Re: The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link and The link /initrd.img is a damaged link due to lack of free disk space...
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 06:46:48PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply.
No problems.
> On Friday 04 May 2007 06:29, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > Do I need to worry about those errors? If so, then what do I need to
> > fix this? I am afraid to reboot my computer and find Debian not able to
> > boot up. :(
>
> The broken link is not a problem in itself, but to make sure the kernel is
> installed correctly I would advise to reinstall it (using 'aptitude
> reinstall <kernel-image-...>').
I do have a question about this warning message:
"The kernel version running is the same as the one being installed
You are attempting to install a kernel version that is the same as the
version you are currently running (version 2.6.18-4-k7). The modules
list is quite likely to have been changed, and the modules dependency
file /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-k7/modules.dep needs to be re-built. It can
not be built correctly right now, since the module list for the running
kernel are likely to be different from the kernel installed. I am
creating a new modules.dep file, but that may not be correct. It shall
be regenerated correctly at next reboot.
I repeat: you have to reboot in order for the modules file to be created
correctly. Until you reboot, it may be impossible to load some modules.
Reboot as soon as this install is finished (Do not reboot right now,
since you may not be able to boot back up until installation is over,
but boot immediately after). I can not stress that too much. You need to
reboot soon."
Even though this is the same exact Kernel image version I am using, do I
still have to reboot now/soon? The version didn't change or
anything. It's just a reinstall.
Here's the log of results (I hope using apt-get was OK instead of
aptitude):
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 270969 207513 49000 81% /
tmpfs 517936 0 517936 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10240 92 10148 1% /dev
tmpfs 517936 0 517936 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda5 14421344 7472276 6216508 55% /home
/dev/hda6 4807056 2834992 1727880 63% /usr
/dev/hda7 918322 507846 361480 59% /var
/dev/hda8 918322 16491 852835 2% /tmp
/dev/hda9 4807056 200528 4362344 5% /usr/local
/dev/hda11 47383396 2455196 42521264 6% /extra
/dev/hda12 918322 16452 852874 2% /others
/dev/hdb1 861728 16416 801540 3% /stuff
/dev/hdb5 5336664 1118864 3946708 23% /storage
# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 --reinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not
upgraded.
Need to get 16.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main
linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1 [16.5MB]
Fetched 16.5MB in 25s (636kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 145565 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1
(using .../linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1_i386.deb) ...
The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-k7 still exists. Continuing as
directed.
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 ...
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-k7
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-k7
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch1) ...
Hmm. The package shipped with a symbolic link
/lib/modules/2.6.18-4-k7/source
However, I can not read the target: No such file or directory
Therefore, I am deleting /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-k7/source
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-k7
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-k7
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 270969 207517 48996 81% /
tmpfs 517936 0 517936 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10240 92 10148 1% /dev
tmpfs 517936 0 517936 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda5 14421344 7472300 6216484 55% /home
/dev/hda6 4807056 2834992 1727880 63% /usr
/dev/hda7 918322 523984 345342 61% /var
/dev/hda8 918322 16491 852835 2% /tmp
/dev/hda9 4807056 200528 4362344 5% /usr/local
/dev/hda11 47383396 2455196 42521264 6% /extra
/dev/hda12 918322 16452 852874 2% /others
/dev/hdb1 861728 16416 801540 3% /stuff
/dev/hdb5 5336664 1118864 3946708 23% /storage
> If you have problems rebooting the system, you should be able to fix them
> using the rescue mode of the Debian Installer:
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch08s07.html
>
> If you need any additional help, I suggest you ask on the debian-user
> mailing list.
Thanks. :)
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