Hi, I'm getting the same error in Ubuntu 8.10 - I'm a complete newbie so I'd really appreciate some "simple" help please?
It's running off a pendrive at the moment as it's easier for me... ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.16) ... 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 dpkg: failed to link `/var/lib/dpkg/status' to `/var/lib/dpkg/status-old' for backup of status info: File exists E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) Is what I've tried with "install / upgrade" but not sure what to try or how to progress now If you need anymore details you'll have to tell me how to get them / where from etc as it's taken me ages to work out this far......... :$ -- [apport] gnome-app-install crashed with OSError in _checkAptCache() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/90078 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
