Joe Hart wrote:
As very little information is given by the original poster it could also be that both apt-get and dpkg are choking on a single package that has become corrupted too. In the link below there is a very similar problem and how the guy fixed it on his machine, but it is rather involved.David Primero Segundo wrote:Hello friends, i am very sad because my system debian is instable. When i run: apt-get upgrade or when i run aptitude to install or remove or upgrade a package, or when i use dpkg, debia answer me the next: http://pastebin.ca/392151, please i don't know to do i need help you.Sorry to say this: That error is an i/o error. It looks to me like you may have a hard disk problem.
http://www.eskimo.com/~c/blog/archive/2003-05.htmlScroll down to the entry for May 8, 2003 to find the problem defined and solution found.