[DC LoCo] Houston is there a problem? Fwd: 12.04 LTS

[jerry w]

copy errors stopping install
kernel panic

all sorts of issues with a simple install....

anyone else having problems?

even running the LiveCD
wget an iso craps out inexplicably



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: jerry w <jerrywone at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Subject: 12.04 LTS
To: "jerry w. at gmail" <jerrywone at gmail.com>


Download wasn't bad
no Torrent here


for some reason installing gkrellm
updates the kernel!
on a LiveCD!

then it fails (likely disk space), and wants to fix it's package database


installArchives() failed: (Reading database ...
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(Reading database ... 163044 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-24 (from
.../linux-headers-3.2.0-24_3.2.0-24.37_all.deb) ...
dpkg-deb: error: failed to read archive
`/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24_3.2.0-24.37_all.deb':
No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24_3.2.0-24.37_all.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24_3.2.0-24.37_all.deb
Error in function:
Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae (3.2.0-24.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media
The link /initrd.img is a dangling linkto /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
3.2.0-24-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils
3.2.0-24-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier
3.2.0-24-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
3.2.0-24-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at
/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae.postinst line
1010.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2


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Jerry W


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Jerry W