On 14-Oct-2001 Richard Ibbotson wrote: > Dear All > > I'm new to Debian but not new to Linux. > > Just tried running ' apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' on my > Debain 2.2 r3 system. It updated itself and then it came up with an > error message...... > > "E: The package kernel-image-2.4.9-586 needs to be reinstalled, but I > can't find an archive for it." > > At that point it refused to go any further. Anyone know what this > might be about and how to fix it ? >
is this your kernel or was it a Debian package? Basically you have a package that it can not find anywhere but for some reason needs to fix. Easy solutions are installing your own kernel or installing a new Debian one. Otherwise find out why apt thinks it needs to reinstall it.
