/It shouldn't make a difference, because you should *always* get the latest packages from pacstrap, but try pacman -Syyu before you run pacstrap for the first time. You will get warnings about the database not being found, but the above command will load it into ram if you are installing from the live image. If you are using an existing installation to install to a new system, you won't get the warnings,but your system will start up-to-date and will be able to find all the necessary packages. It almost seems that the name of a package has changed, which would cause the problem you mention if the database is not reloaded. Having said this, I could be completely wrong, since when I did my install to a flash drive, I didn't have your problem. Hope this helps. ~Kyle /
