New changelog entries:
* Add support for url=protocol://path/to/installer.iso netboot
option. Using this, one can netboot and complete installations using
kernel and initrd from the new Ubuntu Server Installer using `ip=dhcp
url=http://..../ubuntu-19.10-live-server-arch.iso' cmdline paratemers.
This is not specific to Server installer, and should work for Ubuntu
Desktop images too. Using this patch, successfully completed netboot
installation with dhcp networking over vlan on a POWER9 machine.
New changelog entries:
* Add dependency on finalrd for reliable live-session shutdown. Casper
setup live systems do have layering violations (/ actually depends on
/cdrom) and it appears that (although masked) the system manages to
rip it out, resulting in filesystem errors preventing completing the
shutdown. That's where pivot to finalrd comes in, to save the day and
blast the running system into oblivion and complete the shutdown. LP:
#1840122
New changelog entries:
* scripts/casper-helpers: Reintroduce try_mount() function, which was in
use by (at least) VMWare in a custom installer scenario (LP: #1845535)
* Persist crash reports as well as logs by default.
New changelog entries:
* Change the automatic log persistence to store the logs in the 'log'
directory of the casper-rw filesystem.
* When using full live session persistence, ignore a 'log' directory in the
casper-rw filesystem, otherwise booting without and then with full
persistence breaks.
- Possibly the whole block of code scanning the casper-rw filesystem
before using it should be deleted, but one thing at a time.
* Add autopkgtests for various persistence scenarios, including the above.
