I'm having this issue as well, on my Ubu 12.04 alpha 1 install. It happened after the 5-Jan-2011 update(s). I'm performing forensics now.
The --no-log workaround (above) allowed me to boot into Ubu 12.04 I might also mention... I have two kernels installed on this machine - Linux 3.1 & Linux 3.2 - and this init bug caused a kernel panic in both of them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912558 Title: log.c Assert failed - err=>number == EIO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/912558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs