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Hi All,
Im having a problem during the download part of the Arch install. Im running Arch (FTP) 32 bit installer, within Virtual Box, under Windows 7, over a wireless network. Ive set my network adapter to bridge mode.
Everything works great up to step 5 - install packages, where it starts the download. Pacman seems work fine then stops downloading a package randomly (Ive tried it 4 different times, using different mirrors; each time it stops at a different one for over 30 mins, the afi process and network adapter are both doing nothing). The network seems to be working, even when its stopped; I can use wget and ping without a problem etc.
The way Im currently getting round it is by switching to a new terminal, killing the pacman process, deleting the lock file (/mnt/var/lib/pacman/db.lck), and restarting the download, and it resumes from where it started.
I guess I have a couple questions, 1. is there a proper way to stop/resume an install with aif , and 2. has anybody else seen this or know why it might be happening?
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I had the same problem with the x64 version in virtualbox on Arch. I just used the core cd to install then updated.
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Strange. I've having the same problem with the x64 version as well. Did you figure out if its Arch or VirtualBox that's causing the problem?
Last edited by hammerheart (2009-12-31 07:05:30)
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I have a feeling it may be Virtual Box because I've seen other posts with similar network problems (although most people report that the network doesn't work at all). Its a bit weird though; after the install I haven't had a single problem.
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