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digitalnemesis

Mar 28 2005, 15:56

I ran apt-get dist-upgrade:

Got this error:

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You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kernel-image-2.6-686-smp: Depends: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

And when I run `apt-get -f install' and type Y

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Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp (2.6.8-13) ...
mkcramfs: ROM image write failed (wrote 718848 of 4591616 bytes): No space left on device?
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kernel-image-2.6-686-smp:
kernel-image-2.6-686-smp depends on kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp; however:
Package kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6-686-smp (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp
kernel-image-2.6-686-smp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

dotRoot

Mar 30 2005, 03:46

Try reupdating apt-get via "apt-get update". Sometimes when a new release hits a repository I see errors that will clear up after giving it a few hours.

Also do you have enough diskspace?

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