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vincero Joined: Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted Mar 15, 2009 at 8:00:45 PM Subject: installing update tried to install update "linux-image-2.6.24.23-generic [17.0 mb] Get message "error occurred E:var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image 2.6.24.23 generic_2.6.24.48_ i386.deb: unable to make backup link of'./boot/ vm linuz-2.6.24.23-generic before installing new version. I don't know what to do. Can someone please help? new at linux Thank you
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 15, 2009 9:49:03 PM Subject: installing update I think we should start with what exactly you're trying to accomplish and what specifically you did before getting that error. Also, what distribution are you running?
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vincero Joined Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 15, 2009 10:47:02 PM Subject: installing update running ubuntu 8.04 an icon on top of page says "updates available" I pressed on it and it downloaded several updates plus the error message. Thank you.
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 15, 2009 11:41:38 PM Subject: installing update Hmm, I think you don't have enough space on the partition to backup the old kernel. Can you open a terminal and post the output of "df -h" (without quotes).
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vincero Joined Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 16, 2009 1:07:53 AM Subject: installing update Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk 3.7G 747M 2.8G 21% / varrun 236M 100K 236M 1% /var/run varlock 236M 0 236M 0% /var/lock udev 236M 68K 236M 1% /dev devshm 236M 52K 236M 1% /dev/shm lrm 236M 39M 198M 17% /lib/modules/2.6.24-23-generic/volatile /host/ubuntu/disks/home.disk 3.7G 191M 3.4G 6% /home /host/ubuntu/disks/usr.disk 3.7G 1.8G 1.8G 52% /usr gvfs-fuse-daemon 3.7G 747M 2.8G 21% /home/robertbugeaud/.gvfs robertbugeaud@robertbugeaud-desktop:~$
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Reed Joined Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 758 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 16, 2009 2:28:40 AM Subject: installing update It's not a space issue. I'm not very familiar with it, but am I right that you've installed Ubuntu using Wubi on your Windows machine? Is your install on a FAT32 partition? It seems to be this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/252175
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vincero Joined Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 16, 2009 1:19:02 PM Subject: installing update Thank you, you are right, I'm trying to fix it.
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vincero Joined Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: Mar 17, 2009 5:21:27 AM Subject: installing update The problem is what you said, went to that site but can't figure out how to fix it. any ideas? Thank you
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