[FTP Install] cannot install as /mnt/etc is not created

kozaki · 2009-01-02 00:23:47

Hi, happy new year to everyone

i've been unable to install Arch for a long time on my desktop system with raid/lvm2 partition. It runs fine on my old laptop.
Tonight I gave it another try with froscon install CD (August 2008), choosing FTP Install as usual, and end up stuck @ the same point.
Following http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … AID_or_LVM , everything goes well up to "Configure Arch", where /mnt/etc is *not* created, making this step a dead end one.
There are 2 Sata HDDs with identical partition :

/dev/sda1   *           1          15      120456   83  Linux
/dev/sda2              16       10011    80292870    5  Extended
/dev/sda5              16        2564    20474811   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda6            2565        5113    20474811   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda7            5114        9880    38290896   fd  Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda8            9881       10011     1052226   82  Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda1 is standard /boot
/dev/sd[ab]5 is a raid0 array with 3 partitions, the 3rd beeing free / for Arch setup.
/dev/sd[ab]6 is a raid1 array with 3 partitions for personnal data
/dev/sd[ab]7, raid0 array with 2 partitions that i can share for extra data (like /tmp)
/dev/sd[ab]8 are swap

I can activate existing RAID and LVM volumes, make a filesystem on /dev/systems/system3 array, mount it on /mnt then /sda1 on /mnt/boot. I also mounted other systems lvm partitions which went fine.
Configuring the network, downloading and installing base packages go fine.
Configure Arch gives me *empty* configuration files. i.e. Vi says "New DIRECTORY" for every configuration file.

It's been about a year I'm stuck there
Any advice's welcome.

Last edited by kozaki (2009-01-04 13:56:37)

kozaki · 2009-01-04 13:54:04

Woow. Was able to finish the installation as soon as i choose "CD install" rather than "FTP install"
I know this is probably the first time in years i install a distro from the CD, so it might why i couldn't install Arch so many times.
Note that the issue with configure Arch had occured with every ISO i booted with since over a year

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#1 2009-01-02 00:23:47

[FTP Install] cannot install as /mnt/etc is not created

#2 2009-01-04 13:54:04

Re: [FTP Install] cannot install as /mnt/etc is not created

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