Re: [coLinux-users] colinux & debian etch

[David K. <da...@gi...>]

Hi Wolfram,

Wolfram Wadepohl <Wol...@ek...> wrote:
>> I [...] replaced "stable" with "sarge", ran "apt-get update" and
>> "apt-get upgrade" [...] washed rinsed and repeated....
>
> so do i. but ... i get the error message:
> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the
> essential package e2fsprogs due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This
> is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the
> APT::Force-LoopBreak option. E: Internal Error, Could not early
> remove e2fsprogs shoudn't be the e2fsprogs after the update/upgrade
> to etch the right version?

I got that too.

The coLinux Wiki mentioned a workaround that worked around for me, too:
http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/DebianRootFsImages

Also, the Debian etch Release Notes has a (very long but very 
informative) page on upgrade issues that helps with problems such as 
this:
http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-trouble

Hope this helps!

-dave