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    All upgrades/installs fail [SOLVED]

    Everything I attempt to install fails. Most recently attempted vim-full. Here is the output:
    root@sheepdog:/home/mel# apt-get install gvim
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package gvim is a virtual package provided by:
    vim-tcl 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-ruby 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-python 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-perl 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-gtk 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-full 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    vim-gnome 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3
    You should explicitly select one to install.
    E: Package gvim has no installation candidate
    root@sheepdog:/home/mel# apt-get install vim-full
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-19
    Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    vim-full
    0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 52 not upgraded.
    8 not fully installed or removed.
    Need to get 73.9kB of archives.
    After this operation, 115kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe vim-full 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3 [73.9kB]
    Fetched 73.9kB in 1s (69.5kB/s)
    Selecting previously deselected package vim-full.
    (Reading database ... 142130 files and directories currently installed.)
    Unpacking vim-full (from .../vim-full_1%3a7.1-138+1ubuntu3_all.deb) ...
    Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.41) ...
    Running depmod.
    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
    Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
    (2.6.24-19.34 was configured last, according to dpkg)
    Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
    (2.6.24-19.34 was configured last, according to dpkg)
    Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
    Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
    No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

    User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
    dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.43) ...
    Running depmod.
    update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
    Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
    Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
    No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

    User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
    dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
    linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
    Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
    linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
    Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
    linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
    Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
    linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
    Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
    linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
    Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
    linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
    Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
    linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
    Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
    linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
    Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
    dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
    Setting up vim-full (1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3) ...
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
    linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic
    linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
    linux-image-generic
    linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
    linux-restricted-modules-generic
    linux-generic
    linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    root@sheepdog:/home/mel#
    Please advise.
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    #2
    Re: All upgrades/installs fail

    hi sheepdog,

    I think the magic error notice is at line 25 of your output:

    8 not fully installed or removed.

    This might indicate that the system crashed or was interrupted during a previous update/install. These basic problems concerning the kernel, images, modules, etc will need to be repaired before you can install/update anything. I notice you are working as root... Maybe you can try to fix the errors with:

    Code:
    apt-get install -f
    Confucius says: If you enjoy your work, then you never have to work another day in your life.
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      #3
      Re: All upgrades/installs fail

      Originally posted by tonyj
      Code:
      apt-get install -f
      Thanks for the reply. Tried it and here's the result:
      root@sheepdog:/home/mel# apt-get install -f
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
      linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-19
      Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 52 not upgraded.
      8 not fully installed or removed.
      After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
      Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.41) ...
      Running depmod.
      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
      Not updating initrd symbolic ] exited with value 1
      dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
      subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
      Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.43) ...
      Running depmod.
      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
      Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
      Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
      No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

      User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
      dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
      subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
      linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
      Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
      linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
      Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
      linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
      Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
      linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
      Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
      linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
      Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
      linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
      Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
      linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
      Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
      linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
      Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
      dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
      dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
      root@sheepdog:/home/mel#
      As you can see it didn't work. Any other ideas?
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        #4
        Re: All upgrades/installs fail

        This:

        Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
        Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
        No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
        would appear to be a problem. It's trying to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file to reflect the updated kernel, but it can't find one.

        I see you have "become root" to do this installation -- although it should not cause a problem for this particular operation, it's not a recommended practice in *buntu. We "sudo" stuff. I wonder if other operations were done as root, that maybe should not have been? -- :P

        From the command line, try
        Code:
        sudo dpkg --configure -a
        That should fix problems in the package manager.

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          #5
          Re: All upgrades/installs fail

          What's intriguing, is that he is successfully booting into the system. So, Grub in all its glory does exist and is recognized, else he wouldn't be booting.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            #6
            Re: All upgrades/installs fail

            There are multiple mysteries:
            Code:
            User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
            The kernel is not being upgraded correctly.
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              #7
              Re: All upgrades/installs fail

              Originally posted by dibl
              From the command line, try
              Code:
              sudo dpkg --configure -a
              That should fix problems in the package manager.
              No joy. Output the same:
              mel@sheepdog:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
              [sudo] password for mel:
              Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.41) ...
              Running depmod.
              update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
              Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
              (2.6.24-19.34 was configured last, according to dpkg)
              Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
              (2.6.24-19.34 was configured last, according to dpkg)
              Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
              Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
              No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

              User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
              dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
              subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
              linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
              Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.43) ...
              Running depmod.
              update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
              Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
              Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
              No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###

              User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 1
              dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
              subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
              linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
              Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
              linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
              Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
              linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
              Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
              linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
              Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
              linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
              Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
              linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
              Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
              linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
              Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
              dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
              dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
              Errors were encountered while processing:
              linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
              linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
              linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic
              linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
              linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
              linux-image-generic
              linux-restricted-modules-generic
              linux-generic
              mel@sheepdog:~$
              Please not this was run by sudo so as not to offend the sensibilities of anyone.
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                #8
                Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                Originally posted by sheepdog

                Please not this was run by sudo so as not to offend the sensibilities of anyone.


                OK, you have a sense of humor, so I'll help!




                Something is borked there -- the kernel won't upgrade. Did anything happen that would make you suspect a serious problem? Like when did it stop doing upgrades correctly?
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                  #9
                  Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                  The upgrades failed the first time it attempted to upgrade the kernel. This is a new install on my laptop. I have had Mint Linux, openSuse and Gentoo installed on this machine, in that order. Landed on Ubuntu because I needed a package that was only in Gentoo and Ubuntu and Gentoo gave me problems.

                  Here's what's in /boot:
                  Code:
                  abi-2.6.24-19-generic       initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
abi-2.6.24-21-generic       initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
config-2.6.24-19-generic     System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
config-2.6.24-21-generic     System.map-2.6.24-21-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic   vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic.bak vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
mel@sheepdog:~$
                  Interesting that there is no grub/ subdir, isn't it? I have no idea how this machine boots. But it does.
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                    #10
                    Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                    Originally posted by sheepdog

                    I have no idea how this machine boots. But it does.
                    Heh heh heh. I like your bold approach!

                    OK, I have 2 suggestions.

                    1. Since you revealed that it is a new installation, that tells me you haven't accumulated any serious amount of new data. So, I would suggest you install the current release, 8.10. I personally had so much trouble with 8.04 that I couldn't believe it was a "LTS" version -- I was never happier than the day I installed 8.10 on that partition and saw the last of 8.04.

                    2. You need to decide/figure out which OS will control booting. If you accept my recommendation #1, then what you need to do, at the end of the installation process, is tell it to install Grub to the MBR of the hard drive that is first in your BIOS boot sequence. It will pick up the other OS's an set up a boot menu that will let you boot them too.

                    Worst case, you'll get a Grub Error #15 and have to adjust the hd#, like me, and then everything will work and you'll have the latest version of Kubuntu.
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                      #11
                      Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                      Let's first find where grub is hiding. Open a console and type:
                      sudo grub
                      and press Enter.
                      That gives you a GRUB prompt: grub>.
                      Type
                      grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
                      and press Enter.
                      That gives you a specific (hdx,y).
                      Note where it says stage1 is found.
                      grub> quit
                      $exit

                      Let us know what you discover.
                      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                        #12
                        Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                        Oh, man! I forgot. I set /boot to noauto in fstab so I didn't accidentally screw it up. Sorry about the confusion. But I still cannot install after mounting /boot. Here is the output:
                        mel@sheepdog:~$ sudo apt-get install
                        Reading package lists... Done
                        Building dependency tree
                        Reading state information... Done
                        The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
                        linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-19
                        Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
                        0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 52 not upgraded.
                        8 not fully installed or removed.
                        After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
                        Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (2.6.24-19.41) ...
                        Running depmod.
                        update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
                        Failed to symbolic-link boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic to initrd.img.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
                        subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 17
                        Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (2.6.24-21.43) ...
                        Internal Error: Could not find image (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic)
                        dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
                        subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
                        linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
                        Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
                        linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
                        Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
                        linux-image-generic depends on linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
                        Package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-image-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic:
                        linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
                        Package linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-generic:
                        linux-restricted-modules-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic; however:
                        Package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
                        linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
                        Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
                        linux-generic depends on linux-restricted-modules-generic (= 2.6.24.21.23); however:
                        Package linux-restricted-modules-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic:
                        linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic depends on linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic; however:
                        Package linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic is not configured yet.
                        dpkg: error processing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic (--configure):
                        dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
                        Errors were encountered while processing:
                        linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
                        linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic
                        linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
                        linux-image-generic
                        linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
                        linux-restricted-modules-generic
                        linux-generic
                        linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
                        E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
                        mel@sheepdog:~$ ls /boot
                        abi-2.6.24-19-generic grub initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic.bak memtest86+.bin vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
                        config-2.6.24-19-generic initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic lost+found System.map-2.6.24-19-generic
                        mel@sheepdog:~$
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                          #13
                          Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                          I think you outsmarted yourself with the separate /boot partition. It's unnecessary, and probably the source of some of these problems.

                          First thing to do is to check how full it is.

                          Code:
                          df -h
                          should do the trick.
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                            #14
                            Re: All upgrades/installs fail

                            Plenty of room.
                            mel@sheepdog:~$ df -h
                            Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                            /dev/sda2 43G 3.5G 38G 9% /
                            varrun 252M 160K 252M 1% /var/run
                            varlock 252M 0 252M 0% /var/lock
                            udev 252M 60K 252M 1% /dev
                            devshm 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm
                            /dev/sda4 15G 3.4G 11G 25% /home
                            /dev/sda1 92M 25M 63M 29% /boot
                            mel@sheepdog:~$
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                              #15
                              Re: All upgrades/installs fail [SOLVED]

                              Found the answer here:

                              http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=520404

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