Comment 14 for bug 11698

Message-ID: <W856362757061191104287729@webmail2>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 02:35:29 +0000
From: "Dan Leitner" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: "DuBoff, Alan 'Ferrari Luvn bitch'" <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#287085: kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386: apt-get upgrade fails
 to configure kernel-image-2.4.27-1 - depmod exited with return value 1

New info.

Booting an OLD woody 2.2.20-pci-ide kernel on a floppy, and following sug=
gestion here http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/12/msg00260.html al=
lowed me to conplete the install of 'kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386'.

Next I booted the kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and then successfully install=
ed kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386.

dan@technonerd:~$ sudo apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  lilo kernel-doc-2.4.27 kernel-source-2.4.27 kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.2=
7-1-386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/11.0MB of archives.
After unpacking 29.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386.
(Reading database ... 102269 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386 (from .../kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386_2=
.4.27-6_i386.deb) ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386 (2.4.27-6) ...
Not touching initrd symlinks since we are being reinstalled (2.4.27-2)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated (2.4.27-2)
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst=
 .
Searching for splash image... none found, skipping...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8-smp
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-386
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

dan@technonerd:~$

So then I tried this and was supprised to see it work.

dan@technonerd:~$ sudo apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Suggested packages:
  lilo
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 13.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 46.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k=
8 2.6.8-8 [13.2MB]
Fetched 13.2MB in 3m24s (64.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8.
(Reading database ... 103543 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8 (from .../kernel-image-2.6.8-9-am=
d64-k8_2.6.8-8_i386.deb) ...
Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8 (2.6.8-8) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub .
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst=
 .
Searching for splash image... none found, skipping...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8-smp
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-386
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

dan@technonerd:~$

It seems I can not install kernel images (ie makinitrd) while running and=
 amd64 kernel. What a pain in the butt.

The pending update of kernel-image-2.6.8-9-amd64-k8-smp might just upgrad=
e now, if I do it running an i386 kernel. I'm holding off for now though.=

Perhaps the amd64 kernels don't work well on sarge, and should be removed=