[arch-general] installation using existing filesystem

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:25 PM, message <letter at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> Readers,
>
> Tried:
>
> pacstrap /mnt base
>
> Which failed, due missing mountpoint. Similarly with '/' (/proc in use).

Does the moutnpoint exist? If not, what happens if you create it and try again?

>
> What is the correct command to instruct installation using the existing
> filesystem (previously mandriva: /, /boot, swap, /home partitions)?
>
> --
>

Have you read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide#Mount_the_partitions
?