Has anyone got the 64-bit Ubuntu root filesystem to boot properly on Juno?

I took the filesystem from here:Ubuntu Core 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

and put int onto a Ext3 formatted USB hard drive.

I copied over the kernel modules.

I put this into the /etc/fstab:

proc                 /proc                proc       defaults              0  0

devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0  0

usbdevfs             /proc/bus/usb        usbdevfs   noauto                0  0

tmpfs                /run                 tmpfs      mode=0755,nodev,nosuid,strictatime 0  0

tmpfs                /var/volatile        tmpfs      defaults              0  0

And this into /etc/init/ttyAMA0.conf:

# ttyAMA0 - getty

#

# This service maintains a getty on ttyS0 from the point the system is

# started until it is shut down again.

start on stopped rc or RUNLEVEL=[12345]

stop on runlevel [!12345]

respawn

exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 ttyAMA0 vt102

But it doesn't boot. I get lots of messages about plymouth and upstart doing things but then it just seems to hang.

If I add init=/bin/bash to the kernel boot  command I can get into single user mode.

Anyway, my real question is should I be expecting this to work at all? I just want a more featured filesystem than OpemEmbedded ......