update would not install

Bug #427837 reported by noughtypixy
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memtest86+ (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: memtest86+

this followed swapfile swap hanging which I fixed by renaming the file swap.disk to noswap.disk

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Package: memtest86+ 2.01-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: memtest86+
Title: package memtest86+ 2.01-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of `./boot/memtest86+.bin' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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noughtypixy (adamantium248) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

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 435153, 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.

Changed in memtest86+ (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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