not able to purge a kernel

["Fred J." <phddas@yahoo.com>]

I am getting this output, please take a look at the last few lines, there is the problem.

thanks

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debian:/boot# apt-get --purge remove linux-image-2.6.16.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
  linux-image-2.6.16.1*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 44.8MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 85371 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-2.6.16.1 ...
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-686
Updating
 /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz 
Unless you used the optional flag in lilo, 
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[lilo]
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.16.1 ...
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.16.1 (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 128
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.16.1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
debian:/boot# 
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