Here's the full output without the -f option. I don't think it's really making any difference.
latitude:/home/andrew/Desktop# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cramfsprogs dash initrd-tools libc6 modutils Suggested packages: kernel-doc-2.4.27 kernel-source-2.4.27 kernel-pcmcia-modules-2.4.27-2-686 locales glibc-doc ksymoops The following NEW packages will be installed: cramfsprogs dash initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 The following packages will be upgraded: libc6 modutils 2 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 486 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/17.4MB of archives. After unpacking 27.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 47781 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.5-8 (using .../libc6_2.3.6-7_i386.deb) ... WARNING: This version of glibc requires that you be running kernel version 2.4.1 or later. Earlier kernels contained bugs that may render the system unusable if a modern version of glibc is installed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6-7_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.6-7_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) On 5/17/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Wow... Back to your question, though. What is "-f" masking? What happens when you run plain old # apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 18:26 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote: > I originally installed the "stable" distro because I didn't know any > better and I've since upgraded to "testing". It's definately an x86; > it's a PII laptop. I didn't realize I was using such an old kernel > until I tried to install the linuxant wifi driver and it told me. > > On 5/17/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:07 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote: > > > I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 by running: > > > > Jeezus, man, how old is your system? > > > > By any chance, are you running a non-i386 system? > > > > [snip] > > > > > > How can I get around this? > > > > Kernel 2.2 is pretty darned ancient. Why not just reinstall from > > scratch? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities -- brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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