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velocity

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2016-11-11

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[Solved]Installation USB - archiso 2016.11.01 - pacstrap failing (404)

Good Morning!

I finally decided to bite the bullet last week and go about installing Arch Linux, as I couldn't find a distro that satisfied my needs 100%, so why not keep it simple?

Long story short, I've been installing / testing packages / testing DM's - DE's - WM's / X vs Wayland / etc. I have formatted and reinstalled Arch on my laptop probably 10x in the past week after decided I didn't like XYZ and wanted to start fresh. The slight OCD + ADHD requires a fresh install, can't really explain that, but I digress. I decided last night that I was going to do a fresh install while I was at work, and just install a WM and customize it to how I want since I am sick of Gnome and every other DE wasn't quite right.

Apologies if this isn't in the proper area - please move if needed.

Finally, the reason for my post -- the linux kernel + xfprogs updated today to 4.8.7-1 and 4.8.0-1, respectively. Currently, I am unable to pacstrap the base files to /mnt as pacstrap appears to be looking for the previous kernel/xfsprogs packages - thus I am unable to install Arch on my freshly wiped laptop.

I added back my main 6 depositories, and all no longer contain 4.8.6-1 / 4.7.0-1, so installation fails:

 error: failed retrieving file 'linux-4.8.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.surlyjake.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
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error: failed retrieving file 'xfsprogs-4.7.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.surlyjake.com : The requested URL returned error: 404
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warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
==> ERROR: Failed to install packages to new root

I know these repos are up and running, as it pulled the remaining base packages, just not these. Is there a way to update pacstrap to accommodate for the kernel update? I tried clearing pacstrap's cache/forcing db update as I would with pacman, but those arguments aren't accepted, and pacstrap -h leads me to believe that I cannot do such a thing. I resync'd pacman's keys, cleared cache, forced update, etc - but pacstrap is still looking for the previous kernel packages.

As I started writing this, an updated archiso wasn't available for download, so I would expect to see the same issues installing Arch. Not like it would be possible as my work laptop has no DVD drive, and USB writing is disabled, as I work for a global insurance company - these are removed/disabled for privacy concerns.

If anyone has any ideas/solutions, please let me know!!

Last edited by velocity (2016-11-11 17:09:34)

x33a

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Re: [Solved]Installation USB - archiso 2016.11.01 - pacstrap failing (404)

Have you tried changing the mirror?

velocity

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2016-11-11

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Installation USB - archiso 2016.11.01 - pacstrap failing (404)

I have tried 6 different US Mirrors, I'll reboot and attempt to pacstrap with the default mirror list and see if I can get lucky - I'll keep you posted!

EDIT: Currently connected to a repo in France I believe, and this mirror has the updated packages, currently downloading linux-4.8.7-1-x86_64! Albeit at 70K/s, still downloading!

Thanks for the suggestion and assistance! I figured I would have gotten lucky sticking with an array of US servers, must have just caught it at the right time when the packages were just updated.

Last edited by velocity (2016-11-11 16:39:36)

x33a

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Re: [Solved]Installation USB - archiso 2016.11.01 - pacstrap failing (404)

Please mark the thread as solved by editing the first post and prepending [solved] to the title.

velocity

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From: Minnesota, USA

Registered: 2016-11-11

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Installation USB - archiso 2016.11.01 - pacstrap failing (404)

Done! I was looking for a way to do that lol figured it was a mod+ thing