Fun, this seems to be related to t1.micro vs m1.large (and maybe larger). I am able to successfully replace the kernel on a m1.large. But the t1.micro is, as you say, not even bothering updating the console messages. And you said kvm boots fine. Was that with just a single vcpu?
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