[Bug 828328] [NEW] grub fails to load vmlinuz-2.6.32-33-generic from 17 Aug 2011

[David McKelvie]

Public bug reported:

On the 16th August 2011 I was running Ubuntu Desktop ( Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS )
I am fairly sure I was running kernel 2.6.32-33. It was working.

On the 17 August 2011 I installed a system update which involved a
change to the kernel.  The next time I rebooted the machine, it failed
to boot.  Grub gave the error

   Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format

It would not boot kernel 2.6.32-33 in either normal mode or in recovery
mode.

Running 'ls -alrt' on /boot shows that the initrd file has been
recently modified.

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 9025512 2011-08-17 18:06
initrd.img-2.6.32-33-generic

The machine does reboot ok if I revert to the previous kernel
vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-generic.

This looks very much as if there is a problem with the recent kernel
update.

** Affects: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  grub fails to load vmlinuz-2.6.32-33-generic from 17 Aug 2011

Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On the 16th August 2011 I was running Ubuntu Desktop ( Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS )
  I am fairly sure I was running kernel 2.6.32-33. It was working.

  On the 17 August 2011 I installed a system update which involved a
  change to the kernel.  The next time I rebooted the machine, it failed
  to boot.  Grub gave the error

     Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format

  It would not boot kernel 2.6.32-33 in either normal mode or in
  recovery mode.

  Running 'ls -alrt' on /boot shows that the initrd file has been
  recently modified.

  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 9025512 2011-08-17 18:06
  initrd.img-2.6.32-33-generic

  The machine does reboot ok if I revert to the previous kernel
  vmlinuz-2.6.32-32-generic.

  This looks very much as if there is a problem with the recent kernel
  update.

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