On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:13:28PM -0400, imcrystalguard@netscape.net wrote: > >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. And what do dpkg and aptitude think now? It is a rather brutal hack... but it's in my "Bag 'O Tricks"(tm). Also, why do you think make-kpkg called mkinitramfs? Maybe a switch left on in the kernel .config? Regards, Rook -- And other operators aren't so special syntactically, but weird in other ways, like "scalar", and "goto". -- Larry Wall in <199711071749.JAA29751@wall.org>
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