package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

[nsramkishen]

Binary package hint: memtest86+

This error was displayed when I tried to upgrade from Hardy to Intrepid. I updated using an alternate CD.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Package: memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1
SourcePackage: memtest86+
Title: package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report. Is it a wubi install ?

[jon (jonco223)]

No, I have a separate partition for Ubuntu (and Windows XP on the other
partition).

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for your report. Is it a wubi install ?
>
> ** Changed in: memtest86+ (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make
> backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version:
> Operation not permitted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296574
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "memtest86+" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: memtest86+
>
> This error was displayed when I tried to upgrade from Hardy to Intrepid. I
> updated using an alternate CD.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Dependencies:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before
> installing new version: Operation not permitted
> Package: memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: memtest86+
> Title: package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable
> to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new
> version: Operation not permitted
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Could you please provide the output of the following commands:
mount
lsattr -d /boot

Thanks.

[jon (jonco223)]

jon@jon-laptop:~$ mount
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /host type vfat
(rw,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
/host/ubuntu/disks/boot on /boot type none (rw,bind)
/dev/loop1 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda3 on /media/windows_xp type fuseblk
(rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sda2 on /media/windows_data type vfat (rw,locale=en_US.utf8)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/jon/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon
(rw,nosuid,nodev,user=jon)
jon@jon-laptop:~$

jon@jon-laptop:~$ lsattr -d /boot
lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on /boot
jon@jon-laptop:~$

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Could you please provide the output of the following commands:
> mount
> lsattr -d /boot
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make
> backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version:
> Operation not permitted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296574
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "memtest86+" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: memtest86+
>
> This error was displayed when I tried to upgrade from Hardy to Intrepid. I
> updated using an alternate CD.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> Dependencies:
>
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before
> installing new version: Operation not permitted
> Package: memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: memtest86+
> Title: package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable
> to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new
> version: Operation not permitted
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>

[daduck (daveenmn)]

Yes, it is a wubi install.

> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:55:49 +0000
> Subject: [Bug 296574] Re: package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
>
> Thanks for your report. Is it a wubi install ?
>
> ** Changed in: memtest86+ (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296574
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your feedback.

Jon, you /boot is bound to /host which is of type vfat . vfat doesn't handle symlinks. A solution is to convert it to ntfs.

This has already been reported in bug 252900 and it is being marked as duplicate. 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.