Ubuntu 12.04 update disk drive for / is not ready or not present

[nat1]

Hi guys,

Any help woul be appreciated with following issue:

when upgrading ubuntu to 12.04, I get the message 'the disk drive for / is not ready or not present'.

I tried mount -n -o remount,rw / and dpkg --configure -a which gives me error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11274 package 'xmind' blank line in value of field 'Description'

I also tried sudo apt-get install -f but this gives me Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages E: unable to correct dependencies

Thanks

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Which version are you using right now? Post the output of sudo fdisk -l command too.

[nat1]

Hi and thanks for your reply!

The answer I get is

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000799f2

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 231518207 115758080 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 231520254 234440703 1460225 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 231520256 234440703 1460224 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 7864 MB, 7864320000 bytes
30 heads, 33 sectors/track, 15515 cylinders, total 15360000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 736 15359999 7679632 b W95 FAT32

[devils casper]

There is nothing wrong with partition structure. Which version of Ubuntu are you using now?

[nat1]

Right now I'm running 11.10 from external disc. Sorry, I'm a complete ignorant, if you're asking about the Ubuntu version I had before the attempted upgrade, I cannot be sure, had it for a short time is there any way of finding out? Thanks

[EdCompSci]

Hi guys,

Any help woul be appreciated with following issue:

when upgrading ubuntu to 12.04, I get the message 'the disk drive for / is not ready or not present'.

I tried mount -n -o remount,rw / and dpkg --configure -a which gives me error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11274 package 'xmind' blank line in value of field 'Description'

I also tried sudo apt-get install -f but this gives me Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages E: unable to correct dependencies

Thanks

this sounds similar to when you install fresh and forget to make a mount point. You are upgrading, through Update Manager, and this is happening, or are you installing new from the cd?

[nat1]

I tried to update via the update manager