> >look at 'dmesg' (ie. type 'dmesg' on the console) and > >see if the kernel tells you why its being killed > > <snip> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k init 4k prep > __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) > VM: killing process dpkg It's eaten up all memory - did you set up a swap device ?? Michael