Bug#287085: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386: apt-get upgrade fails to configure kernel-image-2.4.27-1 - depmod exited with return value 1)
New info.
another example of failed attempt to install a kernel.
dan@technonerd:~$ sudo apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Suggested packages:
lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.1MB of archives.
After unpacking 40.4MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 2.6.8-10 [ 14.1MB]
Fetched 14.1MB in 3m37s (64.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386.
(Reading database ... 100550 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 (from .../kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386_2.6.8-10_i386.deb) ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 (2.6.8-10) ...
cpio: (0x00000000): No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `(0x00000000)': No such file or directory
run-parts: /usr/share/initrd-tools/scripts/e2fsprogs exited with return code 1
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)
dan@technonerd:~$
A google search for.
cp: cannot stat `(0x00000000)': No such file or directory
found this.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/12/msg00260.html
Now, I hope I have a 32bit bootable kernel on diskette, since the only one on the hard drive vanished.
Would the sarge install disk serve this function as well?
DL
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