I've run df -h on the Thinkpad. /dev/hda1 is 94% full, so it looks like that is where I'll have to focus my attention. Thanks!
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:54:16PM -0800, Steve Mazurek wrote: > > I have been trying to install on etch the most recent > > linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 on an IBM Thinkpad T23 with a Pentium 3 and on > a > > Gateway desktop also running a Pentium 3 using aptitude update && > aptitude > > upgrade. Every time I do this, I get the error message: > > > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux- > > image-2.6.8-6-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-1-18etch1_i386.deb (--unpack): failed in > > buffer_write (fd) (9, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during > > './lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core.ko' : No > space > > left on device > > > > > > I am not sure what this means (my hlinux books are not available) nor do > I > > know what to do about this. I've found nothing googling the problem. I > > switched to etch after it became stable and have had no trouble > upgrading or > > installing using aptitude. I'd appreciate any information you could > give > > me. Thanks. > > > > /lib is full. /lib has to be on your / partition (even if /usr and /var > are separate). If /var is not separate, you have more places to look. > > If everything is separate, you may have more kernels installed than you > need. Look in /lib/modules and see how many directories (one for each > kernel) you have. I only keep 2 (current, and the last version that > worked). > > If you're using the kernel meta-package for your arch, as new versions > come out, it doesn't remove old versions, so they can pile up. You have > to find the kernel version you want to remove and do so with your > package manager (e.g. aptitude). > > Good luck. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
