I followed the attachd file (karmic steps...) on a fresh install of Eucalyptus and it recreates the problem. That seems to me to rule out the "ramdiskless" scapegoat.
$ euca-describe-images IMAGE eki-68691AF0 karmic-20100127/karmic-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 kernel IMAGE emi-193B15E5 karmic-20100127/karmic-server-uec-amd64.img.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 machine eki-68691AF0 eri-45D21A75 IMAGE emi-248C19B8 karmic-20100127-d-upstart/karmic-server-uec-amd64.img.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 machine eki-68691AF0 eri-45D21A75 IMAGE eri-45D21A75 karmic-20100127/karmic-server-uec-amd64-initrd-virtual.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 ramdisk $ euca-describe-instances RESERVATION r-557808CA admin default INSTANCE i-41400767 emi-248C19B8 10.1.1.100 172.19.1.2 pending mykey 0 c1.medium 2010-03-05T16:28:57.807Z cluster1 eki-68691AF0 eri-45D21A75 $ date --utc Fri Mar 5 16:35:47 UTC 2010 Its been "pending" for 7 minutes at the moment. -- instance stays in pending for > 1 hour, then to terminated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532682 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to eucalyptus in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs