Re: unable to install anything

[Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com>]

On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote:

> --- Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> wrote:
> > Whenever I try to install any package or update, I
> > get an error,
> > details of which are provided below.
> > This is just an example of the point at which an
> > upgrade terminates.
> >
> > > Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using
> > > .../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
> > > dpkg: error processing
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
> > > (--unpack):
> > >  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> > > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > >  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> > > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> > >  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > >  /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
> > > Processing was halted because there were too many
> > errors.
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error
> > code (1)
> >
> > Any ideas what's up and how to fix it?
> >
> >
> > Curtis Vaughan
> >
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> It's exactly what it says it is: You're out of memory.
I don't think that's possible:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2              37G   23G   12G  66% /
proc                     0     0     0   -  /proc
sysfs                    0     0     0   -  /sys
devpts                   0     0     0   -  /dev/pts
tmpfs                  59M     0   59M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdb1              37G   23G   13G  66% /music

Curtis Vaughan