Re: Kernel install problem
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On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:54:14AM +0000, Graham Smith wrote:
> I tried to do an update this morning and ran into the problem below when
> it came to installing the kernel. I've looked in
> /boot/boot/grub/menu.lst and the new kernel 2.6.18-4 hasn't been added
> (I'm running 2.6.18-3 and that is the top kernel in the list).
>
> Any ideas what's gone wrong?
>
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-486:
> linux-image-2.6-486 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-4-486; however:
> Package linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-486 (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.18-4-486
> linux-image-2.6-486
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-11) ...
> Running depmod.
> Finding valid ramdisk creators.
> Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
> Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/boot/grub
> Searching for default file ... Generating /boot/boot/grub/default file
> and setting the default boot entry to 0
> No GRUB directory found under /
> User postinst hook script [/usr/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-2.6-486:
> linux-image-2.6-486 depends on linux-image-2.6.18-4-486; however:
> Package linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6-486 (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> linux-image-2.6.18-4-486
> linux-image-2.6-486
why do you use "/boot/boot/grub/" and not the default "/boot/grub/"?
what is in /boot/grub/menu.lst vs /boot/boot/grub/menu.lst ?
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