Appendix A: Ubuntu 20.04.1 Installation Steps

The chapter will show the steps to be followed to install Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS 64-bit operating system.

Step 1: Boot the board from Live CD

Boot the board from Live CD , load the Ubuntu 20.04.1 live CD into the CD or DVD drive, and switch on the board with the disc still in the drive and watch the initial BIOS screen for a prompt that indicates which key to use for either:

• a boot menu, or

• the BIOS setup utility

The boot menu option is preferable. If you cannot see such a prompt, on many systems, the required key will be, F2 or Delete. Then change boot priority option to boot from drive.

Select the Install Ubuntu button

Step 2: Uncheck Download updates

Uncheck Download updates while updating and Install this third party section if it is checked.

Step 3: Installation type selection

Select “Something else” option and click continue.

Step 4: Creating new empty partition table

Click the “New Partition Table” and Click “continue”

Select the “free space” and click the “+” button

Select “Ext4 journaling file system” option

Select “ / ” for the Mount point and click Ok

Click Install now

Step 5: Not selecting a partition for use of Swap space

To increase life-span of M.2 2230 SATA Flash Disk, it is better to not use swap space because the Linux OS access the swap space frequently. The Athena-IV board has 4GB soldered SDRAM and this is enough for better performance. Hence Click “Continue” to avoid allocating a partition for swap space.

Step 6: Time Zone Configuration

Select the country by moving around the World map.

After selecting the country, press continue.

Step 7: Language Selection

Select the language and press continue.

Step 8: Set the user name.

Provide the user name and password.

For example user name is dscguest, type the user name in the ‘Your name’ section.

For example password is dscguest, type the password in ‘Choose a password ’section.

The given Your name becomes the user account name for the system and also serves as the administrator.

Step 9: Installing System

The following screen will be appeared and it will install the OS.

Step 10: Restart Now

Restart the system to complete Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS OS installation once the following window is appeared.