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Re: kernel upgrade problem



Russ Cook escribió:
> I'm running a dual core amd64 with Debian unstable, kernel
> 2.6.17-2-amd64.
> Today, I tried to upgrade to kernel 2.6.18-3-amd64.  I get an unexpected
> error message concerning a buffer-write failure.  I have attached a
> script file with the error message.  I searched the mailing list, and
> didn't
> see a related post.  I apologize in advance if I missed it.  Can anyone
> shed some light?
> Thanks,
>  Russ
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Script started on Sun 31 Dec 2006 12:59:28 PM CST
> (Reading database ... 121478 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64_2.6.18-8_amd64.deb) ...
> Done.
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64_2.6.18-8_amd64.deb (--install):
>  failed in buffer_write(fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./lib/modules/2.6.18-3-amd64/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko': No space left on device
>   

That's your clue: No space left on device. What does df command say?

> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
> Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-amd64
> Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8-smp
> Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
>
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd64_2.6.18-8_amd64.deb
>
> Script done on Sun 31 Dec 2006 12:59:38 PM CST
>   




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