Re: kernel upgrading problem
S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote:
> After making dist upgrade from sarge to sid, when i tried to upgrade
> kernel 2.6.8-1-686 to 2.6.16-1-686 it's failed.
>
> Here is the output of apt
>
> tanha:/home/tania# apt-get install -f
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 (2.6.16-3) ...
> Running depmod.
> Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
> Other valid candidates: mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird
> /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs-kpkg: line 55: supported_host_version: unbound
> variable
> mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
> Using mkinitrd.yaird to build the ramdisk.
> Other valid candidates: mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird
> yaird error: destination /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-1-686.new already exists
> (fatal)
> mkinitrd.yaird failed to create initrd image.
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.16-1-686
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
It seems to me that mkinitramfs-kpkg's failure to build the image is
stopping mkinitrd.yaird from building the image. What happens if you
remove the initramfs-tools package? Also, check that yaird is the latest
version. I had problems building the 2.6.16 image until I upgraded yaird
to the latest available in sid. I am only recommending you use yaird
because A) it worked for me and B) it looks like yaird only fails because
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed before it.
Justin
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