Actually, PV and HVM instances are both affected. I narrowed it down to udev; installing all updates except for udev results in a bootable instance.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1468091 Title: Ubuntu 15.10 Alpha-1 candidates do not boot in EC2 Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 15.10 Alpha-1 Candidates are not booting in EC2. Instances are dropping to - Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline) - Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?) - Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?) - Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev) ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/e420d299-69ee-46eb-a1a4-893b54ab89a7 does not exist. Dropping to a shell! This is happening on all instances and whether disks are mounted by label or UUID. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1468091/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp