[Bug 1843975] Re: install not completing due to hardlink failure

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[Expired for initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  install not completing due to hardlink failure

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.133ubuntu10) ...
  ln: failed to create hard link '/boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-1045-raspi2.dpkg-bak' => '/boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-1045-raspi2': Operation not permitted
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-1045-raspi2
  Unsupported platform.
  run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//flash-kernel exited with return code 1
  dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
   installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  I am assuming that this is due to the /boot partition on the Raspberry
  Pi being Fat16 and not supporting hardlinks. Use a copy instead?

  Keeps trying to complete every time I run apt-get.

  You might find these helpful in seeing how they handled it.
  https://ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/ubuntu-mate-18.04.2-beta1-desktop-armhf+raspi-ext4.img.xz
  https://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/dists/buster/
  https://ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/

  I used these instructions ( https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/how-to-
  get-ubuntu-mate-18-04-up-on-raspberry-pi-4/20049 ) and then upgraded
  some packages to eoan.

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
  Release:	18.04

  
  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends e2fsprogs unar uget aria2 filezilla transmission smtube smplayer mplayer vlc bleachbit gparted openvpn gadmin-samba gpart gpaint curl thunderbird-gnome-support youtube-dl cifs-utils ntfs-3g ntp hardlink mesa-va-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers

  Thanks in advance.

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