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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

Bug #403201 reported by Sathish Susai on 2009-07-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #252900: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

on update process i got the error report on the above

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=1407-1767 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

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Sathish Susai (pfsgene) wrote on 2009-07-22:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (29.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (223.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
HalComputerInfo.gz Edit (825 bytes, application/x-gzip)
LsUsb.txt Edit (475 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (9.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuInfo.txt Edit (475 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (877 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2009-07-24:

Can you comment if this is a wubi installation? The reason I ask is it looks to be a duplicate of bug 252900. Thanks.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote on 2009-08-20:

Having had no reponse I'm marking this as a duplicate of 252900. Please continue to track this issue at that report. If you feel this was inappropriately marked as a duplicate you can change it at the following link:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/403201/+duplicate