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Introduction

This article will teach you how to install ubuntu system to ROCK PI X.

Prepare

Ubuntu ISO image - You need a copy of the ubuntu ISO image, which can be downloaded from Ubuntu.
USB drive - We need this as the installation media
ROCK Pi X - It doesn't matter if the board has OS running already or not, as long as we have proper BIOS installed, we can install a new OS
Keyboard/mouse and HDMI monitor for ROCK Pi X - We need to operate on ROCK Pi X
Another PC(HOST PC) running Ubuntu - We need to make bootable USB drive from iso on this PC

Step 1: Make a bootable USB disk from Ubuntu ISO

Linux Host

Plug in the U disk and use the command to view the device node of the U disk:

$ dmesg
...
[152495.190420] usb 2-1.1: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[152495.211005] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=2537, idProduct=1081, bcdDevice= 1.00
[152495.211010] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[152495.211013] usb 2-1.1: Product: NS1081
[152495.211016] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Norelsys
[152495.211018] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 81E22742AB574A1DAAB8A9FB1763CC
[152495.213235] usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[152495.213869] scsi host4: usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
[152498.161965] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     NORELSYS 1081             0    PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[152498.163651] scsi 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[152498.164259] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] 122683136 512-byte logical blocks: (62.8 GB/58.5 GiB)
[152498.164602] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[152498.164606] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[152498.164874] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[152498.182278]  sdc: sdc1 sdc2
[152498.184061] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

After querying that the device node is sdc, use the dd command to install the ubuntu ISO image file to the U disk:

$ ls
ubuntu-12.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso  ubuntu-16.04.6-desktop-amd64.iso  ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso
ubuntu-14.04.6-desktop-amd64.iso  ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso

$ sudo dd if=ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8M status=progress
301989888 bytes (302 MB, 288 MiB) copied, 8 s, 36.8 MB/s

Wait for the installation is finished, U disk start disk production is completed.

Step 2: Boot from USB disk

1. Plug the USB drive on ROCK Pi X, if your USB drive is USB 3.0, plug it to the ROCK Pi X USB 3.0 port is preferred.

2. Plug keyboard and HDMI monitor on ROCK Pi X

3. Power on the ROCK Pi X, keep pressing DEL on the keyboard until the BIOS screen is on HDMI

4. Go the last tab [Save & Exit] -> [Boot Override] of BIOS menu, select your USB drive and press Enter to boot.

Step 3: Installation

Wait for some seconds and you see the familiar ubuntu installation screen, now you are ready to go.