Comment 3 for bug 293297

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kbqvist (kbqvist) wrote : Re: [Bug 293297] Re: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17

Thanks,
I was running from a freshly made flash-drive. I fact, I was in the process
of updating the system, as my first action after booting the newly made
stick (made using the built in facility for doing so in ubuntu)

Kind regards
Karsten

2008/11/3 Jean-Baptiste Lallement <email address hidden>

> Thanks for your report.
>
> The cause of the failure is :
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.15) ...
> Running depmod.
> update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD
> Failed to symbolic-link /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic to initrd.img.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
>
>
> Are you running from a CD or a flash drive ?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293297
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>
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> -
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
> status 17
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true
> persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- console-setup/layoutcode=dk
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
> Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15 failed to
> install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
> status 17
>

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