Comment 11 for bug 613967

Going on 4 weeks...

1. The only action we took, was upgrading our clean-install of 10.04.

2. We expected the new kernel to boot.

3. "Invalid magic number" hangs the computer from booting to desktop, everyday, unless the offending kernel is removed. Users must know to select another kernel.

When the offending kernel is removed, which I have purged and reinstalled several times, and getting "Invalid magic number", every time, this also removes "linux-image", and this system is then stuck, not kernel upgrading, with the old kernel, without further technical intervention. Whatever security, bugs, and function, the new, now main stream kernel effects, is lost. Total Ubuntu, system integrity, is compromised.

Obviously, this makes Ubuntu look bad. I have strong concerns, of slower Ubuntu adoption and therefore less mainstream, and comprehensive integrity.

Thoughts: Logically speaking, and since it didn't work, when I tried GRUB legacy (and then returned to Grub "2"), it's seems to me, the "Invalid magic number" error, suggests this kernel build does not work with SOME systems. Especially, since the old kernel boots off of, the self same EXT4 partition. We may need another kernel build in order to stop this error and keep Ubuntu working, on more systems. We may be missing many instances, of this fundamental error.

Dynamic upgrades are a major success of Ubuntu, and a necessity of modern computing. When this breaks, even if for a fraction of users, on their MISSION CRITICAL systems, the priority is of the highest.

Q: How can I know the current status and ETA, of the next, official Ubuntu generic kernel build?