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Re: dpkg will not remove old kernel



On Jo, 13 mar 14, 09:59:20, eddie wrote:
> First off, if this isn't where I should be asking for help, please let me
> know.
> 
> I'm running Sid and running 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' prompts me with a
> couple of errors:
> 
> grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
> run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
> Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64.postrm line 212.
> dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 (--remove):
>  subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
> If the issues aren't related, grub-probe and removing linux-image-3.2*, I'd
> like to tackle the removal of the old kernel, as that is preventing me from
> updating my system. I've restarted since, so the grub error isn't causing
> much issue. At least as far as I can tell.

Yes, the two are related. The removal fails because of the grub-probe 
error. Could you please post the output of 'update-grub' and 'fdisk -l'?

Kind regards,
Andrei
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