I using the latest version of ubuntu, 11-10. After a recent upgrade I couldn't
boot to my desktop. After attempting to solve the issue in recover mode from the
terminal, upgrade manager or synaptic packager manger, the following message
continually comes up. How can I correct this. during other times when i attempt
actions from the terminal, I repeatedly receive an error message indicating the
disk is full however in reality over 31Giga bytes are unused. Thanks in advance.

ububtu@ubuntu:-$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists...Error!
E: Could not open file /var/lib/dpkg/status - open (2 : No such file or
directory)
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.