I thought this was mentioned today and/or was being worked on. To check with adam.
** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 using 'do-release-upgrade -d' results in: Errors were encountered while processing: - initramfs-tools + initramfs-tools Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Could not install the upgrades - The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A + The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). + + --- + + Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ... + Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3) ... + update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic + Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' + Error: Ramdisk file '/boot/initrd.img' in section 'ubuntu': No such file or directory + run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//zz-zipl exited with return code 1 + [1mdpkg:[0m error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): + installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 + Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20180409) ... + Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... + 0 added, 0 removed; done. + Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d... + done. + Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ... + Processing triggers for linux-image-4.15.0-19-generic (4.15.0-19.20) ... + /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: + update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-19-generic + Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' + Building bootmap in '/boot' + Building menu 'menu' + Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) + Adding #2: IPL section 'old' + Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104). + Done. + /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl: + Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' + Building bootmap in '/boot' + Building menu 'menu' + Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) + Adding #2: IPL section 'old' + Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104). + Done. + Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.29) ... + Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.79ubuntu10) ... + Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... + Errors were encountered while processing: + initramfs-tools + Log ended: 2018-04-24 13:12:40 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766727 Title: initramfs-tools exception during pm.DoInstall with do-release-upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 using 'do-release-upgrade -d' results in: Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Could not install the upgrades The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a). --- Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-121-generic Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' Error: Ramdisk file '/boot/initrd.img' in section 'ubuntu': No such file or directory run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//zz-zipl exited with return code 1 [1mdpkg:[0m error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20180409) ... Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 0 added, 0 removed; done. Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d... done. Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.27.2) ... Processing triggers for linux-image-4.15.0-19-generic (4.15.0-19.20) ... /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-19-generic Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' Building bootmap in '/boot' Building menu 'menu' Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) Adding #2: IPL section 'old' Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104). Done. /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl: Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' Building bootmap in '/boot' Building menu 'menu' Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) Adding #2: IPL section 'old' Preparing boot device: dasdb (0104). Done. Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.29) ... Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.79ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools Log ended: 2018-04-24 13:12:40 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1766727/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp