<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1><pre>Hi,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I’m having the exact same problem, I can install to my laptop (p4). But if I try to install to my desktop (A64) I get the same error.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The message is:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Unable to install the selected kernel<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>An error was returned while trying to install the kernel into the target system.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Kernel package: ‘linux-amd64-generic’.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Check /var/log/messages or see virtual console 3 for the details.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>The problem seems to be:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>The following packages have unmet dependencies:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Linux-amd-generic: Depends: linux-image-amd64-generic but it is not installable<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I tried both the i386 and Athlon64 cd’s but It wont’t install.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Any clues?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Hello! I'm a Linux novice who has run into an installation roadblock.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I've downloaded both the preview iso as well as the daily snapshot from <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>2004-10-03.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Both matched their md5's & the installer verified the packages on the cd <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>were good.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Near the end of the install I get this error:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>---<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>No installable kernel found<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>The current default kernel package is 'kernel-image'.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>You may try to continue though this strange error is probably fatal.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>---<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I saved the error reports to a floppy but I'm not sure what data would <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>be helpful (syslog?).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I tried both the regular & expert install with the same result.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Here are some snippits from "messages":<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>---<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Setting up base-config (2.44ubuntu23) ...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Err file: warty/main Packages<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Read error - read (5 Input/output error)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Failed to fetch <a href="file:///\\cdrom\dists\warty\main\binary-i386\Packages.gz">file:///cdrom/dists/warty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz</a> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Read error - read (5 Input/output error)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Reading Package Lists...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ones used instead.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>---<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>This occurs at about 81% of the "Installing the Ubuntu base system" phase.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 8-10-2004