Apt-get :: dpkg isntall problems??

Hi,

Did a hdd install, got firefox....
apt-get works, but not 'all-the-way' .
It stops with an error: Could not exec dpkg ....
So I ran dpkg-restore... Same problem, ran it again and again and again...
Nothing seems to help. Any idea's? And indeed, I'm a n00b :-)

(var/lib/dpkg exists, and has some files in it...)

Finally...

I just reinstalled DSL and got dpkg working again.

original here.