>Please try to put margin limits on your messages. They're easier to read
>that way, and you look less like an Outlook user.
Sorry, using webmail because I'm not on my main computer
>If you're NOT using an initramfs, rip out initramfs-tools, then try to
>remove the foobarred package. do:
Not an option as the whole package management thing is hung up
>~# ls /var/lib/dpkg/info | grep linux-image
>This will show you the files that make dpkg think that package is on the
>system. you can remove those, and it's instant amnesia for dpkg on that
>package. MAKE SURE you remove the correct ones. Also, manually clean your
>system of any files that may have been written to disk during the partial
>install.
Hmmm. Dpkg and aptitude still knew that it was installed and in a bad way,
but after removing the files (I went further and did 'rm linux-image-2.6.26.*)
the system did finish the installation. So, many thanks. You saved me a lot
of headache.
>Regards,
>Rook
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