Thank you Ben, it is indeed the same bug. Reinstalled 15 minutes ago and booted fine.
On Mon, 2016-02-22 at 01:07 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: reassign -1 src:linux 4.4.2-2 > Control: tag -1 - lfs > Control: forcemerge 815125 -1 > > On Mon, 2016-02-22 at 00:08 +0000, Gretar Magnusson wrote: > > Package: linux-image-4.4.0-1-amd64 > > Version: 4.4.2-2 > > Severity: critical > > Tags: lfs > > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > > > * What led up to the situation? Kernel upgrade > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > > ineffective)? I tried update-grub but made no difference > > This is almost certainly the same as bug #815125 which was fixed > today > in version 4.4.2-3. > > Ben. >