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Re: Update failure



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Richard Carter wrote:
> I tried to  use the update manager in kde to update
> linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd84, which is already running on my system.  The
> update failed with the message
> "/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
> image-2.6.18-5-amd64-2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4-amd64.deb failed in
> buffer-write(fd)(10.ret=1)"
> 
> How should I respond to this error?

It could be that update-manager doesn't handle the "you have to boot
soon" prompt of the kernel upgrade correctly. Try to log in as root and run

aptitude dist-upgrade

HTH,

Johannes

> Richard Carter

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