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

[Andres Mejia]

On Apr 27, 2012 8:56 AM, "jerry w" <jerrywone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 ...
> (Reading database ... 5%
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> (Reading database ... 90%
> (Reading database ... 95%
> (Reading database ... 100%
> (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
>
>
> --
> Jerry W
>
>
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You check sha signatures on isos. I've had to bad downloads before that
cause these kind of issues.

~ Andres
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