Ok, prepare for long windedness. I've tried to determine if the regression shown here was due to a kernel change (including ramdisk) or a user space change. To do that, I ran several different combinations of root and initrd and checked console output.
aliases: - ec2-krd = aki-a71cf9ce / aki-9c04e4f5 ec2-vmlinuz-2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen.i386 ec2-initrd-2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen.i386 - karmic-krd = aki-841efeed / ari-9a1efef3 ubuntu-kernel-2.6.31-300-ec2-xen-i386-20090910-test-02 ubuntu-ramdisk-2.6.31-300-ec2-xen-i386-20090910-test-02.manifest.xml - intrepid-krd = aki-714daa18 / ari-7e4daa17 vmlinuz-2.6.27-23-xen-i386 initrd.img-2.6.27-23-xen-i386 - alpha5 = ami-3520c05c karmic-i386-alpha5.manifest.xml - alpha5.1 = ami-a40fefcd karmic-i386-alpha5.1.manifest.xml - alpha6 = ami-fa658593 karmic-i386-alpha6.manifest.xml - Note, aki-9c04e4f5 / ari-9e04e4f7 == aki-841efeed / ari-9a1efef3 I simply re-published the same manifest in a different bucket generating the different numbers root_________| kern/rd | instance | result alpha5_______| amazon-ec2 | i-c374a0ab | Yes : init messages get to console alpha5______ | karmic-krd | i-ab73a7c3 | No : no console output past kernel alpha5.1_____| karmic-krd | i-9573a7fd | No : no console output past kernel alpha6_______| amazon-ec2 | i-0778ac6f | Yes : init messages ("Deactivating swap", "init:") alpha6_______| karmic-krd | i-c726f2af | No : no console output past kernel Note, the amazon-ec2 kernels dont completly boot with our user space, so the output isn't as clear as you'd like, but you do see output from the init process and sysvinit. Its not completely straightforward, but I believe that the above shows a regression in the kernel/initrd rather than in userspace init or general makeup of image. ** Attachment added: "console-ouptut.tar.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32276626/console-ouptut.tar.gz -- ssh host key fingerprint no longer available in the console log https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431103 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs