This still happens, and is *very* annoying if the reason one is removing old images is because you've run out of space on /boot, which becomes very difficult to cleanly resolve.
# apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 161MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 248864 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc ... Removing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-powerpc #### ! WTF Removing linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc ... Removing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp ... Removing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp #### ! WTF Removing linux-image-2.6.24-16-powerpc-smp ... -- Uninstall of linux-image package first creates initrd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152548 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs