Further research indicates that the bug was actually caused by the 7.04 to 7.10 upgrade which was performed immediately prior to the 7.10 to 8.04 upgrade.
While the 7.10 upgrade reported no errors, and successfully booted, the /boot partition was not being mounted. A change of the /etc/fstab mount syntax from the "UUID=" to "/dev/mapper/" syntax corrected the mount problem--after which the kernel packages were successfully installed using Synaptic. This bug may be closed. Thanks. -- Install reported: Could not install 'linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic' + same for modules https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219723 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
