I am getting a failure when attempting to install 64-bit arch as the main OS on my principal desktop system. I am following the instructions at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_RAID_and_LVM, since I have two brand-new 2TB drives that I want to use in RAID1. 1. I have downloaded and burned the current NetInstall image on a CD. 2. Booting from the CD, I execute: /arch/setup 3. I execute: modprobe raid1 4. I execute: modprobe dm-mod 5. I execute: pacman-db-upgrade 6. I execute: pacman -Syy All the above works fine. 7. I execute: pacman -S gdisk At this point I am told that I should upgrade pacman, and am asked if I want to do this. I answer "Y". A bunch of stuff gets download, but eventually I am told that the upgrade cannot be performed. Possibly this is because it's attempting to write to a read-only filesystem -- i.e., the CD drive (I'm guessing wildly that that is the cause). But in any case, I can't get past this point. How do I proceed? Doc Evans -- Web: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR