package watershed returned error message during apt-get install lvm2 on a fresh usb stick boot made from 10.10

[Bryan Paddock]

Binary package hint: watershed

Ubuntu 10.10 i386 desktop ISO copied onto usb stick.

First boot, tried to install lvm2 to read an lvm drive.

Error message as follows:

root@ubuntu:/mnt/gentoo# apt-get install lvm2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libdevmapper-event1.02.1 watershed
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libdevmapper-event1.02.1 lvm2 watershed
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 446kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,278kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main libdevmapper-event1.02.1 i386 2:1.02.39-1ubuntu6 [27.3kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main watershed i386 5 [10.7kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main lvm2 i386 2.02.54-1ubuntu6 [408kB]
Fetched 446kB in 9s (47.9kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libdevmapper-event1.02.1.
(Reading database ... 124417 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libdevmapper-event1.02.1 (from .../libdevmapper-event1.02.1_2%3a1.02.39-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package watershed.
Unpacking watershed (from .../archives/watershed_5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package lvm2.
Unpacking lvm2 (from .../lvm2_2.02.54-1ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libdevmapper-event1.02.1 (2:1.02.39-1ubuntu6) ...
Setting up watershed (5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
cp: cannot stat `/vmlinuz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing watershed (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lvm2:
 lvm2 depends on watershed (>= 2); however:
  Package watershed is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing lvm2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
   Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
cp: cannot stat `/vmlinuz': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 watershed
 lvm2
 initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: watershed 5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 18 15:12:15 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: watershed
Title: package watershed 5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[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 591207, 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.