From: Mizanur Khondoker on
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:23:17 -0400 (EDT), Mizanur Khondoker wrote:
>>
>> I am having the following error while upgrading lenny. Any help would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> debian:/home/mizanur# aptitude safe-upgrade
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Reading extended state information
>> Initializing package states... Done
>> Reading task descriptions... Done
>> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
>>   linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
>> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
>> Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-24) ...
>> Running depmod.
>> Running mkinitramfs-kpkg.
>> Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 to initrd.img.
>> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (--configure):
>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>> A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
>> Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-24) ...
>> Running depmod.
>> Running mkinitramfs-kpkg.
>> Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686 to initrd.img.
>> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (--configure):
>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
>
> Mizanur,
>
> Please provide the following information:
>
> (1) Which boot loader are you using?  (Grub version 1?  Grub version 2?
>  lilo?  extlinux?)
>
> (2) What is the contents of /etc/kernel-img.conf?
>
> (3) What are the names of the files in the following directories?
>
>   /etc/kernel/preinst.d
>   /etc/kernel/prerm.d
>   /etc/kernel/postinst.d
>   /etc/kernel/postrm.d
>
> (4) What is the output of the following commands?
>
>   ls -Al /boot/
>   ls -Al /
>
> --
>  .''`.     Stephen Powell
>  : :'  :
>  `. `'`
>   `-
Dear Stephen,

Thanks for trying to help. Please find below the information you requested.

(1)
debian:/home/mizanur# grub-install -v
grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)

(2)
debian:/home/mizanur# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub

(3)

None of these directories seem to exist. In fact there is no kernel
directory under /etc/.

debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/preinst.d
ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/preinst.d: No such file or directory

debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/prerm.d
ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/prerm.d: No such file or directory

debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/postinst.d
ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postinst.d: No such file or directory

debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/postrm.d
ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postrm.d: No such file or directory

(4)

debian:/home/mizanur# ls -Al /boot/
total 16594
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91746 2010-06-21 11:42 config-2.6.26-2-686
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2010-06-26 21:08 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7197441 2010-06-26 21:16 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7190250 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 928782 2010-06-21 11:42 System.map-2.6.26-2-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507408 2010-06-21 11:42 vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686


debian:/home/mizanur# ls -Al /
total 75
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 5120 2010-06-26 20:20 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 2010-06-26 21:16 boot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2007-11-14 20:27 cdrom -> media/cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3980 2010-06-27 10:04 dev
drwxr-xr-x 152 root root 9216 2010-06-27 10:06 etc
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-06-26 08:32 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-05-10 12:05 initrd.img ->
boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img.old
-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 9216 2010-06-23 22:04 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2007-11-14 20:27 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 2010-06-27 10:05 media
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2009-08-01 23:42 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 163 root root 0 2010-06-27 11:03 proc
-rw-r--r-- 1 mizanur mizanur 4400 2008-03-31 13:04 programmes
-rw------- 1 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:55 .rnd
drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 1024 2010-06-24 21:43 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6144 2010-06-26 20:20 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-03-07 22:56 selinux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 srv
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 2010-06-27 11:03 sys
drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 8192 2010-06-27 10:18 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2008-03-31 12:52 usr
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2007-11-14 20:57 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2009-05-10 12:05 vmlinuz ->
boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2009-04-13 10:45 vmlinuz.old ->
boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686



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From: Stephen Powell on
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:38:50 -0400 (EDT), Mizanur Khondoker wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>
>> Please provide the following information:
>>
>> (1) Which boot loader are you using?  (Grub version 1?  Grub version 2?
>>  lilo?  extlinux?)
>>
>> (2) What is the contents of /etc/kernel-img.conf?
>>
>> (3) What are the names of the files in the following directories?
>>
>>   /etc/kernel/preinst.d
>>   /etc/kernel/prerm.d
>>   /etc/kernel/postinst.d
>>   /etc/kernel/postrm.d
>>
>> (4) What is the output of the following commands?
>>
>>   ls -Al /boot/
>>   ls -Al /
>>
>
> Dear Stephen,
>
> Thanks for trying to help. Please find below the information you requested.
>
> (1)
> debian:/home/mizanur# grub-install -v
> grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)
>
> (2)
> debian:/home/mizanur# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
> # Kernel image management overrides
> # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
> do_symlinks = yes
> relative_links = yes
> do_bootloader = no
> do_bootfloppy = no
> do_initrd = yes
> link_in_boot = no
> postinst_hook = update-grub
> postrm_hook = update-grub
>
> (3)
>
> None of these directories seem to exist. In fact there is no kernel
> directory under /etc/.
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/preinst.d
> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/preinst.d: No such file or directory
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/prerm.d
> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/prerm.d: No such file or directory
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/postinst.d
> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postinst.d: No such file or directory
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l /etc/kernel/postrm.d
> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postrm.d: No such file or directory
>
> (4)
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -Al /boot/
> total 16594
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 91746 2010-06-21 11:42 config-2.6.26-2-686
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2010-06-26 21:08 grub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7197441 2010-06-26 21:16 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7190250 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686.bak
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 928782 2010-06-21 11:42 System.map-2.6.26-2-686
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507408 2010-06-21 11:42 vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686
>
> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -Al /
> total 75
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 5120 2010-06-26 20:20 bin
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 2010-06-26 21:16 boot
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2007-11-14 20:27 cdrom -> media/cdrom
> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3980 2010-06-27 10:04 dev
> drwxr-xr-x 152 root root 9216 2010-06-27 10:06 etc
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-06-26 08:32 home
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 initrd
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-05-10 12:05 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 9216 2010-06-23 22:04 lib
> drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2007-11-14 20:27 lost+found
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 2010-06-27 10:05 media
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2009-08-01 23:42 mnt
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 opt
> dr-xr-xr-x 163 root root 0 2010-06-27 11:03 proc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mizanur mizanur 4400 2008-03-31 13:04 programmes
> -rw------- 1 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:55 .rnd
> drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 1024 2010-06-24 21:43 root
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6144 2010-06-26 20:20 sbin
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-03-07 22:56 selinux
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2007-11-14 20:29 srv
> drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 2010-06-27 11:03 sys
> drwxrwxrwt 12 root root 8192 2010-06-27 10:18 tmp
> drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2008-03-31 12:52 usr
> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2007-11-14 20:57 var
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2009-05-10 12:05 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2009-04-13 10:45 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686

OK, I see what's wrong. You've got your symlinks messed up.
I'm not sure how things got into that state, but they're all
messed up. You could fix your symlinks, but since grub doesn't
need them, here's what I would do if it were me. Do all this as root.

rm /vmlinuz
rm /initrd.img
rm /vmlinuz.old
rm /initrd.img.old

Then edit the file /etc/kernel-img.conf and change

do_symlinks = yes

to

do_symlinks = no

File the change. Then issue

dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.26-2-686

That should put you back in business.

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From: Mizanur Khondoker on
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:38:50 -0400 (EDT), Mizanur Khondoker wrote:
>> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> Please provide the following information:
>>>
>>> (1) Which boot loader are you using? =C2=A0(Grub version 1? =C2=A0Grub v=
> ersion 2?
>>> =C2=A0lilo? =C2=A0extlinux?)
>>>
>>> (2) What is the contents of /etc/kernel-img.conf?
>>>
>>> (3) What are the names of the files in the following directories?
>>>
>>> =C2=A0 /etc/kernel/preinst.d
>>> =C2=A0 /etc/kernel/prerm.d
>>> =C2=A0 /etc/kernel/postinst.d
>>> =C2=A0 /etc/kernel/postrm.d
>>>
>>> (4) What is the output of the following commands?
>>>
>>> =C2=A0 ls -Al /boot/
>>> =C2=A0 ls -Al /
>>>
>>
>> Dear Stephen,
>>=20
>> Thanks for trying to help. Please find below the information you requeste=
> d.
>>=20
>> (1)
>> debian:/home/mizanur# grub-install -v
>> grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)
>>=20
>> (2)
>> debian:/home/mizanur# cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
>> # Kernel image management overrides
>> # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
>> do_symlinks =3D yes
>> relative_links =3D yes
>> do_bootloader =3D no
>> do_bootfloppy =3D no
>> do_initrd =3D yes
>> link_in_boot =3D no
>> postinst_hook =3D update-grub
>> postrm_hook   =3D update-grub
>>=20
>> (3)
>>=20
>> None of these directories seem to exist. In fact there is no kernel
>> directory under /etc/.
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l  /etc/kernel/preinst.d
>> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/preinst.d: No such file or directory
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l   /etc/kernel/prerm.d
>> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/prerm.d: No such file or directory
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l  /etc/kernel/postinst.d
>> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postinst.d: No such file or directory
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -l   /etc/kernel/postrm.d
>> ls: cannot access /etc/kernel/postrm.d: No such file or directory
>>=20
>> (4)
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur#  ls -Al /boot/
>> total 16594
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   91746 2010-06-21 11:42 config-2.6.26-2-686
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1024 2010-06-26 21:08 grub
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7197441 2010-06-26 21:16 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7190250 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686.b=
> ak
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  928782 2010-06-21 11:42 System.map-2.6.26-2-686
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507408 2010-06-21 11:42 vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686
>>=20
>> debian:/home/mizanur# ls -Al /
>> total 75
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     5120 2010-06-26 20:20 bin
>> drwxr-xr-x   3 root    root     1024 2010-06-26 21:16 boot
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       11 2007-11-14 20:27 cdrom -> media/cdro=
> m
>> drwxr-xr-x  16 root    root     3980 2010-06-27 10:04 dev
>> drwxr-xr-x 152 root    root     9216 2010-06-27 10:06 etc
>> drwxr-xr-x   5 root    root     4096 2010-06-26 08:32 home
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     1024 2007-11-14 20:29 initrd
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       28 2009-05-10 12:05 initrd.img -> boot/=
> initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       28 2009-04-13 10:45 initrd.img.old -> b=
> oot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
>> drwxr-xr-x  16 root    root     9216 2010-06-23 22:04 lib
>> drwx------   2 root    root    12288 2007-11-14 20:27 lost+found
>> drwxr-xr-x   4 root    root     1024 2010-06-27 10:05 media
>> drwxr-xr-x   5 root    root     1024 2009-08-01 23:42 mnt
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     1024 2007-11-14 20:29 opt
>> dr-xr-xr-x 163 root    root        0 2010-06-27 11:03 proc
>> -rw-r--r--   1 mizanur mizanur  4400 2008-03-31 13:04 programmes
>> -rw-------   1 root    root     1024 2007-11-14 20:55 .rnd
>> drwxr-xr-x  32 root    root     1024 2010-06-24 21:43 root
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     6144 2010-06-26 20:20 sbin
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     1024 2007-03-07 22:56 selinux
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root     1024 2007-11-14 20:29 srv
>> drwxr-xr-x  11 root    root        0 2010-06-27 11:03 sys
>> drwxrwxrwt  12 root    root     8192 2010-06-27 10:18 tmp
>> drwxr-xr-x  14 root    root     4096 2008-03-31 12:52 usr
>> drwxr-xr-x  16 root    root     4096 2007-11-14 20:57 var
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       25 2009-05-10 12:05 vmlinuz -> boot/vml=
> inuz-2.6.26-1-486
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    root       25 2009-04-13 10:45 vmlinuz.old -> boot=
> /vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686
>
> OK, I see what's wrong.  You've got your symlinks messed up.
> I'm not sure how things got into that state, but they're all
> messed up.  You could fix your symlinks, but since grub doesn't
> need them, here's what I would do if it were me.  Do all this as root.
>
>   rm /vmlinuz
>   rm /initrd.img
>   rm /vmlinuz.old
>   rm /initrd.img.old
>
> Then edit the file /etc/kernel-img.conf and change
>
>   do_symlinks =3D yes
>
> to
>
>  do_symlinks =3D no
>
> File the change.  Then issue
>
>   dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
>
> That should put you back in business.
>
> --=20
>  .''`.     Stephen Powell   =20
>  : :'  :
>  `. `'`
>   `-

Dear Stephen,

Deleting the symlinks solved the problem.

dpkg-reconfigure did not work, but aptitude safe-upgrade
reconfigured the kernel-image.

Thanks very much for your help.
==========


debian:/home/mizanur# dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 is broken or not
fully installed


debian:/home/mizanur# aptitude safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
linux-image-2.6.26-2-686
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.26-2-686 (2.6.26-24) ...
Running depmod.
Running mkinitramfs-kpkg.
Running postinst hook script 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 ... found: (hd0,3)/boot/grub/grub_face1.xpm.gz

Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

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