I dug into this more on the server that failed to upgrade properly to see if the server would work properly after switching back to systemd. Please recall this was after a backup and restore with a much simpler partitioning scheme. It still would not boot.
I ended up finding this line in my fstab: cgroup /dev/cgroup cgroup defaults 0 0 This was not a line I added. I believe it may be a remenant from an old release which the upgrader did not comment out. The server began its life with Ubuntu 10.04. Once I commented that cgroup line out the system booted with systemd in place. Since I doubt this will ever get to a complete state please close the bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1460794 Title: systemd does not boot with a separate /usr partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1460794/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs