Ok, I tested this in a VM: Normal dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1330414/
Initramfs mounted at line 259, then nothing from kernel VFS around line 354. Then I deleted all the initrds in /boot/ and rebooted. I had to mess with grub to make the system boot but I got it to come up in a way that appeared "normal", however: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1330432/ Note VFS mounts root partition directly at line 357, and then the pty errors same as in the inital report. Now, the way I messed with grub didn't cause / to be on /dev/root but that's because UUID mounting failed for me, for some reason. However, I'm pretty sure that a missing or corrupted initrd is the cause of this issue, which leads to a situation where you can't make an initrd because you don't have an initrd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1062699 Title: package linux-image-3.2.0-31-generic 3.2.0-31.50 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 [/dev/disk/by-uuid: Is a directory , mkinitramfs: for root /dev/disk/by-uuid missing disk/by-uuid /sys/block/ entry] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1062699/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
