I might have figured it out. I didn't think I had to build the kernel on the C1 but I misread it. I had to build it with NFS, so I'm almost done doing that. Once I get that done and get back on that page again I might ask about a few things.
I decided it wasn't worth booting these from NFS, especially since it was such a pain in the ass to get the compiled files off the machine I built them on. It's a Hyper-V Ubuntu install and for some reason Hyper-V only lets you access USB files when you RDP in, not when you connect locally to the VM. And then it bitched about my NFS share, which Lubuntu didn't so I said fuck you! That's why I use Debian, I can't fucking stand Ubuntu.
NFS can be a pain to set up. Once it's up though I find it is very reliable, and considerably faster than afp and samba. [debian-based] Ubuntu is generally speaking better documented, and has a whole lot more software available than debian (though I actually prefer older releases). YMMV :-{)
If I knew what in blazes you were talking about, I'd have helped for sure. I can get printers to work, fix sound and video issues - but NFS troubles you must do on your own.
If you need to boot from a drive that has no OS on it, I can even help you with that. Wait, what?
No, I got pissed and decided to do it the old fashioned way by booting of the micro SD cards. I just thought it would be nice to use NFS because I will have 25 of these running screens throughout the facility, but it really doesn't matter. Just set one up and image the cards.