Comment 2 for bug 525989

Note that the following steps worked just fine, from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/BundlingImages:

ubuntu@aussie:~$ TIMESTAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
ubuntu@aussie:~$ RELEASE=lucid
ubuntu@aussie:~$ ARCH=amd64 # Or this might be i386
ubuntu@aussie:~$ [ $ARCH = "amd64" ] && IARCH=x86_64 || IARCH=i386
ubuntu@aussie:~$ UEC_IMG=$RELEASE-server-uec-$ARCH
ubuntu@aussie:~$ URL=http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/$RELEASE/current/
ubuntu@aussie:~$ [ ! -e $UEC_IMG.tar.gz ] && wget $URL/$UEC_IMG.tar.gz # This may take a bit, depending on your connectivity
ubuntu@aussie:~$ [ ! -e $UEC_IMG.img ] && tar -S -xzf $UEC_IMG.tar.gz
ubuntu@aussie:~$ BUCKET_KERNEL="k-$TIMESTAMP"
ubuntu@aussie:~$ UEC_KERNEL=$UEC_IMG-vmlinuz-virtual
ubuntu@aussie:~$ euca-bundle-image -i $UEC_KERNEL -r $IARCH --kernel true
x86_64
Checking image
Tarring image
Encrypting image
Splitting image...
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual.part.0
Generating manifest /tmp/lucid-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual.manifest.xml
ubuntu@aussie:~$ euca-upload-bundle -b $BUCKET_KERNEL -m /tmp/$UEC_KERNEL.manifest.xml
Checking bucket: k-20100222135250
Creating bucket: k-20100222135250
Uploading manifest file
Uploading part: lucid-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual.part.0
Uploaded image as k-20100222135250/lucid-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual.manifest.xml
ubuntu@aussie:~$ EKI=$(euca-register $BUCKET_KERNEL/$UEC_KERNEL.manifest.xml | grep "^IMAGE" | awk '{print $2}') && echo $EKI
eki-07D419B5
ubuntu@aussie:~$ ls -alF $UEC_KERNEL
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4182784 2010-02-21 20:03 lucid-server-uec-amd64-vmlinuz-virtual
ubuntu@aussie:~$ BUCKET_IMAGE="i-$TIMESTAMP"
ubuntu@aussie:~$ UEC_IMG=$RELEASE-server-uec-$ARCH
ubuntu@aussie:~$ euca-bundle-image -i $UEC_IMG.img -r $IARCH --kernel $EKI
x86_64
Checking image
Tarring image
Encrypting image
Splitting image...
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.0
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.1
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.2
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.3
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.4
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.5
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.6
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.7
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.8
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.9
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.10
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.11
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.12
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.13
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.14
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.15
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.16
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.17
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.18
Part: lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.part.19
Generating manifest /tmp/lucid-server-uec-amd64.img.manifest.xml
EMI=$(euca-register $BUCKET_IMAGE/$UEC_IMG.img.manifest.xml | grep "^IMAGE" | awk '{print $2}') && echo $EMI
emi-C73F14A0

ubuntu@aussie:~$ euca-run-instances emi-C73F14A0 -k mykey -t c1.medium
RESERVATION r-30FF056D admin admin-default
INSTANCE i-3F8E0754 emi-C73F14A0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 pending mykey 2010-02-22T20:20:14.956Z eki-07D419B5 eri-092119A6

ubuntu@aussie:~$ euca-describe-instances | grep i-3F8E0754
INSTANCE i-3F8E0754 emi-C73F14A0 10.1.1.106 172.19.1.8 pending mykey 0 c1.medium
2010-02-22T20:20:14.956Z cluster1 eki-07D419B5 eri-092119A6
...
INSTANCE i-3F8E0754 emi-C73F14A0 10.1.1.106 172.19.1.8 running mykey 0 c1.medium
2010-02-22T20:20:14.956Z cluster1 eki-07D419B5 eri-092119A6