apt-get install gnome-volume-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: hal Suggested packages: hal-device-manager Recommended packages: gthumb The following NEW packages will be installed gnome-volume-manager hal 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 571 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 362kB/703kB of archives. After unpacking 2847kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get: 1 http://ftp.nl.debian.org etch/main gnome-volume-manager 1.5.15-1 [362kB] Fetched 362kB in 1s (191kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package hal. (Reading database ... 108878 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking hal (from .../hal_0.5.7.1-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package gnome-volume-manager. Unpacking gnome-volume-manager (from .../gnome-volume-manager_1.5.15-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up udev (0.093-1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-1-486 /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: line 84: /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing udev (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of initramfs-tools: initramfs-tools depends on udev (>= 0.086-1); however: Package udev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing initramfs-tools (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal: hal depends on udev (>= 0.065); however: Package udev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-volume-manager: gnome-volume-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.5.1); however: Package hal is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-volume-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: udev initramfs-tools hal gnome-volume-manager E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)