Comment 14 for bug 292159

Workaround worked fine for me. Was able to upgrade, reboot, etc. without any
strange problems.

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:48 PM, freekngdom <email address hidden> wrote:

> Nevermind, removing and re-inserting flash drive into computer seemed to
> solve.
>
> --
> MASTER update-initramfs is disabled since running on a live CD but it is
> running from a flash drive.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292159
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>
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic
>
> unaltered ibex, ran from usb pendrive - prepared by "create a usb startup
> disk". I ran update manager to update packages and played some mp3 file from
> hard disk, when the update manager reported an error, moreover the totem
> player hang.
>
> The kernel upgrade fail with the following message:
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic (2.6.27-7.14) ...
> 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
>
> :: Rationale ::
> If it's not possible to upgrade the kernel, that's fine. But in that case,
> the kernel version should be locked for live CD / live USB bootups. (e.g. in
> Synaptic via "Lock Version" in the "Package")
>
> Currently, "sudo apt-get upgrade" is forever broken, because it always
> tries & fails to install the kernel update. This is a huge turn-off for
> anyone trying out "usb-creator"-built persistent USB installations.
>
> :: Workaround ::
> Workaround discussed here:
> http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3096170
> in brief
> "A bit of digging has revealed that the /usr/sbin/update-initramfs script
> is a stub on the live CD (or the bootable USB drive made from a live CD).
> The original version can be found in:
>
> /rofs/usr/sbin/update-initramfs
> so you can (as root):
> mv /usr/sbin/update-initramfs /usr/sbin/update-initramfs.old
> and then:
> ln -s /rofs/usr/sbin/update-initramfs /usr/sbin/update-initramfs
> "
> Thanks to latchkeyed for providing this info.
>
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ErrorMessage: podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 17
> Package: linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15
> 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 -- debian-installer/language=pl
> console-setup/layoutcode?=pl
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.14-generic
> SourcePackage: linux
> Title: package linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic 2.6.27-7.15 failed to
> install/upgrade: podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 17
>