[Bug 837946] [NEW] Lucid cannot boot from filesystems with multiple signatures

[Chris Jones]

Public bug reported:

Having upgraded a Dell PowerEdge from hardy to lucid we found it unable to boot, instead falling to an initramfs with an error that it couldn't find the root filesystem.
blkid -p on the boot device claimed ambivalent results due to multiple filesystem signatures.

Simply removing the (two) incorrect VFAT signatures on the device with
wipefs allowed the system to boot normally.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Package changed: ubuntu => util-linux (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Lucid cannot boot from filesystems with multiple signatures

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Having upgraded a Dell PowerEdge from hardy to lucid we found it unable to boot, instead falling to an initramfs with an error that it couldn't find the root filesystem.
  blkid -p on the boot device claimed ambivalent results due to multiple filesystem signatures.

  Simply removing the (two) incorrect VFAT signatures on the device with
  wipefs allowed the system to boot normally.

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