kernel upgrade failed on a USB live system created by usb-creator
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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casper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
ubuntu@
total 37512
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 38365944 Feb 15 10:46 linux-image-
ubuntu@
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-
(Reading database ... 131642 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-
Done.
Setting up linux-image-
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
The link /vmlinuz is a dangling linkto /boot/vmlinuz-
Examining /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of overlayfs
cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/
/usr/sbin/
run-parts: /etc/kernel/
Failed to process /etc/kernel/
dpkg: error processing linux-image-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-
ubuntu@
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: casper 1.303
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.303
Date: Wed Feb 15 11:04:48 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: casper
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
I think casper needs to arrange for grub not to be updated on kernel upgrades. I could have sworn we'd done this already, but obviously not.
(Of course, this does still leave the question of what to do if grub2 is upgraded.)