A special package that, when included in a livecd-rootfs build similar to how casper is included, adds a menu system presenting a list of potential other installation ISOs that can be chain-booted to.
This package is not intended to be included on an end-user system and is only heading to the Ubuntu archive for architectural reasons in how live builds operate.
- Has initramfs hooks to add prerequisites
- Includes casper-compatible scripts to start the process
- Downloads simplestreams JSON data to get the latest ISO information
- Presents a ncurses menu
hooks- initramfs hooks to stage in the initrd the things we needscripts- capser integration and wrapper scripts to get the menu showingshare- other stuff, currently just the Subiquity font- root dir - ncurses application styled to be visually similar to Subiquity