Re: installation failed

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Allan Kok <allan.kok@fabel.dk> [2007-11-28 18:50]:
> get the same error. " dpkg: failed to open `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for 
> writing status information: Read-only file system" I have attached the log 
> files!
> Can any one help me solving the problems?

That sounds like a broken hard drive to me.

> http://www.kok.cc/pdf/syslog

Nov 23 15:40:55 debootstrap: 
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: journal_bmap: journal block not found at offset 2060 on hda3
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: Aborting journal on device hda3.
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: journal commit I/O error
Nov 23 15:40:56 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing base-files (--install):
Nov 23 15:40:56 debootstrap:  unable to fsync updated status of `base-files': Input/output error
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: ext3_abort called.
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device hda3): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Nov 23 15:40:56 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Nov 23 15:40:56 debootstrap: dpkg: failed to open `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for writing status information: Read-only file system

So the disk has problems, Linux mounts it read-only and you get the
error message regarding /var/lib/dpkg/status.

I fear it's a broken disk. :(  Can you put in a different drive
and try again?
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/