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elflord

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From: France

Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 51

pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

hi all

it's freshly installed system
i run pacman -Syu for the first time and everything else was fine but the new kernel
i've tried many mirros it's always the same problem
that the download stops at %7

error: error downloading 'kernel26-2.6.27.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz':
Success--------------------------------------------------]   7%
error: failed retrieving file 'kernel26-2.6.27.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from
ftp.free.fr : Success
warning: failed to retrieve some files from core
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

i then remove the half-downloaded file from cache
and then now pacman complains that the file is currupted
what shall i do ?

FreakGuard

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Registered: 2008-04-27

Posts: 103

Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

remove the file and download it manually, the move it to the cache and try again

elflord

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From: France

Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 51

Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

no one else had this problem ?

i can't even download the kernel26-2.6.27.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz by hand

.:B:.

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Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

Try another mirror maybe?

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elflord

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From: France

Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 51

Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

thx but no luck
have u tried?

ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,718

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Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

no one else had this problem ?

i can't even download the kernel26-2.6.27.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz by hand

Yes, I did. Mine stopped at 60%
After awhile I pressed Ctrl+C and started pacman -Syu again and it went to 75% and stopped. So I did the Ctrl + C again and it finished the download.
The following applications downloaded just fine after that. I figured it may have been a server hiccup so I did not think much of it.

R.

mG

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From: Genova - Italy

Registered: 2008-11-11

Posts: 2

Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

Hi,

I was experiencing same issues as the ones reported by elford when trying pacman -Syu.

I've tryied to manually download kernel26-2.6.27.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz and I received this message ( I'm currently at office ):

This request is blocked by the SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus Service. Name: XPACK.GEN_82 (Trojan)

Maybe trying to download kernel package at home...

elflord

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From: France

Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 51

Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

hi i've downloaded the file from an unofficial  ftp server in Norway
now i've installed the new kernel

Last edited by elflord (2008-11-11 15:27:13)

liquibyte

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Registered: 2007-11-11

Posts: 91

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Re: pacman -Syu fails when downloading kernel 2.6.27 at %7

Weird, I've encountered the interrupted downloads over the last 3 or 4 upgrades.  I have many mirrors so I don't think it's that.  I had thought that it might be dropped packets etc. with my connection but testing precluded that.