For days, i'm trying to get ubuntu 16.04.3 server to install on an asrock n3150-itx board/system. I've made an usb install media and am trying to install it from that. I've created the usb installer with Rufus (windows) and also tried writing the iso with image writer (win32diskimager, windows)
The installer refuses to run, it displays the initial menu, but when choosing the first option to start the installer some data is loaded, the usb optical mouse flickers, and nothing happens (screen stays black).
My main goal was to get it to boot from uefi. When this didnt seem to work, i've tried legacy bios/csm mode. Even this didnt work.
What i've done so far:
-try to boot from usb in uefi mode (with/without secure boot)
-try to boot from usb in legacy bios mode
-manually created the esp partition and tried booting in uefi again, same result
-tried booting with cpu c-state limited to s1 or s7, no difference
-tried booting with different displays, connected with hdmi or dvi, 1680p display and 1080p display, same result
What does work:
-boot windows 10 in uefi mode
-boot dban in legacy mode
-boot knoppix, this gives a LOT of errors, freezes on acpi not recognised, after altering boot parameters disabeling acpi knoppix boots
-boot ubuntu desktop in legacy mode
-what doesnt work:
-boot ubuntu server in uefi mode (black screen)
-boot ubuntu server in csm legacy mode (black screen)
The system consists of a n3150-itx board, two identical sodimms (2x4gb), two ssd's . The goal was to use an extra hardware raid controller, but i left it out of the initial setup no to complicate matters further. Bios of the board was updated to latest 1.8 version.
I'm really pulling my hair out. Exactly the thing that this machine was build for, running ubuntu server , seems to be impossible.
Does anyone have an idea how i can get this thing to work?
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