There were some kernel issues with child processes and parents holding sockets open too long that was fixed very close to the end of the natty cycle. I wonder if that had something to do with the fact that it doesn't occur with full updates anymore.
Geoffrey, can you try applying all updates but reverting the kernel version to the exact same version as the one in your broken snapshot? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/719143 Title: portmap 6.0.0-1ubuntu2.1 makes nfs boot machine unbootable -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs