Installing Ubuntu on Bedrock R8000 | R7000

Installation was tested on:

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 24.04

Ubuntu 20.04 does not have intel i226 [igc] driver on kernel 5.4

Create bootable usb drive

Boot

• Connect power to bedrock
• Press 'DEL' repetitively to enter BIOS setup
• Go to the save & exit tab and boot from your USB flash drive

If you have problems with installation, please disable secure boot in BIOS → boot> security → secure boot-> disable

Installation

• A grub menu will open, choose “try or install ubuntu”
• After the system boots, an installer window will open, at this point if you want to try ubuntu, you can close this window and use ubuntu as a live environment, to install ubuntu, just proceed with the installer and select your language.
• Select keyboard layout
• Select updates and software, if you dont know what to choose, just press Continue
• Choose installation type, Ubuntu supports multiple installation types:

  • Erase disk and install Ubuntu (easiest option)
  • Install Ubutnu alongside windows (will be visible only if ubuntu detects that you have windows installed) choose only if you want to dualboot windows and Ubuntu.
  • Something else (custom partitioning)

• Press Install Now
• choose your region
• Choose computer name, username and password and press Continue
• wait for the isntallation to finish
• After the installation is finished press Restart now
• System will restart and you’re done