I have seen some similar questions but none that I have seen have resolved my issue. An error occured durring a kernel upgrade on Ubuntu 12.04 from linux-image-3.2.0-36-generic to linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic. A Kernel Panic occurs on boot while booting with 3.2.0-38.

Booting in under `3.2.0-36 the system starts normally. However when I attempt to remove clean or configure the affected kernel package it throws the following error:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (< 0.99ubuntu13.1~) but 0.99ubuntu13.1 is to be installed

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

Attempting sudo apt-get -f install, meets with no success citing dependency and configuration issues, after the package retrevial:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools:

 initramfs-tools depends on initramfs-tools-bin (<< 0.99ubuntu13.1~); however:

  Version of initramfs-tools-bin on system is 0.99ubuntu13.1.

dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic:

 linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6); however:

  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

No 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.

                                                    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of casper:

 casper depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.92bubuntu55); however:

  Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing casper (--configure):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

                          Errors were encountered while processing:

 initramfs-tools

 linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic

 casper

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I receive similar errors when running dpkg -- configure -a, apt-get -f dist-upgrade and apt-get -f autoremove.

Any ideas on what exactly corrupted during the kernel upgrade and how I can roll back my kernel version without using Apt-get or Dpkg?