On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:54:16PM -0800, Steve Mazurek wrote:
> I have been trying to install on etch the most recent
> linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 on an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium 3 and on a
> Gateway desktop also running a Pentium 3 using aptitude update && aptitude
> upgrade. Every time I do this, I get the error message:
>
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
> image-2.6.8-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-1-18etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in
> buffer_write (fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during
> './lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core.ko' : No space
> left on device
>
>
> I am not sure what this means (my hlinux books are not available) nor do I
> know what to do about this. I've found nothing googling the problem. I
> switched to etch after it became stable and have had no trouble upgrading or
> installing using aptitude. I'd appreciate any information you could give
> me. Thanks.
>