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After much experimentation, the following created a bootable USB:

• Format USB in Win10 (FAT, 32 kb)
  
• UNetbootin 661 with SnakeOil 1.1 iso
  
• Replaced vmlinuz on usb with that from zip file install-4.4.9-rt17-igb-20190223.zip
  

(could not get it booting with Rufus 3.5 nor changing ISO with winiso)

On booting USB, could not select get the latest updates while installing Ubuntu, and no IP address after install.

Installed and running Linux Lite.  Using sudo lspci -v

00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 9df0 (rev 30)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0034
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at 404ac10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Capabilities: [40] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
    Capabilities: [80] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
    Capabilities: [100] #00
    Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting
    Capabilities: [164] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0010 Rev=0 Len=014 <?>
    Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
    Kernel modules: iwlwifi

00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (6) I219-V (rev 30)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (6) I219-V
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 129
    Memory at c0a00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
    Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e

(27-Apr-2019, 06:35 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]After much experimentation, the following created a bootable USB:

• Format USB in Win10 (FAT, 32 kb)
  
• UNetbootin 661 with SnakeOil 1.1 iso
  
• Replaced vmlinuz on usb with that from zip file install-4.4.9-rt17-igb-20190223.zip
  

(could not get it booting with Rufus 3.5 nor changing ISO with winiso)

Is that with EFI boot? Nice work.

(27-Apr-2019, 06:35 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]   Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e 

The I219 uses the e1000e card. Another user in HK reported the same problem. I suspect there's a bug in the existing e1000e driver causing that to fail. I'm going out today and will be back late. Will generate a newer kernel.. In theory that should fix this boot problem.

Will update you later tonight.

(27-Apr-2019, 08:17 AM)agent_kith Wrote: [ -> ]

(27-Apr-2019, 06:35 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]Is that with EFI boot? Nice work.

(27-Apr-2019, 06:35 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]   Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e 

The I219 uses the e1000e card. Another user in HK reported the same problem. I suspect there's a bug in the existing e1000e driver causing that to fail. I'm going out today and will be back late. Will generate a newer kernel.. In theory that should fix this boot problem.

Will update you later tonight. 

It was legacy boot.  

As a digression, Linux Lite recommended Etcher, worked first time.  Etcher could not use theSnakeOil iso.

Please let me know when a new kernel is ready with an updated e1000e driver.

(03-May-2019, 08:50 PM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]It was legacy boot.

As a digression, Linux Lite recommended Etcher, worked first time.  Etcher could not use theSnakeOil iso.

Etcher is good. I've been using this for a while now over Rufus. Probably time to update the Snakeoil reference..

(03-May-2019, 08:50 PM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]Please let me know when a new kernel is ready with an updated e1000e driver. 

Try this kernel and see if it works.

Tried new kernel with no success.

• Create usb boot using Unetbootin on a USB3.0 (does not work with USB2.0) stick
  
• Replaced vmlinuz with that from new kernel
  
• Booted NUC, get greyed out "download updates while installing Ubuntu"
  
• Continued installing, rebooted
  
• Get error messages "Failed to execute /init (error -8)"  "Starting init: /bin/sh exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found"
  

Tried both 1.1 and 1.0 iso images, same problem

(06-May-2019, 08:01 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]Tried new kernel with no success.

• Create usb boot using Unetbootin on a USB3.0 (does not work with USB2.0) stick
  
• Replaced vmlinuz with that from new kernel
  
• Booted NUC, get greyed out "download updates while installing Ubuntu"
  
• Continued installing, rebooted
  
• Get error messages "Failed to execute /init (error -8)"  "Starting init: /bin/sh exists but couldn't execute it (error -8)" Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found"
  

Tried both 1.1 and 1.0 iso images, same problem  

Oh.. This is a new kernel version, might need to include a different initrd file. I'll see if I missed that in my automation scripts.

Until then, when you're in the installer (either direct or via VNC is fine), can you right click with your mouse, and start terminal. Then run "dmesg|grep e100" and let me know what pops up.

(06-May-2019, 08:08 AM)agent_kith Wrote: [ -> ]Until then, when you're in the installer (either direct or via VNC is fine), can you right click with your mouse, and start terminal. Then run "dmesg|grep e100" and let me know what pops up.

Intel ® PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
Copyright..
Intel ® PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
Copyright...

(06-May-2019, 08:37 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: [ -> ]Intel ® PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
Copyright..
Intel ® PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
Copyright... 

Is that all? Don't look like the kernel is seeing this NIC at all. Strange because this new kernel includes all the Intel NIC drivers.. Especially a NUC comes straight out of Intel.

What's the kernel version of Linux lite?

[    3.083134] e1000e: Intel® PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
[    3.083135] e1000e: Copyright© 1999 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
[    3.087301] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6: Interrupt Throttling Rate (ints/sec) set to dynamic conservative mode
[    3.291225] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 0000:00:1f.6 (uninitialized): registered PHC clock
[    3.360271] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 94:c6:91:a5:3d:b4
[    3.360272] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: Intel® PRO/1000 Network Connection
[    3.360345] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eth0: MAC: 13, PHY: 12, PBA No: FFFFFF-0FF
[    3.363603] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 em1: renamed from eth0
[   31.627798] e1000e: em1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
Info from, Linux Lite. 4.15.0-45-generic

Previously, info at start of install process.

I'll try and build a RT kernel for 4.15 later today if I can.