Attempting upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10, could not install initramfs-tools
Bug #1064629 reported by
Russell Lewis
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
1.Version:
Running:
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
2.Package info causing problem:
initramfs-tools:
Installed: 0.99ubuntu13
Candidate: 0.99ubuntu13
Version table:
*** 0.99ubuntu13 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3.Expected result:
A clean upgrade.
4. Observed result:
An error popped up saying:
Could not install 'initramfs-tools'
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Revision history for this message
| Russell Lewis (russlewi) wrote | #1 |
| tags: | added: dist-upgrade |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
Revision history for this message
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #2 |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote | #4 |
| tags: | removed: upgrade-software-version |
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You seem to have run out of free space:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...^M
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.
cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of /dev/sda3^M
^M
gzip: stdout: No space left on device^M
E: mkinitramfs failure cpio 141 gzip 1^M
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.
dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):^M
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1^M
From what I can tell it looks like you have a separate boot partition and this seems to be full. I'd remove some older kernels and then continue the upgrade.