Server Fubar'ed - Ideas welcomed

[Mike Reinehr]

On Thursday 09 June 2005 12:14 pm, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> > The kernel update linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 is in a partially installed
> > (severely inconsistent) state. It won't remove and it won't install
> > without crashing the box. Evidently it crashed originally when
> > installing that update. Coincidence?
> >
> > dpkg says to reinstall it. But there's no option for "reinstall", only
> > "install". And that crashes.
>
> Appears the system runs fine if I boot an older kernel from the grub
> menu. That is, until I try to install the newer kernel, then it does
> basically the same thing. So the sum total of the problem now appears to
> be how to get the kernel update installed. When I do 'apt-get upgrade'
> it says:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>    linux-image-2.6.10-5-386
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/15.6MB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 19650 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 2.6.10-34.1 (using
> .../linux-image-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10-34.2_i386.deb) ...
> The directory /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386 still exists. Continuing as
> directed.
> Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.10-5-386 ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.10-5-386_2.6.10-34.2_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
>   unable to create
> `./lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/drivers/usb/gadget/g_ether.ko':
> Unknown error 990
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>   unable to restore backup version of
> `/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/drivers/usb/core/usbcore.ko':
> Input/output error
>
> [SNIP 1861 lines like this]
>
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>   failed to rmdir/unlink `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci': Input/output error
> dpkg: failed to open `/var/lib/dpkg/status' for writing status
> information: Input/output error
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
> -----------------------------------------
>
> And the system is dead. Google has turned up nothing promising.
>
> Michael

Boot from Knoppix and run fsck /dev/hda2 to make sure that you do not have a 
corrupted file system, or to repair your filesystem. Then, reboot and run 
from the command line:

apt-get remove --purge linux-image-2.6.10-5-386

then run

apt-get install linux-image-2.6.10-5-386

By the way, where did you get this package? There is no such package in the 
Debian package directory. Perhaps you have a defective deb packgage, in which 
case you might have to repair things manually.

cmr

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