[ale] Fw: HOW2 resolve aptitude conflict ?

[courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net (Courtney Thomas)]

Thank you for your help James,
Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Fw: HOW2 resolve aptitude conflict ?
<----ATTN:JamesSumners


> The update and upgrade was to make sure you have the latest security
> updates. At this point I would suggest asking about your problem in
> #debian on irc.freenode.net. Installing the kernel package should
> install the necessary initrd-tools package unless you have a block on
> the initrd-tools package. But I've also never installed one of
> Debian's packaged kernels (other than the one during initial setup). I
> tend to compile my own kernels on my Debian boxes.
>
> You could try `apt-get install initrd-tools kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7`,
> though. You can't just remove the initrd-tools package. The kernel
> package needs it.
>
> On 10/21/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > James,
> >
> > The upgrade and update went off w/o a hitch, but the kernel installation
> > came
> > back with the complaint that the kernel installation required
initrd-tools
> > >= 0.1.48 but....0.1.12 is what is installed.
> >
> > Do you recommend simply removing initrd-tools  ?
> >
> > Then what, another update, upgrade, then kernel install  ?
> >
> > Courtney
>
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