Install on a HP OmniBook Questions...

[Wade Smart]

04012006 1853 GMT-6

This is from the messages file:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/kernel/fs/isofs/isofs.ko 
File descriptor 3 left open
File descriptor 4 left open
File descriptor 5 left open
File descriptor 6 left open
  No matching physical volumes found
File descriptor 3 left open
File descriptor 4 left open
File descriptor 5 left open
File descriptor 6 left open
  No volume groups found
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
cp: Read error: Input/output error
Selecting previously deselected package base-files.
(Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking base-files (from .../base-files_3.1.5ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1.5ubuntu4_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
Selecting previously deselected package base-passwd.
Unpacking base-passwd (from .../base-passwd_3.5.10_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
 base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
Setting up base-passwd (3.5.10) ...
/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1.5ubuntu4_i386.deb
 base-passwd