From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sander Subject: Re: Cannot Deinstall a Debian Package Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 15:21:58 +0200 Message-ID: <20110506132158.GA20200@attic.humilis.net> References: <201105031227.43619.CACook@quantum-sci.com> <201105060509.31652.CACook@quantum-sci.com> <20110506122028.GA3735@attic.humilis.net> <201105060558.00314.CACook@quantum-sci.com> Reply-To: sander@humilis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-btrfs To: CACook@quantum-sci.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201105060558.00314.CACook@quantum-sci.com> List-ID: CACook@quantum-sci.com wrote (ao): > On Friday 6 May, 2011 05:20:28 Sander wrote: > > Can you post the error? > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > Setting up linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 (2.6.38-3) ... > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. > run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 1 > Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64.postinst line 801, line 7. > dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9 > configured to not write apport reports > Setting up grub-pc (1.99~rc1-13) ... > grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. > Installation finished. No error reported. > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'. Can you try: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/grub-pc_1.99~rc1-13_amd64.deb apt-get dist-upgrade If that (second step) doesn't work: echo "true" > /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-installer.postinst apt-get dist-upgrade grub-install /dev/sda update-grub Sander -- Humilis IT Services and Solutions http://www.humilis.net