8.10 to 9.04 upgrade fails...

[appoi]

hi friends i need some help, while upgrade ubuntu 8.10 to 9.4, my notebook hang and i reboot after that i can't login to my notebook. and kernel manager fail to start











I hope someone can help or guide me to solve with this problem....

[masux594]

can u reach the recovery mode interface?

Sysc, A

[appoi]

hi!! can. now i am in... "root@(none):/#" do no what to do can u guide me....

[masux594]

have u tried to "autorepair broken pakages"? or by typing the command

sudo dpkg --configure -a.. [May take some time] .. Something change?

Sysc, A

[appoi]

have u tried to "autorepair broken pakages"? or by typing the command Code:

sudo dpkg --configure -a


this output for dpkg

sudo dpkg --configure -a

root@(none):/# dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 1: field name ' must be followed by colon

[masux594]

Oki.. This means that your cache is messed-up.. try with
sudo dpkg --clear-avail && sudo apt-get update

Sysc, A

[appoi]

sudo dpkg --clear-avail && sudo apt-get update


i cant use dpkg command its not working ....

my kernel information....

root@(none):/# linux (none) 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 31 13:0141 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

root@(none):/# 2.6.27-14-generic

my ubuntu version 8.10

Distributor id : ubuntu
description : 8.10
release: 8.10
codename: interpid

[masux594]

what does return the dpkg command??

Sysc, A

[appoi]

when type with sudo dpkg --clear-avail
root@(none):/# sudo: unable to resolve host (none)

without 'sudo'
dpkg --clear-avail
type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages
;
use 'deselect' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
type dpkg -dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing option;
type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)


option marked
produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more'!!