install universal media server on ubuntu server 12.04

#Install universal media server on ubuntu server 12.04 install#
#Install universal media server on ubuntu server 12.04 iso#

#Install universal media server on ubuntu server 12.04 install#

At this point you have a barebone Ubuntu Server installed, so go ahead and select Install GRUB and continue installation. Installation should continue normally, until the APT configuration step, where it will fail and quit to the menu. Before partitioning, the installer will ask if it should unmount mounted drives. At the menu select Detect and mount the CD-ROM (if it doesn’t work you can try Load debconf preconfiguration file). If that is the case, press ALT+F1, press ENTER at the CD-ROM error. Now you should see the contents of the Ubuntu Server media. If you have a real optical dirve attached to your computer this would not work, but you wouldn’t be reading this anyway, would you? mkdir /usb

#Install universal media server on ubuntu server 12.04 iso#

We are going to create a directory to mount the contents of the USB disk and then mount the iso to the virtual /cdrom device. Note where your USB device is (in my case sdb, as I have only one HDD in my server). Confirm that you want to open a shell and write: dmesg | grep SCSIĭepending on your hardware you should see something like Attached SCSI removable disk. Select “Continue” two times and the installer will quit to a menu. It will go through some installation steps and then hang with an Incorrect CD-ROM detected error. Now boot your would-be server with the flash drive we just made.

Find the folder named FilesToCopyToUsbRoot and copy menu.lst, grldr and your downloaded Ubuntu Server ISO to the root of your flash drive. It should look like this:Ĭlick Install, then Quit when finished. When done, find grubinst_gui.exe in the GrubInstaller folder and run it as Adminsitrator. In the zip you’ll find a the HP USB format tool, use it as Administrator to format your USB flash to FAT32. We are going to install it with the help of Grub4Dos and assume you are working on a Windows computer to prepare the USB.ĭownload these files and unzip the directory somewhere on your computer. You need at least a 2 GB USB drive and the Ubuntu Server ISO. This thing just won’t go smoothly and I spent a lot of time figuring out a way that works, no matter what. While the Ubuntu Desktop version installs fine no matter which USB installer you use, the Server version is a different story. So, the first step, installing the Ubuntu Server from USB. It was not my first encounter with Linux CLI, but definitely the deepest – and looking back, I am happy with the outcome. As I too wanted to build a file/download/test-web server for myself, I bought a little Dell Optiplex FX160 and went for Ubuntu. While looking for solutions, I stumbled upon FreeNAS and Ubuntu Server as chioces. Someone asked me a few weeks back about a way to have his files from home available over the internet.