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Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS update manager fails to install Important Security Update to linux image

Asked by DtTBane

Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS

UpdateManager fails to install 'Important Security Update':
linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic *

An error occured
The following details are provided:
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic_2.6.24-28.75_i386.deb: unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-28-generic' before installing new version

*Version 2.6.24-28.75:
Description:
"This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64.
Also includes the corresponding System.map file, the modules built by the packager, and scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in an unbootable state after an update.
Supports Generic processors.
Geared toward desktop systems.
You likely do not want to install this package directly. Instead, install the linux-generic meta-package"

[ Installed the LINUX-GENERIC META-PACKAGE using Synaptic ]

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 22 15:27:48 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Package: synaptic 0.61ubuntu9
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/lib/kde4/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: synaptic
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic i686

[ Ubutu 8.04 installed on P-III Win98se HOST using WUBI ]

Additional Notes:
--------------------------
I tried installing -
linux-image-2.6.24-28-386 2.6.24-28.75
per
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-974-1
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/153075/

Result -
System no longer recognized sound card on-board
and Update Notification / Update Mgr -
continues to advise update to linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic_2.6.24-28.75
which fails as above.

Removed linux-image-2.6.24-28-386 2.6.24-28.75
and reverted to
generic 2.6.24-28.71
to regain audio

Also See Bug #622418

What should this NOOB do now?

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DtTBane (drtbane) said : 		#1

from terminal [or from recovery mode while booting] I get this :

user@user-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/18.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 4096B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 115411 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic 2.6.24-28.71 (using .../linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic_2.6.24-28.75_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic_2.6.24-28.75_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of `./boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-28-generic' before installing new version: Operation not permitted
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-28-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-26-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.24-28-generic_2.6.24-28.75_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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DtTBane (drtbane) said : 		#2

Problem solved - see linked bug #252900 for cause and work-around / fix