[SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

Reded · 2012-03-26 18:38:33

Hey all, after an update today I accidentally broke something - I googled the error message on my Ubuntu install and it sent me to the pacman Arch Wiki page, at the very bottom -

pacman wrote:

Q: After updating my system, I get a "unable to find root device" error after rebooting and my system will no longer boot.
A: Most likely your initramfs got broken during a kernel update (inproper use of pacman's --force option can be a cause). Use the below procedure in order to restore it.
Boot from a Arch live-cd. Once booted, run:
# mkdir /mnt/arch
# mount /dev/sdx /mnt/arch (your root partition)
# cd /mnt/arch
# mount -t proc proc proc/
# mount -t sysfs sys sys/
# mount -o bind /dev dev/
# mount /dev/sdx boot/ (your /boot partition)
# chroot . /bin/bash
# pacman -Syu
# pacman -S udev
# pacman -S mkinitcpio
# mkinitcpio -p linux
Afterwards, unmount and reboot.

OK, so i followed those instructions, however when I got to doing pacman -Syu I get a string of errors:

pacman -Syu wrote:

:: Synchronising package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'xorg110.db' from catalyst.apocalypsus.net : Could not resolve host: catalyst.apocalypsus.net; Unknown error
error: failed to update xorg110 (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.bytemark.co.uk : Could not resolve host: mirror.bytemark.co.uk; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.cinosure.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.cinosure.com; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.lividpenguin.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.lividpenguin.com; Unknown error
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.bytemark.co.uk : Could not resolve host: mirror.bytemark.co.uk; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.cinosure.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.cinosure.com; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.lividpenguin.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.lividpenguin.com; Unknown error
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.bytemark.co.uk : Could not resolve host: mirror.bytemark.co.uk; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.cinosure.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.cinosure.com; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.lividpenguin.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.lividpenguin.com; Unknown error
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.bytemark.co.uk : Could not resolve host: mirror.bytemark.co.uk; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net : Could not resolve host: archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.cinosure.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.cinosure.com; Unknown error
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from mirror.lividpenguin.com : Could not resolve host: mirror.lividpenguin.com; Unknown error
error: failed to update multilib (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'archlinuxfr.db' from repo.archlinux.fr : Could not resolve host: repo.archlinux.fr; Unknown error
error: failed to update archlinuxfr (download library error)
error: failed to synchronise any databases
error: failed to init transaction (download library error)

I've tried pacman -Syy (Returns the same errors) So I'm not sure what to do after that...

Any help to get me back on Arch is appreciated, Ubuntu's too slow!

Last edited by Reded (2012-03-27 02:06:38)

karol · 2012-03-26 19:03:48

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138201 ?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=135156 ?

Some other users said that the problem went away by itself: they tried again and it worked (they weren't using chroot).

Last edited by karol (2012-03-26 19:07:01)

Reded · 2012-03-26 19:15:47

The first one -

I can ping 8.8.8.8 but not any of the pacman mirrors.

ping mirrors.kernel.org wrote:

ping: unknown host mirrors.kernel.org

ping 8.8.8.8 wrote:

PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=54.3 ms

cat /etc/resolv.conf wrote:

# Generated by dhcpcd
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

The second thread said his rc.conf file was on static not dhcp - Mine doesn't have any mention of those two terms in it.

EDIT:

Well I can't boot into my Arch install so I've not really got a choice other than chroot And I've tried it a few times with no result.

Last edited by Reded (2012-03-26 19:16:41)

Gcool · 2012-03-26 19:22:51

Am I missing something or is your /etc/resolv.conf basically empty? Try defining a dns server in there (example: "nameserver 8.8.8.8") once you're chrooted and then try to update again.

Reded · 2012-03-26 19:28:40

It seems it was me missing something, not you - I put nameserver 8.8.8.8 into resolv.conf and now -Syu is doing something!

I'll keep this open for a couple of minutes in case things stop happening again, thanks alot for that fix

Reded · 2012-03-26 20:50:49

Solved this problem however my original aim hasn't been fixed - I'll start a new thread to avoid confusion.

karol · 2012-03-26 20:54:27

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#1 2012-03-26 18:38:33

[SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#2 2012-03-26 19:03:48

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#3 2012-03-26 19:15:47

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#4 2012-03-26 19:22:51

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#5 2012-03-26 19:28:40

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#6 2012-03-26 20:50:49

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

#7 2012-03-26 20:54:27

Re: [SOLVED] Pacman -Syu not working from chroot

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