How To Install Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish on a Nextbook Flexx 11

This was on the Windows version. The Nextbook NXW116QC264 Flexx 11.6″ 2-in-1 Tablet 2GB Ram 64GB Storage Windows 8.1.  Not sure if it works with the Android version.

Manual: NXW116QC264-User-Manual

Requirements:

  • You will need an Ubuntu computer to perform these steps
  • An USB flash drive >= 4GB capacity
  • OTB USB micro adapter
  • Download Ubuntu the desktop iso here: www.ubuntu.com/download/…

Commmands:

wget https://github.com/kenorb-contrib/isorespin/raw/master/isorespin.sh

chmod u+x isorespin.sh

./isorespin.sh -i ubuntu-18.10-desktop-amd64.iso --atom

Steps:

  1. Insert a USB and make a note of which device it is (use dfblkid or lsblk to confirm).
  2. Unmount any files systems auto mounted from the USB:
    sudo umount /dev/sdx*
    
  3. Write the respun ISO to USB:
    sudo dd if=ubuntu-18.10-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M
  4. Plug flash drive into Flexx with OTB USB Micro adapter.
  5. Reboot into Boot Manager. I used the cmd terminal method from windows 8.1:
    shutdown.exe /r /o

Resources:

github.com/kenorb-contri…

linuxiumcomau.blogspot.c…

github.com/burzumishi/li…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.