Bug#270423: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386: Package failed to install

[Yann Forget <yann@forget-me.net>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386
Version: 2.6.8-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

While trying to install this kernel, I got

Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 (2.6.8-2) ...
/usr/sbin/mkinitrd: add_modules_dep_2_5: modprobe failed
FATAL: Module ide_detect not found.
FATAL: Module ext2 not found.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The package failed installation.

Thanks,
Yann

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-nofb
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-pre5-6 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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