In this post we look at using a testing Lab of Windows systems as a benchmarking platform for Linux scientific application using network boot with nfsroot and home mounts. Linux is boot on the systems “diskless” leaving the Windows installs untouched. LTSP turned out to be a great time saver for setting up the configuration.
How-To: Make Ubuntu Autoinstall ISO with Cloud-init
This post will guide you through the process of creating an Ubuntu 20.04 (or newer) autoinstall ISO by modifying the default installer ISO. The install configuration will be done using cloud-init cloud-config method that is now used for the Ubuntu server installer.
Note: Auto-Install Ubuntu with Custom Preseed ISO
This note describes creating an ISO image for a fully automatic, customized Ubuntu 18.04 server install.
The Best Way To Install Ubuntu 18.04 with NVIDIA Drivers and any Desktop Flavor
In this post I’ll be going over details of Installing Ubuntu 18.04 including the NVIDIA display driver and, any one of the available desktop environments. I’ll do this starting from a base server install. I’ll go over a few possible pitfalls and end with a short discussion on the new netplan configuration tool for Ubuntu networking.
The Best Way To Install Ubuntu 16.04 with NVIDIA Drivers and CUDA
In this post I’ll be going over details of Installing Ubuntu 16.04 including the NVIDIA display driver and, optionally, NVIDIA CUDA. I have found the method presented here to be the most likely to succeed no matter what hardware configuration you are installing onto.