@Martin Pitt it worked ok on the 2.6.28-8 kernel; however I did not try on the ....-11 kernel that was installed too because of #344406.
then I downloaded and installed the new released jaunty hoping that the problem reported on #344406 was somehow fixed/addressed. no joy so far. just for your info below is the output from the new jaunty install cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 488386584 sda 8 1 35832951 sda1 8 2 1 sda2 8 3 24097 sda3 8 5 16378236 sda5 8 6 1020096 sda6 8 7 33784663 sda7 8 8 21486906 sda8 8 16 244198584 sdb 8 17 118784578 sdb1 8 18 125411422 sdb2 re the newly installed jaunty (today's release) - it downloaded and installed the latest (some 5MB) OK, without the E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report. message. regards, peter b -- E: The package cache file is corrupted E: _cache->open() failed, please report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/257639 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
