kexec linux hangs

[Carl Karsten]

Binary package hint: kexec-tools

sudo service gdm stop
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/natty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
sudo kexec --load linux
sudo kexec -e

On the console I see
[300.123] Starting new kernel
then the box hangs, caps lock light flashing.

I tried using netconsole, nothing got logged.
NETCONSLOGR=192.168.1.20
echo "start" | netcat -q 1 -u $NETCONSLOGR 6666
sudo modprobe netconsole netconsole="@/,@$NETCONSLOGR/"

(veyepar)juser@dhcp42:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04

(veyepar)juser@dhcp42:~$ uname -a
Linux dhcp42 2.6.37-8-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Sun Dec 5 17:57:05 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

(veyepar)juser@dhcp42:~$ apt-cache policy kexec-tools
kexec-tools:
  Installed: 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Ryan (frontrunner4000)]

I've seen this on EFI based systems with older kernel versions. It worked with the base kernel in utopic. If anyone has any more information that could potentially point me to a solution that doesn't require a kernel change that would be preferred.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.