package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Christopher Yee Mon]

Summary: Kernel upgrade on wubi install didn't seem to work

Environment: Wubi

Steps
1. Upgrade to 2.6.27-11

Expected Results: The upgrade should have gone successfully

Actual Results: Instead of the upgrade being successful I got the following:

Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (2.6.27-11.31) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.27-11.27 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.27-11.27 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 1484: /boot/grub/menu.lst: Operation not supported
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (--configure):

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31
ProcCmdLine: User Name=UUID=D0104A28104A15BE loop=/ubuntu/disks/home/username.disk ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.31-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This seems to be a duplicate of bug 252900 so I am marking it as such. Please continue to track this issue at that report. Thanks.