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usb creator upgrading breaks: initramfs disabled, but anyway tries to create links

Bug #299894 reported by SoloTurn
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Bug Description

installing 8.10 intrepid from the official iso on an usb stick can be made unusable by upgrading.

1. run the update-manager
2. press "check"
3. press "install"
4. it fails when installing the linux kernel

"
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 ...
"

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SoloTurn (soloturn) wrote :

maybe linux is the better package for this, as the "post-installation" script of linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic tries to do that.

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SoloTurn (soloturn) wrote :

btw, after the above error, a core dump follows.

dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion 'dependtry <=4' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

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