On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 02:34:20PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote: > I am getting a failure when attempting to install 64-bit arch as the main OS > on my principal desktop system. > > I am following the instructions at > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM, since I have two > brand-new 2TB drives that I want to use in RAID1. > > 1. I have downloaded and burned the current NetInstall image on a CD. > 2. Booting from the CD, I execute: /arch/setup > 3. I execute: modprobe raid1 > 4. I execute: modprobe dm-mod > 5. I execute: pacman-db-upgrade > 6. I execute: pacman -Syy > > All the above works fine. > > 7. I execute: pacman -S gdisk > > At this point I am told that I should upgrade pacman, and am asked if I want > to do this. I answer "Y". A bunch of stuff gets download, but eventually I am > told that the upgrade cannot be performed. > > Possibly this is because it's attempting to write to a read-only filesystem -- > i.e., the CD drive (I'm guessing wildly that that is the cause). But in any > case, I can't get past this point. > > How do I proceed? > > Doc Evans > > -- > Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR > also after you say no to upgrading pacman first, if you have errors about mtab, locale.sh, /var/run and /var/lock please read the news, there are posts about all 3 of those, also you will have to set up pacman-key and trusted keys, there is another news article about that http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required/ http://www.archlinux.org/news/initscripts-update-manual-intervention-required/ http://www.archlinux.org/news/systemd-tools-replaces-udev/ http://www.archlinux.org/news/having-pacman-verify-packages/ http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required-1/ that should cover it
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