Here's the initial portion of console output, with only a couple of minor redactions related to keys, hostname, MAC address. The most important bit is: ip: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device Error getting hardware address for "dhcp": No such device Where the "ip=dhcp" kernel is not being processed correctly per kernel documentation - see https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt === CUT HERE=== [ 2.179049] registered taskstats version 1 [ 2.179074] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates [ 2.179821] Loaded X.509 cert 'Build time autogenerated kernel key: REDACTED' [ 2.179848] zswap: loaded using pool lzo/zbud [ 2.190763] Key type trusted registered [ 2.195735] Key type encrypted registered [ 2.195747] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled [ 2.195753] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass! [ 2.195778] evm: HMAC attrs: 0x1 [ 2.213710] blkfront: xvda1: barrier or flush: disabled; persistent grants: disabled; indirect descriptors: enabled; [ 2.218079] blkfront: xvdb: flush diskcache: enabled; persistent grants: disabled; indirect descriptors: enabled; [ 2.292145] Magic number: 1:252:3141 [ 2.292190] hctosys: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) [ 2.292239] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found [ 2.292244] EDD information not available. [ 2.292964] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1480K (ffffffff81f41000 - ffffffff820b3000) [ 2.292973] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 14336k [ 2.296529] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1868K (ffff88000182d000 - ffff880001a00000) [ 2.296620] Freeing unused kernel memory: 176K (ffff880001dd4000 - ffff880001e00000) Loading, please wait... starting version 229 [ 2.337933] random: udevadm urandom read with 7 bits of entropy available [ 2.595423] SSE version of gcm_enc/dec engaged. Begin: Loading essential drivers ... [ 3.942253] md: linear personality registered for level -1 [ 3.954483] md: multipath personality registered for level -4 [ 3.957749] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0 [ 3.975096] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 [ 4.059760] raid6: sse2x1 gen() 3697 MB/s [ 4.124589] raid6: sse2x1 xor() 3003 MB/s [ 4.192058] raid6: sse2x2 gen() 4609 MB/s [ 4.260062] raid6: sse2x2 xor() 3242 MB/s [ 4.335089] raid6: sse2x4 gen() 5511 MB/s [ 4.400055] raid6: sse2x4 xor() 3912 MB/s [ 4.400061] raid6: using algorithm sse2x4 gen() 5511 MB/s [ 4.400064] raid6: .... xor() 3912 MB/s, rmw enabled [ 4.400068] raid6: using ssse3x2 recovery algorithm [ 4.407087] xor: measuring software checksum speed [ 4.468056] prefetch64-sse: 8536.000 MB/sec [ 4.524066] generic_sse: 8099.000 MB/sec [ 4.524076] xor: using function: prefetch64-sse (8536.000 MB/sec) [ 4.527357] async_tx: api initialized (async) [ 4.548551] md: raid6 personality registered for level 6 [ 4.548560] md: raid5 personality registered for level 5 [ 4.548564] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 [ 4.595063] md: raid10 personality registered for level 10 done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done. Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... [ 4.687584] Btrfs loaded Scanning for Btrfs filesystems done. Warning: fsck not present, so skipping root file system [ 4.809766] EXT4-fs (xvda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... 0 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.3 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ ip: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device Error getting hardware address for "dhcp": No such device If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper process and the information we find helpful for debugging.. exiting. Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.3.3 Copyright 2004-2015 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ ip: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device ip: either "dev" is duplicate, or "permanent" is garbage no link-local IPv6 address for dhcp If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting bugs on either our web page at www.isc.org or in the README file before submitting a bug. These pages explain the proper process and the information we find helpful for debugging.. exiting. 0 Warning: overlayroot: debug is busted done. [ 5.649291] systemd[1]: systemd 229 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ -LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN) [ 5.649334] systemd[1]: Detected virtualization xen. [ 5.649344] systemd[1]: Detected architecture x86-64. Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS! [ 5.667973] systemd[1]: Set hostname to . [ 6.134524] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket. [ OK ] Listening on LVM2 metadata daemon socket. [ 6.134703] systemd[1]: Reached target Swap. [ OK ] Reached target Swap. [ 6.134840] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ OK ] Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch. [ 6.134971] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket. [ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket. [ 6.135439] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice. [ OK ] Created slice User and Session Slice. [ 6.135817] systemd[1]: Created slice System Slice. [ OK ] Created slice System Slice. [ 6.135944] systemd[1]: Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ 6.136029] systemd[1]: Reached target Encrypted Volumes. [ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes. [ 6.136146] systemd[1]: Listening on LVM2 poll daemon socket. [ OK ] Listening on LVM2 poll daemon socket. [ 6.136268] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log). [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket (/dev/log). [ 6.136341] systemd[1]: Reached target Slices. [ OK ] Reached target Slices. [ 6.136457] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. [ 6.137777] systemd[1]: Starting Uncomplicated firewall... Starting Uncomplicated firewall... [ 6.165280] systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Modules... Starting Load Kernel Modules... [ 6.168581] systemd[1]: Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... [ 6.170211] systemd[1]: Mounting Huge Pages File System... Mounting Huge Pages File System... [ 6.174990] systemd[1]: Mounting Debug File System... Mounting Debug File System... [ 6.214473] systemd[1]: Starting Nameserver information manager... Starting Nameserver information manager... [ 6.215869] systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... [ 6.217367] systemd[1]: Starting Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel... Starting Create list of required st... nodes for the current kernel... [ 6.231132] systemd[1]: Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs. [ OK ] Listening on Device-mapper event daemon FIFOs. [ 6.233429] systemd[1]: Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling... Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors... dmeventd or progress polling... [ 6.233652] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Audit Socket. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Audit Socket. [ 6.233995] systemd[1]: Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System Automount Point. [ OK ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executab...ats File System Automount Point. [ 6.235807] systemd[1]: Created slice system-getty.slice. [ OK ] Created slice system-getty.slice. [ 6.348798] systemd[1]: Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice. [ OK ] Created slice system-serial\x2dgetty.slice. [ 6.357792] systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket. [ OK ] Listening on Syslog Socket. [ 6.359141] systemd[1]: Starting Journal Service... Starting Journal Service... [ 6.359248] systemd[1]: Reached target User and Group Name Lookups. [ OK ] Reached target User and Group Name Lookups. [ 6.359414] systemd[1]: Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket. [ OK ] Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket. [ 6.359533] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Kernel Socket. [ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket. [ 6.359929] systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice. [ OK ] Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice. [ 6.374008] systemd[1]: Mounted Huge Pages File System. [ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System. [ 6.374790] systemd[1]: Started Uncomplicated firewall. [ OK ] Started Uncomplicated firewall. [ 6.388849] systemd[1]: Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System. [ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System. [ 6.389077] systemd[1]: Mounted Debug File System. [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System. [ 6.390854] systemd[1]: Started Create list of required static device nodes for the current kernel. [ OK ] Started Create list of required sta...ce nodes for the current kernel. [ 6.410285] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870. [ 6.450186] EXT4-fs (xvda1): re-mounted. Opts: discard [ 6.455870] systemd[1]: Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. [ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. [ 6.457163] systemd[1]: Started Nameserver information manager. [ OK ] Started Nameserver information manager. [ 6.564596] iscsi: registered transport (tcp) [ 6.575947] systemd[1]: Starting udev Coldplug all Devices... Starting udev Coldplug all Devices... [ 6.578624] systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save Random Seed... Starting Load/Save Random Seed... [ 6.592129] systemd[1]: Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... Starting Create Static Device Nodes in /dev... [ 6.658178] systemd[1]: Started LVM2 metadata daemon. [ OK ] Started LVM2 metadata daemon. [ 6.692951] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service. [ OK ] Started Journal Service. Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... [ 6.757637] systemd-journald[384]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1 [ OK ] Started Flush Journal to Persistent Storage. [ OK ] Started Load/Save Random Seed. [ OK ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices. [ 6.888413] iscsi: registered transport (iser) [ OK ] Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev. Starting udev Kernel Device Manager... [ OK ] Started Load Kernel Modules. Mounting FUSE Control File System... Starting Apply Kernel Variables... [ OK ] Mounted FUSE Control File System. [ OK ] Started Apply Kernel Variables. [ OK ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager. [ OK ] Started Dispatch Password Requests to Console Directory Watch. [ OK ] Started Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors,...ng dmeventd or progress polling. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre). [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems. Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data... Starting Set console keymap... Starting Create Volatile Files and Directories... Starting Initial cloud-init job (pre-networking)... Starting LSB: AppArmor initialization... [ OK ] Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data. [ OK ] Started Create Volatile Files and Directories. Starting Network Time Synchronization... Starting Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown... [ OK ] Started Network Time Synchronization. [ OK ] Reached target System Time Synchronized. [ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Boot/Shutdown. [ OK ] Found device /dev/xvdb. Starting File System Check on /dev/xvdb... [ OK ] Started File System Check Daemon to report status. [ OK ] Started Set console keymap. [ OK ] Started File System Check on /dev/xvdb. Mounting /mnt... [ OK ] Mounted /mnt. [ OK ] Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch. [ OK ] Found device /dev/hvc0. [ OK ] Started LSB: AppArmor initialization. [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization. [ OK ] Started Daily Cleanup of Temporary Directories. Starting LXD - unix socket. [ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. Starting Socket activation for snappy daemon. [ OK ] Started Daily apt activities. [ OK ] Reached target Timers. [ OK ] Started ACPI Events Check. Starting Seed the pseudo random number generator on first boot... [ OK ] Listening on UUID daemon activation socket. [ OK ] Started Trigger resolvconf update for networkd DNS. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Listening on ACPID Listen Socket. [ OK ] Listening on LXD - unix socket. [ OK ] Listening on Socket activation for snappy daemon. [ OK ] Reached target Sockets. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. [ OK ] Started ACPI event daemon. Starting System Logging Service... [ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus. [ OK ] Started FUSE filesystem for LXC. Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB... Starting Accounts Service... Starting Login Service... Starting LSB: MD monitoring daemon... [ OK ] Started Deferred execution scheduler. [ OK ] Started Regular background program processing daemon. Starting LXD - container startup/shutdown... [ OK ] Started System Logging Service. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Started LSB: MD monitoring daemon. [ OK ] Started LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB. Starting Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks... [ OK ] Started Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks. [ OK ] Started Accounts Service. [ OK ] Started LXD - container startup/shutdown. [ OK ] Started Seed the pseudo random number generator on first boot. [ 12.460014] cloud-init[481]: Cloud-init v. 0.7.7 running 'init-local' at Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:54:52 +0000. Up 11.40 seconds. [ OK ] Started Initial cloud-init job (pre-networking). [ OK ] Reached target Network (Pre). Starting Raise network interfaces... [ OK ] Started Raise network interfaces. [ OK ] Reached target Network. Starting Initial cloud-init job (metadata service crawler)... [ 14.966038] cloud-init[908]: Cloud-init v. 0.7.7 running 'init' at Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:54:54 +0000. Up 13.72 seconds. [ 14.966404] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++Net device info++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [ 14.966707] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+ [ 14.967005] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: | Device | Up | Address | Mask | Scope | Hw-Address | [ 14.967306] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+ [ 14.967594] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: | lo | True | 127.0.0.1 | 255.0.0.0 | . | . | [ 14.967940] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: | lo | True | ::1/128 | . | host | . | [ 14.968247] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: | eth0 | False | . | . | . | RE:DA:CT:ED:XX:XX | [ 14.968529] cloud-init[908]: ci-info: +--------+-------+-----------+-----------+-------+-------------------+ [...]