The problem seems to be in the calamares configuration. The initramfs task is being called before the target's live-* packages have been removed. This is specifically warned about in the calamares initramfs module but we see the timestamps of the initramfs task are before the live-* packages are removed:
# in the live system root@lubuntu:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/initramfs# cat README.md ## initramfs module This module is specific to Debian based distros. Post installation on Debian the initramfs needs to be updated so as to not interrupt the boot process with a error about fsck.ext4 not being found. ## Debian specific notes If you're using live-build to build your ISO and setup the runtime env make sure that you purge the live-\* packages on the target system before running this module, since live-config dpkg-diverts update-initramfs and can cause all sorts of fun issues. # # chroot to the installed target # root@lubuntu:/# grep -n initramfs /var/log/installer/debug 81: "/etc/calamares/modules/initramfscfg.conf" 82: "/usr/share/calamares/modules/initramfscfg.conf" 84: "/etc/calamares/modules/initramfs.conf" 85: "/usr/share/calamares/modules/initramfs.conf" 313:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Starting job "initramfscfg" 316:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Job file "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/initramfscfg/main.py" 317:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Job description from pretty_name "initramfscfg" = "Configuring initramfs." 318:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Starting job "initramfs" 321:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Job file "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/initramfs/main.py" 322:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Job description from pretty_name "initramfs" = "Creating initramfs." 323:2019-06-18 - 21:25:43 [6]: Running "chroot" ("/tmp/calamares-root-kp3scv8s", "update-initramfs", "-k", "all", "-c", "-t") root@lubuntu:/# cat /var/log/apt/history..log ... Start-Date: 2019-06-18 21:26:38 Commandline: apt-get --purge -q -y remove ^live-* calamares-settings-lubuntu calamares hunspell-en-us zram-config cifs-utils Purge: hunspell-en-us:amd64 (1:2018.04.16-1), calamares-settings-lubuntu:amd64 (1:19.10.1), casper:amd64 (1.408), lupin-casper:amd64 (0.57build1), calamares:amd64 (3.2.7-0ubuntu1), cifs-utils:amd64 (2:6.8-2), calamares-settings-ubuntu-common:amd64 (1:19.10.1), zram-config:amd64 (0.5) End-Date: 2019-06-18 21:26:48 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829805 Title: Lubuntu Eoan Daily Image fails to boot after install on KVM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1829805/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs