Up Date linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic erorring out

[Tove]

I tried down loading this update and it kept erring out till to day it critical on me.

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=17AD-EE22 loop=/hostname/disks/home/username.disk ro ROOTFLAGS=sync quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.27-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

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Tove,

Can you comment if this is a wubi install? The reason I ask is that this may be a duplicate of bug 252900. Thanks.

[Tove (tove-l)]

To be honest I'm not sure I'm just learning this stuff.
what is a wubi?

On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 14:28 +0000, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi Tove,
>
> Can you comment if this is a wubi install? The reason I ask is that
> this may be a duplicate of bug 252900. Thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

It's the Ubuntu installer for windows:

http://wubi-installer.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.