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    Tested on NCA-1510B Lanner Electronics Inc.
Requirements


Ubuntu machine with network connection for making bootable USB.
An 8GiB USB.

Steps


Download latest ubuntu server distro image. Recommend ubuntu-server 18.04

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/18.04.1/release/?_ga=2.12074420.164276020.1537186949-1883798353.1537186949
OR (local only)
http://192.168.81.12/iso/ubuntu-18.04.1-server-amd64.iso


Create a bootable USB using usb-creator-gtk.


Connect to device via minicom.


sudo minicom -c on

Configure the serial console. The command dmesg | grep tty help to identify the identity of the serial.


Press TAB or DEL to config BIOS Boot option to UEFI, select the USB for primary boot device.
Save BIOS and start booting the device.


At Installation Menu, quickly move the cursor to Install Ubuntu Server and press e. Point the console to the corresponding tty by adding console=ttyS0,115200n8 text as a parameter of linux command. Remove quiet option. Example:


  set gfxpayload=text
	linux	/install/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-server.seed console=ttyS0,115200n8 text ---
	initrd	/install/initrd.gz

Press Ctrl+X to start booting with new grub configuration.
TADA!!!!
Now you can install Ubuntu server in text mode.
After installation, at first time bootup, hit ESC quickly to show grub menu. Try to edit Ubuntu entry as same as above step.
After login to Ubuntu, put the additional parameters to grub config and update accordingly.
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
# Set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=ttyS0,115200n8 text"
# Save the file.

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
sudo update-grub