Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: casper

I'm trying to boot from a usb flash drive without starting X. The
manpage
(http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/en/man7/casper.7.html) says
that there is a parameter called 'textonly' - but when I add this
parameter to the standard boot options list proposed when using the "Try
Ubuntu without any change to your computer" -> F6 (other options) ->
ESC, it boots into the graphical mode.

The original boot options list (hopefully without typos): 
noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persisent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed 
boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
My edited list: 
noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persisent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed 
boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- textonly

On the other hand, if I use the paramater `text` instead of `textonly`,
which doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, it seems to work. So is
this just an error in the documentation (textonly = text) or does `text`
something completely different I'm not aware of and `textonly` is
defect?

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$ lsb_release -rd

Description:    Ubuntu 9.10
Release:        9.10

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  Versions-Tabelle:
     1.206 0

** Affects: casper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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textonly parameter has no effect when booting from usb-stick
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504103
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