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gnuub

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Registered: 2011-05-17

Posts: 11

[SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

I am on my first attempt of installing Arch Linux and when i type the command /arch/setup i get the following error

Welcome to Arch Linux Installation Framework
/usr/lib/libui.sh: line 120: /usr/bin/dirname: Input/output error
mkdir: missing operand
Try 'mkdir --help' for more information.
ERROR: Cannot create log directory

I am attempting to install from an  ISO cd i burned.

I am extremely new to this and searched the Installation section of the forum with no luck. Thanks for any help.

Last edited by gnuub (2011-05-18 03:30:07)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

Which image are you using? Netinstall, Core, Dual? Which release?

Last edited by karol (2011-05-17 19:33:06)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

It says that /usr/bin/dirname is corrupt or otherwise unreadable. When I see unreadable files on a live image like this, that usually means there's something wrong with your media - either your download went wrong or writing the ISO to the CD (or USB) didn't work right.

gnuub

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Registered: 2011-05-17

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

I am using the 2010.05-core image. I tried installing on a different machine and it worked. I swapped the harddrive and it worked this time, but i received the following error before the arch boot screen came up.
Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 82944

I must have missed this error the first time by not paying attention, because the process continues after repeating the error a few times.

gnuub

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Registered: 2011-05-17

Posts: 11

Re: [SOLVED] mkdir: missing operand error when installing Arch

Arch Linux up and running Thanks for the input!