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kevin.gurney

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

I am attempting to install Arch Linux on a laptop, but after mounting all of my partitions, I get the error:

Creating install at /mnt
Installing packages to /mnt
Synchronizing package databases...
core
core.sig
extra
extra.sig
community
error: could not rename /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db.part to /mnt/var/lib/pacman/sync/login.html...(File name too long)
....<more errors about renaming>....
error: target not found: base
ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

I apologize for not typing out the errors completely, but I don't have any easy way of piping the output to a file and putting in online at the moment. Hopefully the information I provided will be enough.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Last edited by kevin.gurney (2013-09-21 15:51:18)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

What filesystem are you using?

kevin.gurney

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

I have a gpt partition table using the ext4 filesystem for my root and home partitions, and I also have a swap partition.

Last edited by kevin.gurney (2013-09-21 02:05:58)

kevin.gurney

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

Is there any other information that you need that might help?

kevin.gurney

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Registered: 2013-07-16

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

The problem seemed to be a result of the mirrorlist I was using. I just commented out some of the mirrors, and everything seems to be working fine now. Thanks!

wesleyoldaker

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Registered: 2014-09-22

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED] Pacstrap failing - could not rename * (File name too long)

I also received this message while trying to use a "coffeeshop" network (one that makes you do an additional login step once anything beyond the gateway is attempted to be accessed), but once on a regular single-password protected network, it worked.