i haven't yet reproduced this but i suspect it will happen to me at the next boot. i'm running an update now and the grub update step has been hanging since about 30 minutes at this step:
Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-30-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-30-generic ubuntu 10.10 on x86/64. CPU is showing no unusual activity, but this looks interesting: [stephan@cheyenne:~]$ ps -ef | grep grub root 21418 21240 0 12:32 pts/10 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg root 21975 21418 0 13:09 pts/10 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ root 21986 21975 0 13:09 pts/10 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ root 21987 21986 0 13:09 pts/10 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ root 21994 21987 0 13:09 pts/10 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device /dev/sda2 --target=drive stephan 22066 1951 0 13:14 pts/7 00:00:00 grep grub killing the 20_memtest86+ processes caused the upgrade to continue, but then hang a short while later again when it (again) tries to update grub. Killing the grub processes kills the upgrade. Re-running update-grub after that also hangs, however, and the process list looks like: root 27535 22075 0 13:19 pts/7 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg root 27568 27535 0 13:19 pts/7 00:00:00 /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/00_header root 27600 27568 0 13:19 pts/7 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device /dev/sda2 --target=drive so i suspect strongly that i'm screwed on my next reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795600 Title: System won't boot with new kernel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/795600/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
