Running depmod, getting "Hmm. initrd.img is a directory, which I did not expect . . "

[Bob St. John]

Folks,

When doing:

sudo apt-get upgrade

I get:

Hmm. initrd.img is a directory, which I did not expect.  I am trying to
create a symbolic link with that name linked to / . Since a directory
exists here, my assumptions are way off, and I am aborting.

I've done diligent research without success. Can someone help me
understand and fix the problem?

Here is additional detail:

bob at bob-ubuntu-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  brasero
The following packages will be upgraded:
  google-chrome-unstable hal libhal-storage1 libhal1 screen-profiles
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 13.4MB of archives.
After this operation, 360kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  .
  .
  snip
  .
  .
Setting up linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic (2.6.28-11.42) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
Hmm. initrd.img is a directory, which I did not expect.  I am
trying to create a symbolic link with that name linked to 
/ . Since a directory exists here, my assumptions 
are way off, and I am aborting.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic depends on
linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic
(--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
 linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic; however:
  Package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaviNo apport report written because the error
message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                      No apport report
written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a
previous failure.
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              No apport
report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                            ng unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
linux-restricted-modules-generic:
 linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic; however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic is not configured
yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
 linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.28.11.15); however:
  Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
 linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (=
2.6.28.11.15); however:
  Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up google-chrome-unstable (3.0.187.0-r18043) ...

Setting up libhal1 (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libhal-storage1 (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ...

Setting up hal (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ...
 * Reloading system message bus config...
[ OK ] 
 * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald
[ OK ] 

Setting up screen-profiles (1.44-0ubuntu1.2) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic
 linux-image-generic
 linux-restricted-modules-generic
 linux-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
bob at bob-ubuntu-desktop:~$ 


Thanks . . .

Bob St. John