2014-03-16 20:01 GMT+01:00 message <letter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Readers, > > A little history: previously a mandrake and suse user,just tried mageia that > failed and now want to try a different system! > > Version 20140301dual was downloaded as an iso file then burnt onto a CD. > (This was a reason to try: other distributions are getting too big, beyond > the typical cd capacity). > > The (old) pc file structure is inherited from mandriva, with separate mount > points for m$, /home /swap /boot /. > > Tried the command: > > pacman /mnt base > > error response, that database files are non-existent for core, extra, > community. > > What to do please? I believe you've wanted to use pacstrap, not pacman :)
