On Sun 18 Jul 2021 at 16:53:37 (-0700), wix@mgssub.com wrote: > When dpkg tries to build a new initrd<br mce_bogus="1"> my system crashes. how can I stop dpkg from trying to build a new initrd so I can do some other apt things to fix my system? Try setting update_initramfs=no in /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf Original installation probably leaves this as yes. Cheers, David.