hi I've just apt-get update/upgrade and upon processing base-files..
(Reading database ... 39651 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace base-files 3.1.0.0.1.pure64 (using .../base-files_3.1.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement base-files ... dpkg (subprocess): failed to exec rm for cleanup: No such file or directory dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess rm cleanup returned error exit status 2 Could not exec dpkg! E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (100) now I can no longer run simple commands! eg I can't ls (echo * works) or ssh in to the box from another machine. some sample error messages... koori:/usr/src/local# apt-get -bash: /usr/bin/apt-get: No such file or directory koori:/bin# file ls -bash: /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh koori /bin/bash: No such file or directory Connection to koori closed. I have one ssh session open to this box at the minute and am wondering if there's any way I can repair things ... it's a headless machine which I think means I'm soon to be lumping monitors and keyboards around my flat... any help, greatly appreciated. R.