Can't boot into new kernel

Question

I updated my kernel via apt-get, but my Ubuntu 16.04 won't boot into it. uname -r gives 4.8.0-36-generic. sudo update-grub gives

Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-36-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-36-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-98-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-98-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-97-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-97-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done

But sudo apt-get upgrade gives

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-gcp-tools-4.10.0-1007 linux-headers-4.10.0-37
  linux-headers-4.10.0-37-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-97
  linux-headers-4.4.0-97-generic linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic linux-signed-image-4.4.0-97-generic
  linux-tools-4.10.0-1007-gcp
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

The newer kernels seem to be installed, but grub doesn't find it?

Any ideas?

Since apt upgrade say's that linux-image-4.10.0-37 is no longer required, something is worng. Try to look at this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/944842/kernel-4-10-in-ubuntu-16-04-3-updatehttps://askubuntu.com/questions/944842/kernel-4-10-in-ubuntu-16-04-3-update — Soren A, Oct 31 '17 at 10:39
@SorenA https://askubuntu.com/questions/944842/kernel-4-10-in-ubuntu-16-04-3-update — rtime, Oct 31 '17 at 10:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '17 at 10:56

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Manually re-installing the newest kernel via sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-16.04 like it is recommended in kernel-4-10-in-ubuntu-16-04-3-update solved the problem.

answered Oct 31 '17 at 10:56

rtime

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