Ubuntu
casper package

  1. Bug #1241589
  2. Comment #53

Comment 53 for bug 1241589

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E King (eakst7) wrote :

I finally figured out a workaround.

I was able to boot into a live session by passing the "live-media=" parameter from the boot menu, specifying the device path of my USB device.

(See http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man7/casper.7.html for a description of the live-media parameter.)

I was using a Live Lubuntu Trusty nightly, so the specifics instructions may vary, but here's what I did:
1. Boot from my USB stick
2. At the boot menu, highlight "Try Lubuntu without installing"
3. Press F6 to bring up the kernel command line
4. Add "live-media=/dev/xxx1" to the end of the line (but before the final double hypen).

In my case, the path I needed was /dev/sde1, but you will have to use the path to your install media.