On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:58:02AM -0600, smugzilla wrote: > I'm trying a fresh install of debian on my old Athlon 64 3200 box and > this one is not proceeding as smoothly as the previous one. The initial > install is smooth enough (I'm not even trying to install gnome yet) but > I'm having problems as soon as I try to upgrade to sid. Basically the > chain of events looks like this: > > 1. After the initial install I'm running kernel 2.6.8-12-em64t-p4-smp. I > have no idea why I appear to have an smp-enabled kernel, but this is > what I get when doing a basic install without tweaking the default settings. > 2. I change my repositories to point to sid at Arizona. > 3. apt-get update runs fine... > 4. But when I run apt-get dist-upgrade I get a prompt with a warning > that essentially says "You are running a kernel and attempting to remove > the same version." I choose "No" when asked if I really want to remove > the running kernel, then get two more error messages: > "dpkg: error procecssing kernel-image-2.6.8.12..." > "dpkg: initrd-tools: dependency problems, but removing anyway" > > After this my system seems pretty hosed: initrd-tools is gone and so I > can't install any non-trivial packages and base-config is gone. Where > did I screw up, and how do I fix this? Doing a fresh install and > starting again from scratch is definitely an option here. >
I'm told that aptitude no longer deletes an old kernel just because a new one is available. Would it help to upgrade aptitude first? Are you upgrading to sid from etch, or from sarge? I thought etch installed a more recent kernel to start with. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
