Narrowed this down to Cloud-init. Cloud-init is not selecting the right device, and is reconfiguring Grub to use /dev/sda: Jul 2 16:53:10 ip-10-169-38-57 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: handling grub-dpkg with freq=None and args=[] Jul 2 16:53:10 ip-10-169-38-57 [CLOUDINIT] cc_grub_dpkg.py[DEBUG]: setting grub debconf-set-selections with '/dev/sda','false' Jul 2 16:53:10 ip-10-169-38-57 [CLOUDINIT] __init__.py[DEBUG]: handling apt-pipelining with freq=None and args=[]
And the mounts: $ mount /dev/xvda1 on / type ext4 (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755) none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880) none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) /dev/xvdb on /mnt type ext3 (rw,_netdev) ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: ubuntu Importance: Undecided => High ** Package changed: ubuntu => cloud-init (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1336855 Title: non-interactive grub updates for 12.04 break on AWS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1336855/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs