i'm having some problems, I am a fairly novice user, such as just getting to my /etc/apt/sources.list ( can you help)
thomas@c-76-119-151-250:~$ su
Password:
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# etc/apt/sources.list
bash: etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# file /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list: ASCII text
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# file
Usage: file [-bcikLhnNsvz] [-f namefile] [-F separator] [-m magicfiles]
file...
file -C -m magicfiles
Try `file --help' for more information.
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# apt-get update
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070819-11:33] etch Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070819-11:33] etch Release
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070819-11:33] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
20070819-11:33] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Get:1 http://debian.osuosl.org etch Release.gpg [378B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://debian.osuosl.org etch Release
Ign http://debian.osuosl.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://debian.osuosl.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://debian.osuosl.org etch/main Packages
Hit http://debian.osuosl.org etch/main Sources
Fetched 2B in 0s (2B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-image-2.6-686: Depends: linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 but it is not
installedE: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
c-76-119-151-250:/home/thomas# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
Suggested packages:
linux-doc-2.6.18
Recommended packages:
libc6-i686
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/16.5MB of archives.
After unpacking 49.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 91415 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 (from
.../linux-image-2.6.18-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1_i386.deb) ...
Done.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.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/fs/9p/9p.ko': No space left on device
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
You shouldn't call /sbin/update-grub. Please call /usr/sbin/update-grub
instead!
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.0.3-1-i386-pae, kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-xen-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1_i386.debE:
Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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