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

[Bas Mooyman]

installed 8.10 to USB stick, updated and got this "error, failed to upgrade kernel, exit with status 17" error

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Bas,

I see the following in your DpkgTerminalLog.txt file:

update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD
Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic to initrd.img.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

This is actually a duplicate of bug 292159 which was a bug in capser. It should be fixed as of casper version 1.162. Please be sure you've updated to this newer version. For now I'm marking this as a duplicate to bug 292159. Thanks.

[nitin (nitin-kshirsagar2008)]

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