16.04 4.4.0-45-generic is missing drivers for ESXi

[Faaez]

I am getting a kernel panic and needing to boot with 4.4.0-42. The install does not complete, and I get "VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown block (0,0)" when booting with 45. I am using ESXi 6u2 with Ubuntu 16.04.1.

faaez@Plex2:~$ sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y ; sudo apt-get autoremove -y
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/hsoft/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB]
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Fetched 190 kB in 0s (323 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (4.4.0-45.66) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 1052.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                         No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                             yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-wily:
 linux-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-generic; however:
  Package linux-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-lts-wily (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (4.4.0-42.62) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic:
 linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (= 4.4.0-45.66); however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-generic:
 linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
           dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic:
 linux-signed-generic depends on linux-signed-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
  Package linux-signed-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic-lts-wily:
 linux-signed-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-signed-generic; however:
  Package linux-signed-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic-lts-wily (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-generic
 linux-generic-lts-wily
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic
 linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-signed-image-generic
 linux-signed-generic
 linux-signed-generic-lts-wily
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (4.4.0-45.66) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
 (/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-45-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-45-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-45-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic.postinst line 1052.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic:
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                         No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                  No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                             yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-lts-wily:
 linux-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-generic; however:
  Package linux-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-lts-wily (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (4.4.0-42.62) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.4.0-42-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-42-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic:
 linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic depends on linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic (= 4.4.0-45.66); however:
  Package linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-image-generic:
 linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-signed-image-generic depends on linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic:
 linux-signed-generic depends on linux-signed-image-generic (= 4.4.0.45.48); however:
  Package linux-signed-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
           dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-signed-generic-lts-wily:
 linux-signed-generic-lts-wily depends on linux-signed-generic; however:
  Package linux-signed-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-signed-generic-lts-wily (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.5) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic

gzip: stdout: No space left on device
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-42-generic with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-generic
 linux-generic-lts-wily
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-42-generic
 linux-signed-image-4.4.0-45-generic
 linux-signed-image-generic
 linux-signed-generic
 linux-signed-generic-lts-wily
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It seems that the auto configuration of 45 does not complete, rendering it useless and creating kernel panics with ESXi.

faaez@Plex2:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

How to get info on kernel? It's not listed below. I expected the kernel to be autoconfigured for ESXi. I got kernel panics instead.

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This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

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and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

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[Faaez (afr33sl4ve)]

Oh, shoot. I forgot to update this.

For some reason, my instance was keeping at least 8 older versions of the kernel. This was keeping my /boot partition too full.

I manually removed the oldest 3 kernels, and reran the update/upgrade commands.

45 installed properly. There is no more issue. Unless, you can tell me how to keep only 4 or 5 kernels installed at any given time.