I had the same issue with kernel 3.13.0-40.69. I could successfully update the kernel by editing the configuration file /etc/kernel-img.conf as follows:
do_symlinks = no -- 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/1318951 Title: kernel update fails with /boot on FAT32 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My latest system upgrade failed because it can't upgrade the kernel: $sudo env LANGUAGE=en_US apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-signed-image-3.13.0-24-generic : Depends: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic (= 3.13.0-24.47) but 3.13.0-24.46 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. When trying to install linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic manually it fails because it can't create a backup link for the old kernel. This really doesn't surprise me, because /boot is on a fat32 filesystem ( EFI System Partition ) so it shouldn't be possible to create any links at all. My fstab entries for boot are as follows: UUID=0E1E-3E58 /mnt/efi vfat defaults 0 2 /mnt/efi/ubuntu /boot none bind 0 0 Here is the output of me trying to install the kernel manually: $sudo env LANGUAGE=en_US apt-get install linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: efibootmgr secureboot-db shim Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: fdutils linux-doc-3.13.0 linux-source-3.13.0 linux-tools Recommended packages: grub-pc grub-efi-amd64 grub-efi-ia32 grub lilo The following packages will be upgraded: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 114 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/15,0 MB of archives. After this operation, 1.024 B disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 205799 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic_3.13.0-24.47_amd64.deb ... Done. Unpacking linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic (3.13.0-24.47) over (3.13.0-24.46) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic_3.13.0-24.47_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic_3.13.0-24.47_amd64.deb E : Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1318951/+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
