Ubuntu 14.04.2 desktop
Notice that we have found this new method during testing of the following ISO files that are released, Is this new usage of boot options general? General description of the new way to use boot options In the installed system and upgrade the xenial kernel from 4.4.0-31 of the iso file to the current version 4.4.0.43.
#UBUNTU 14.04.2 DESKTOP UPDATE#
The test also verified that it was possible to run sudo apt-get update The syntax with the double boot option works with the desktop installer too - tested () with Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS in the same IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M. The corresponding Lubuntu desktop installer works with the single boot option. quiet -īut the other red bug 1417918 must be solved by other methods. To > linux vga=788 initrd=initrd.gz forcepae - quiet forcepaeĪnd the installation of a minimal text system worked for me.įor the Lubuntu trusty-alternate-i386.iso, 14.04.2 LTS and newer versions in the same IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M, this bug is squashed here too with this double boot option.Ĭlicking F6 and ESC to get to the boot line and changed the end of it from.
When testing the Ubuntu Vivid daily 32-bit mini.iso (dated ) in a IBM Thinkpad T42 with Pentium M, it has worked too with this double boot option.Īnd editing the boot line from > linux vga=788 initrd=initrd.gz - quiet (There was a non-related bug, Ubuntu/grub puts "vt.handoff=7" in grub.cfg which causes a black screen on boot - looks like bug #913731 or some related regression).
#UBUNTU 14.04.2 DESKTOP INSTALL#
With "forcepae - forcepae" I did a full install of the Vivid ISO link above. Parameter gets passed to init: parameters with '=' go into init'sĮnvironment, others are passed as command line arguments to init.Įverything after "-" is passed as an argument to init. If it doesn't recognize a parameter and it doesn't contain a '.', the The kernel parses parameters from the kernel command line up to "-" Param: hand arguments after - straight to init
#UBUNTU 14.04.2 DESKTOP PATCH#
Kernel patch that changed the previous behaviour was: commit 51e158c You need to repeat the 'forcepae' twice in the linux kernel parameters, before and after the - i.e.: linux. The problem is not PAE, the problem is that the kernel parameters parser was changed as a result of the systemd debug params controversy. Sometimes the boot option must be entered twiceĮxplanation and solution of the problem of the example
Sometimes the boot option must be entered twice.