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We build Corporate Linux ubuntu 22.04 machines (Dell) using a Corporate ISO (bootable USB stick) that includes scripts to do various things (machine name, domain join, installation of security products etc). This has previously worked however I have some new Dell Pro Max Towers and it doesn’t work. When booting these machines (exactly the same usb stick) I have a message “7.037658 systemd [1] : Failed to find module ‘autofs4’ The machine then starts to do a standard Linux install not using the scripts. I have tried various things – not using a USB3 port, turning off secure boot but with no change. The guess is this error means something isn’t mounting so the scripts don’t run. I am relatively new to Linux and have little control of the ISO so a simple fix to the machine to cure this would be the ideal solution! Any help would be appreciated.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"answerCount":2,"datePublished":"2025-06-05T10:51:17.709Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"spiceuser-6eqb","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/spiceuser-6eqb"},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"
We build Corporate Linux ubuntu 22.04 machines (Dell) using a Corporate ISO (bootable USB stick) that includes scripts to do various things (machine name, domain join, installation of security products etc). This has previously worked however I have some new Dell Pro Max Towers and it doesn’t work. When booting these machines (exactly the same usb stick) I have a message “7.037658 systemd [1] : Failed to find module ‘autofs4’ The machine then starts to do a standard Linux install not using the scripts. I have tried various things – not using a USB3 port, turning off secure boot but with no change. The guess is this error means something isn’t mounting so the scripts don’t run. I am relatively new to Linux and have little control of the ISO so a simple fix to the machine to cure this would be the ideal solution! Any help would be appreciated.<\/p>","upvoteCount":5,"datePublished":"2025-06-05T10:51:17.764Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/ubuntu-iso-fails-autofs4/1212659/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"spiceuser-6eqb","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/spiceuser-6eqb"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I’ve found recently that dell turn on raid in the bios (windows will not detect a hard drive when doing a clean install from USB). Check and see if that has been turned on and if it has try switching to AHCI and try again<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2025-06-05T15:50:38.444Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/ubuntu-iso-fails-autofs4/1212659/2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"michaelcoulter","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/michaelcoulter"}}]}}