilla install disk using this.

[chiwou]

works great thanks, safes a lot of time 👍

[ynkjm]

@nbrownus and @chiwou Thanks! I'm going to try in my environment in weekends.

[gene1wood]

With Ubuntu 20.04 I found I had to type live initrd=initrd.gz console=ttyS0,115200 which worked fine.