Re: apt-get wants to uninstatll grub

2008-05-06 Thread Tom Brown
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 22:45 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom Brown wrote: > > I did an 'apt-get update/upgrade' from sarge to etch. Everything went > > fine. > > Did you 'apt-get upgrade'? Or did you 'apt-get dist-upgrade'? That > is a very important distinction. If you only did an 'upgrade' then

Re: apt-get wants to uninstatll grub

2008-05-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Tom Brown wrote: > I did an 'apt-get update/upgrade' from sarge to etch. Everything went > fine. Did you 'apt-get upgrade'? Or did you 'apt-get dist-upgrade'? That is a very important distinction. If you only did an 'upgrade' then you are not done yet. > Then I wanted to upgrade my kernel. Thi

Re: apt-get wants to uninstatll grub

2008-05-05 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 05:10:20PM -0700, Tom Brown wrote: > apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 > caused apt-get to want to uninstall grub what happens with apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 grub ? At least, it should explain the dependenchy problem. -- Chi usa software non liber