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Boot from the LiveCD and chroot to your system

I have already done that (having followed the relevant Archbang wiki) but, once I attempt to install anything, I get this: error: GPGME error: Bad file descriptor error: xorg-server: missing required signature error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I've changed pacman.conf to Sigcheck=never before but that was for my own built and signed package anyway so of course that may add risk in your case. You'd likely need to include more in your chroot or you could check the sigs manually. They are on the mirrors with .sig after them. I guess the wiki needs updating? You could likely just disable X starting and then run pacman once booted into the console. If the cds not available next time you can add break=y to the kernel commandline. ________________________________________________________ Why not do something good every day and install BOINC. ________________________________________________________