Re: [arch-general] arch install issues with 2013.09 iso & vfat device

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Jakub Klinkovský <kuba.klinkovsky@gmail.com

wrote:

vfat has a lot of reserved characters:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Comparison_of_filename_limitations

Note the colon (':') in "vi-1:050325-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz.part", don't know why it couldn't write "/mnt/usr/bin/vgrename".

Regards, Jakub Klinkovský (Lahwaacz)

I had the same issue with the vi package when installing on ext2. As for vfat. I have no idea why I can't install Arch on this filesystem.