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package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #318608 reported by ricesleeper on 2009-01-18

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)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

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

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
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=8DA6-5611 loop=/hostname/disks/home/username.disk ro ROOTFLAGS=sync quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-9.19-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.14 failed to install/upgrade:

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ricesleeper (veiturbides) wrote on 2009-01-18:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (41.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HalComputerInfo.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LsUsb.txt Edit (537 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (22.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuInfo.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (759 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (40 bytes, application/x-gzip)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2009-02-17:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, this bug is a duplicate of bug 252900 and 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 in it. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.