Problems on libncurses5-dev sid

Upgrading a 'sid' distribution from last week i get always same problem: Unpacking replacement libncurses5-dev ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libncurses5-dev_5.2.20020112a-7_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to stat `./usr/share/man/man3/menu_request_name.3menu.gz' (which I was a

Performing new sets on HDs ... 'hdparm'

Hi there, i think its a trivial question for your all but im a bit new at Linux. How can i know if i can set better parametres with 'hdparm' utility on my ide drivers? How can i know if one of my mainboards support it? I know it support UDMA33 (just a PII 400). and .. at least ..., may a