Public bug reported: I upgraded to linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.10) a few days ago and today I noticed that I still had the previous 4-ish kernel packages installed. After purging them and restarting the machine, it refused to boot with the following error message:
> [something about CPIO, sorry can't remember precisely] > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) I'm not sure what happened to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic file, but I assume it was there and either zero-length or corrupt. The grub entry for last-good-boot was not present any more (and the initrd for it was missing). So the only way I could fix this was to boot from a rescue cd and re-run update-initramfs manually. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- purging old intrepid kernel packages killed active initrd.img https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs