Re: Fresh Install Problems
On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:58:02AM -0600, smugzilla wrote:
> I'm trying a fresh install of debian on my old Athlon 64 3200 box and
> this one is not proceeding as smoothly as the previous one. The initial
> install is smooth enough (I'm not even trying to install gnome yet) but
> I'm having problems as soon as I try to upgrade to sid. Basically the
> chain of events looks like this:
>
> 1. After the initial install I'm running kernel 2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp. I
> have no idea why I appear to have an smp-enabled kernel, but this is
> what I get when doing a basic install without tweaking the default settings.
> 2. I change my repositories to point to sid at Arizona.
> 3. apt-get update runs fine...
> 4. But when I run apt-get dist-upgrade I get a prompt with a warning
> that essentially says "You are running a kernel and attempting to remove
> the same version." I choose "No" when asked if I really want to remove
> the running kernel, then get two more error messages:
> "dpkg: error procecssing kernel-image-2.6.8.12..."
> "dpkg: initrd-tools: dependency problems, but removing anyway"
>
> After this my system seems pretty hosed: initrd-tools is gone and so I
> can't install any non-trivial packages and base-config is gone. Where
> did I screw up, and how do I fix this? Doing a fresh install and
> starting again from scratch is definitely an option here.
>
I'm told that aptitude no longer deletes an old kernel just because a
new one is available. Would it help to upgrade aptitude first?
Are you upgrading to sid from etch, or from sarge? I thought etch
installed a more recent kernel to start with.
-- hendrik
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