[arch-general] database non-existent error
Readers, A little history: previously a mandrake and suse user,just tried mageia that failed and now want to try a different system! Version 20140301dual was downloaded as an iso file then burnt onto a CD. (This was a reason to try: other distributions are getting too big, beyond the typical cd capacity). The (old) pc file structure is inherited from mandriva, with separate mount points for m$, /home /swap /boot /. Tried the command: pacman /mnt base error response, that database files are non-existent for core, extra, community. What to do please?
2014-03-16 20:01 GMT+01:00 message <letter@openmailbox.org>:
Readers,
A little history: previously a mandrake and suse user,just tried mageia that failed and now want to try a different system!
Version 20140301dual was downloaded as an iso file then burnt onto a CD. (This was a reason to try: other distributions are getting too big, beyond the typical cd capacity).
The (old) pc file structure is inherited from mandriva, with separate mount points for m$, /home /swap /boot /.
Tried the command:
pacman /mnt base
error response, that database files are non-existent for core, extra, community.
What to do please?
I believe you've wanted to use pacstrap, not pacman :)
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