package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17. Note : This is on a persistent liveUSB !

[Greg]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: le sous-processus post-installation script a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 17
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
ProcCmdLine: union=aufs locale=fr_FR kbd-chooser/method=fr console-setup/layoutcode=fr console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys console-setup/modelcode=pc105 boot=casper persistent initrd=/initrd.gz noprompt verbose splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus post-installation script a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 17

[poirot (ggstuart)]

for me this occurred on my USB pen drive version bought from ubuntu store when I chose to install upgrades. It was the only problem.

[Martin Janovský (martian742)]

I struggle to run Ubuntu from flash. First I tried installing the whole system to an ext3 partition on an 8GB USB flash drive - this is incredibly slow because it is hard to tune commit writes to ext3. It is possible to lower writes while mounting unnecessary paths as tmpfs (created in RAM) and/or shutting down extensive indexing services.

Then there is this persistent USB option which runs fast like a dream, but doesn't update well. I am experiencing this bug too.

APT says somthing like "cannot create symlink from /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic to /vmlinuz". Maybe this points to some problem with casper filesystem. Maybe it doesn't handle symlinks well.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Greg,

This looks like a duplicate of bug 292159 so I am marking it as such. bug 292159 was recently marked Fix Released. Thanks.