Upgrade error pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve

sa10

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apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve (5.3.18-2) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 5.3.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-5.3.18-2-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 5.3.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-5.3.18-2-pve
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.3.18-2-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools 5.3.18-2-pve /boot/vmlinuz-5.3.18-2-pve
kdump-tools: Generating /var/lib/kdump/initrd.img-5.3.18-2-pve
mkinitramfs: failed to determine device for /
mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most, check:
grep -r MODULES /var/lib/kdump/initramfs-tools

Error please report bug on initramfs-tools
Include the output of 'mount' and 'cat /proc/mounts'
update-initramfs: failed for  with 1.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve.postinst line 19.
dpkg: error processing package pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve (--configure):
 installed pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pve-kernel-5.3:
 pve-kernel-5.3 depends on pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve; however:
  Package pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package pve-kernel-5.3 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pve-kernel-5.3.18-2-pve
 pve-kernel-5.3
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
 
this is not an error with the kernel package, but some issue with kdump-tools and your system config. are you running on ZFS?
 
Removing the script /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools and the package kdump-tools solved the problem
Thanks
 
Had the same problem with kdump. Removing the script and then "sudo apt-get autoremove --purge kdump-tools" solved the problem.
Thank you very much!