Meegopad T01 Linux Installation Guide. To work as a remote server

    This publication is my continuation of Axgio Windows Mini PC. Hello from China - An Atomic Baby Review . I wanted to make a remote Linux server without a keyboard and monitor. Installing Ubuntu 04/14/02 64 LTS with minimal modifications, which provides 5 years of support. As well as problems that were resolved by the campaign loading, text console, starting without a monitor.

    Meegopad exists in two versions:
    a) RAM 2GB + DISK 32 GB CPU Intel® Atom (TM) CPU Z3735F @ 1.33GHz
    b) RAM 1GB + DISK 16 GB CPU Intel® Atom (TM) CPU Z3735E is not sure when buying it is better to take the maximum option .

    Article on maximum modification A


    Received this device on Friday.

    Appearance:




    Minimalistic set, 5V / 2A power supply, leather case, warranty, mini manual.

    Specification of the ordered device:
    - processor: Intel Atom Z3735F
    - RAM: 2 GB
    - built-in 32GB drive
    - two microUSB 2.0 ports (one of which is intended only to power the device)
    - one full-sized USB 2.0 port;
    - Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n;
    - Bluetooth 4.0;

    - microSD slot
    - HDMI connector
    OS: Windows 8.1 on board + Android
    Power 5V / 2A

    Additionally ordered an HDMI cable -> VGA + HDMI adapter mother / mother. Plus Ethernet Adapter + USB Hub.



    Of the two HDMI-> VGA cables, one even worked poorly, the screen turned off periodically.
    To install ubuntu, I chose UBUNTU 04/14/02 64 bit
    Installation flash drive did according to the instructions create a flash drive in windows .

    The flash drive’s key point will not load since the device has problems with 64 bit downloads. On a flash drive in the EFI \ BOOT directory, I copied bootia32.efi .

    A hit in the BIOS can be made using the F7 key.

    Before all operations, it makes sense to make a copy with any tool from
    under the downloaded "Try Ubuntu without install" flash drive
    sudo dd if = / dev / mmcblk0 of = Where there is enough space 32 GB.

    Partitioning I did two. One where I did not touch UEFI, I did the rest of the sections in one piece.



    Installation of Linux was done in the usual way, a usb ethernet adapter was connected to the computer and for the Internet to work). Installed Linux will not have WIFI, Bluetoot, I assume the use of this device with a USB -> Ethernet card.

    We don’t select the overload, some magic is to be done with chroot go to the console (ctrl + alt + f2)

    # / dev / mmcblkp01 FAT32 the section that went on the device
    This section has general recommendations
    on my device two sections "/ dev / mmcblkp01" - EFI
    / dev / mmcblkp02 - Where ubunta is installed.
    Carefully use,
    depending on your installation,

    sudo -i

    mkdir / target
    mount / dev / mmcblkp02 / target
    # / target / boot / efi must be connected otherwise there will be no bootloader when reinstalling the package

    mount / dev / mmcblkp01 / target / boot / efi
    mount --bind / dev / / target / dev
    chroot / target
    mount -t proc none / proc
    mount -t sysfs none / sys
    mount -t devpts none / dev / pts

    # internet DNS setup
    echo nameserver 8.8.8.8> /etc/resolv.conf

    Now we can begin to resolve certain issues.

    1) This installation will not be loaded from the specifics of the iron. 32 EFI bootloader

    apt-get update
    apt-get -y remove grub-efi-amd64
    apt-get -y install grub-efi-ia32

    after installation in / boot / efi / EFI / is needed ubuntu

    bootia32.efi grub.efi grubx64.efi shimx64.efi
    grub.cfg grubia32.efi MokManager.efi

    in / boot / efi I did not delete other EFI bootloaders

    / boot / efi / EFI $ ls
    BOOT Intel.tar.gz Microsoft.tar.gz ubuntu

    ss you can install more packages to your taste SSH server for example

    2) Since this computer will exist without a monitor and keyboard in GRUB you need to specify it is loaded into the console.
    you need to edit in / etc / default / grub
    # GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "quiet splash"
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT = "text"

    After editing, you need to update the configuration.

    update-grub

    3) Network setup

    With a Network Card if you need a static address if DHCP does not suit:
    / etc / network / interfaces

    4) You can restart the computer .
    In the BIOS, you need to check the boot sequence so that it always loads with ubuntu.
    The computer will not boot without a monitor. I had to go buy a monitor on the radio market . I inserted 3 resistance values ​​of 68 OM into the adapter, as shown in the picture.
    This ensures that the computer boots without a monitor.


    On the Internet, they recommend 68 ohms or 75 ohms.

    From under Windows you can use Xming + Putty
    . Putty needs to specify this setting.



    And on the remote computer, you can run X-Window applications xclock, firefox, and so on.

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