I was just able to reproduce the problem by using e4rat instead of ureadahead, and installing updates which included libc6.
:$cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-5-generic root=UUID=11fd08db-f2a5-45bc-8daf-7baa813ba410 ro quiet splash init=/sbin/e4rat-preload vt.handoff=7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202998 Title: kernel panic when updating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1202998/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs