package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

[Troy Childs]

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic_2.6.27-7.16_i386.deb: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic' before installing new version
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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=04A0-3B30 loop=/hostname/disks/home/username.disk ro ROOTFLAGS=sync 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: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted

[Beuk (eric-buggenhout)]

The "Operation not permitted"-error makes me believe the command wasn't run in su mode. Did you upgrade from 8.04 or is this the update after a clean 8.10 install?

[Troy Childs (troychildsitouch-deactivatedaccount)]

Fresh install of 8.10 straight to ruining updates. this one only one that wouldn't.

[mkone (mark-gunio)]

same experience here.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Is it a wubi installation and what is the type of the partition /boot ?

[Archie Strong (archie-strong)]

My failure showed from a WUBI install of 8.10. I allowed the system to do upgrades reported after the initial install--it had something like 120 changes, and that was when the failure occurred

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

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.