package linux-firmware 1.173 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of './lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin' before installing new version: Input/output error

[Kaminski]

fyi

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.173
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Sun Dec 2 09:52:01 2018
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-firmware:1.173
 Unpacking linux-firmware (1.173.2) over (1.173) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-sxxph2/255-linux-firmware_1.173.2_all.deb (--unpack):
  unable to make backup link of './lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin' before installing new version: Input/output error
ErrorMessage: unable to make backup link of './lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin' before installing new version: Input/output error
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release i386 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
 apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
Title: package linux-firmware 1.173 failed to install/upgrade: unable to make backup link of './lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin' before installing new version: Input/output error
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

Here's the error from DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-sxxph2/255-linux-firmware_1.173.2_all.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of './lib/firmware/intel/dsp_fw_kbl_v701.bin' before installing new version: Input/output error

Does not look like a package problem, possibly a disk error or kernel bug. Nothing in dmesg looks related, only some squashfs error which are no doubt unrelated.