FYI, I rebooted (glad I could!), tried again, same error. But, seeing the message below made me think to say I do have a separate boot partition, if that matters.
- - - Running depmod. update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later) Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic-pae to initrd.img: File exists dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 17 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1004151 Title: package linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae 3.2.0-24.39 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 17 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1004151/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs