Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-02 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Arnt Karlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 09:54 Subject: Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please! > > Ok You proved something. Wa

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-02 Thread Arnt Karlsen
ember 01, 2003 13:34 > Subject: Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad > disk? Clue Whack, Please! > > > > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500, > > Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > &

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Arnt Karlsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 13:34 Subject: Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please! > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:01:06 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 14:48, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree...

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:10:06 -0800, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:59:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined ab

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Mark Roach
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 14:48, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tty[/]# apt-get install --reinstall xserver-common > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Sorry, re-installation of xserver-common is not possible, it \ > cannot be downloaded. > 0 packages upgraded

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about > > read errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:59:34 -0500, Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about > > read errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:59:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about read > > errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to another disk, > > and figured apt-get -

Re: ..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Mark Roach
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Hi, > > ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about read > errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to another disk, > and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should fix it for me. > > ..the "some such" is

..how do I tell apt-get | dpkg about bad files off a bad disk? Clue Whack, Please!

2003-12-01 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Hi, ..on remastering a wee knoppix derivative, the disk whined about read errors down the /usr/XFree86 tree, so I moved my tree to another disk, and figured apt-get --reinstall or some such should fix it for me. ..the "some such" is the problem; how do I get "apt-get --re-install" to overwrite