"Create usb app" will not complete update after download

[Thomas C Gilliard]

After runnng "create a USB startup disk" sucessfully, starting it up and running " update manager": get errors after download of files, during installation.
Cruzer 2 .0 GB titanium USB stick
Dell 530n w/ Ubuntu upgraded to 8.10 updated to current state.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko'
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko'

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

" failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko': No space left on device"

Looks like you ran out of disk space?

[Thomas C Gilliard (satellit-)]

I could not log on using the USB so these are residual messages from my
530n which I used to send the error message, remaining from a previous
install try

Has anyone been able to use "Update manager" to upgrade the system
sucessfully while running Ubuntu 8.10 on a USB created with application
"create a usb startup disk "? I have tried 2 times with different USB
Sticks 4GB and 2GB with the same result.

 Does the application work while running off of the USB Stick?

Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> " failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during
> `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko': No
> space left on device"
>
> Looks like you ran out of disk space?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>

[Baroch Oren ברוך אורן (baroch)]

I bumped into this bug also. Used johnboy45's idea: (http://johnboy45.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/fixing-no-space-left-on-device-error-in-ubuntu-linux/)

<code>
sudo apt-get clean
sudo dpkg --configure -a
</code>

although it did not bypass the crash (and dpkg still says: "Aborted (core dumped)") -
at least rootfs goes from 100% usage to 66%.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is a failure which occurs when the kernel is being installed by the installer appearing to be bad handling of a lack of disk space. This does not sound like a bug in the kernel itself and is more likely poor handling of disk space in the installer or apt. For now reassigning this to the installer.

[Dominik Stadler (dominik-stadler)]

I think this is basically another duplicate of 312491

[Baroch Oren ברוך אורן (baroch)]

agreed.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Dominik Stadler <email address hidden>wrote:

> I think this is basically another duplicate of 312491
>
> --
> "Create usb app" will not complete update after download
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298212
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After runnng "create a USB startup disk" sucessfully, starting it up and
> running " update manager": get errors after download of files, during
> installation.
> Cruzer 2 .0 GB titanium USB stick
> Dell 530n w/ Ubuntu upgraded to 8.10 updated to current state.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb
> during `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko'
> NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true
> persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
> Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to
> install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb
> during `./lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko'
>

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