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How to install packages with APT without user interaction?
I have a script that downloads and replaces kernel headers in Debian squeeze.
function fixHeaders(){
#Replace the kernel headers from OVH with standard kernel headers...
aptitude -y install ...
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Fatal: module iscsi_trgt not found — trying to get my iscsi target to run on debian
Sorry about the formatting below...
Linux Microknoppix 2.6.39.3 #21 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 23 09:48:39 CEST 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
modprobe iscsi_trgt
results in
FATAL: Module iscsi_trgt not ...
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm getting an error while trying to update the linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 package on Debian 6, x64.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 (2.6.32-41squeeze2) ...
Running depmod.
Running ...
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Upgrading linux-headers-server and linux-image-server fails
apt-get upgradetold me that packages linux-headers-server linux-image-server were kept back, and thus this answer lead me to run apt-get install linux-headers-server linux-image-server.
However, the ...
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Ubuntu kernel downgrade
Is there a way to downgrade Ubuntu kernel version by using apt-get package management tools? Is there Ubuntu repository with older kernel versions available?
There are HW specific reasons I need to ...
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Should I update the kernel on a Linux machine?
As I understand it, updating to a new kernel (with the normal linux-image... package, not by rolling my own) requires a server restart.
However, one of our servers (Ubuntu 10.04) is running several ...
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Is it prudent to ignore all kernel updates on Amazon EC2 instances?
Given that it's impossible to "aptitude update" your way to a new kernel on an Amazon EC2 instance, I was wondering if it ever makes sense to apply kernel updates. My guess is no, and that I should ...
