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error while upgrading to linux-image-2.6.24-19.34

Bug #257162 reported by blackowl on 2008-08-12

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #252900: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

failed to install and upgrade (error code 1 in dpkg)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 12 09:03:58 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic' before installing new version
Package: linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic 2.6.24-19.34 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.pcimap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.dep lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.ieee1394map lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.usbmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.isapnpmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.inputmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.seriomap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.alias lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.symbols]
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic 2.6.24-19.34 [modified: lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.pcimap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.dep lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.ieee1394map lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.usbmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.isapnpmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.inputmap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.seriomap lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.alias lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.symbols] failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic' before installing new version
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

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blackowl (owl18nlife) wrote on 2008-08-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (68.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Marcus Asshauer (mcas) wrote on 2008-08-12:

Thank you for reporting this bug. Could you please try an apt-get update and an apt-get upgrade again? Do you have the same error?

Changed in linux:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2008-08-15:

Here is what causes the error:

Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic ...^M
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic_2.6.24-19.36_i386.deb (--unpack):^M
unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted^M
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)^M

This might be a problem with the new backup kernel system, could you please tell us what your "mount" and "df" output look like?

Changed in linux:
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2008-08-28:

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

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agentcobra (agentcobra57) wrote on 2008-09-10:

like me ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/241582

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-12-13:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 252900, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.