The original post: /r/ubuntu by /u/blorporius on 2024-12-22 20:08:06.

Hi,

I have a 24.04 USB installation in which I have added the following entry to boot/grub/grub.cfg to get immediately to a live environment:

# Added entry
menuentry "Ubuntu live environment" {
  set gfxpayload=keep
  linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed live toram quiet splash --- 
  initrd /casper/initrd
}

# Pre-existing entry, for comparison
menuentry "Try or Install Ubuntu" {
  set gfxpayload=keep
  linux /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- 
  initrd /casper/initrd
}

After updating the drive to 24.10, these Grub entries now look like the following:

# My attempt of trying to carry over the previous modification
menuentry "Ubuntu live environment" {
  set gfxpayload=keep
  linux /casper/vmlinuz --- live toram quiet splash
  initrd /casper/initrd
}

# Pre-existing entry of the 24.10 image
menuentry "Try or Install Ubuntu" {
  set gfxpayload=keep
  linux /casper/vmlinuz  --- quiet splash
  initrd /casper/initrd
}

Option toram is still working as expected, but using live results in the installer showing its “welcome wizard”, asking only at the end if I want to start an installation or try Ubuntu first. maybe-ubiquity was also removed from the pre-existing menu entry.

Did the name of these kernel CLI options change or was this functionality removed?

Edit: Oops. I just realized that I copied the old version of the config file; updated the post to reflect the actual entries.