Well, maybe I'm catching on a little. The contents of /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf are:
# # Configuration file for update-initramfs(8) # # # update_initramfs [ yes | all | no ] # # Default is yes # If set to all update-initramfs will update all initramfs # If set to no disables any update to initramfs beside kernel upgrade update_initramfs=yes # # backup_initramfs [ yes | no ] # # Default is no # If set to no leaves no .bak backup files. backup_initramfs=no For the question of whether I really want to run from the flash drive, the answer is yes for a while. For anything else just ask and I'll try. thanx,,, Alan On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Florian Diesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. > > >From DpkgTerminalLog.txt: > > | 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 > > That suggests your flash drive is setup to be a live system. Do you really > want that? > I guess that causes in /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf to be set > to "no" (please verify that). > > If that's true, it is a bug in the kernel package's postinst script: If > creating an initrd.img is disabled creating a symlink to it should be > disabled, too. > > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305817 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > So far the only symptom I know of is the dump. For that reason I can not > tie it to any previous bug reports. > > I issued the commands requested below and there was no output in the > terminal window. Was there no > output?? Is the output somewhere else?? Your instructions are > frustrating. > > How am I supposed to know what source package I found the bug in?? The > only symptom was the dump > and that certainly should tell you where it was from. > > This is my first attempt at using Linux. I hope that this experience isn't > typical because this sample-of-one > sure makes the Ubuntu community seem like a closed club. > > 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 2.6.27-7.16 > 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 -- > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic > SourcePackage: linux > Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to > install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 17 > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ><((((º> ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ -- package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.16 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305817 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