[arch-general] database non-existent error

[Kacper Żuk]

2014-03-16 20:01 GMT+01:00 message <letter at 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 :)