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[Richard Barmann]

On Thursday 09 June 2005 03:24 pm, Richard Barmann wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2005 03:15 pm, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 June 2005 20:58, Richard Barmann wrote:
> > > When installing from Synaptic I get an error window that reads
> > > "E: linux-image-2.6.10-5-386:  subprocess post-installation script
> > > returned error exit status 2"
> > > Is this a Kubuntu problem or a Linux problem. Does anyone have any
> > > input for me as to the cause or correction?
> >
> > Try
> >
> > sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.10-5-386
> >
> > That should show a more precise error message, if you can't fix it, post
> > the error here. It a problem with the kernel package you're trying to
> > install. Actually an "Ubuntu problem", no general Linux problem.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > sebas
I tried the above and got the following in my Terminal. Is there a clue in 
here as to how I can correct this error?
> The following is the result of entering the above
> -----------
> root at adsl-065-005-184-154:/home/richard # sudo apt-get install
> linux-image-2.6.10-5-386
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Setting up linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 (2.6.10-34.2) ...
> /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: Cannot determine root device
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  linux-image-2.6.10-5-386
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> root at adsl-065-005-184-154:/home/richard #
>
>
> Thank You