[SOLVED] Can't Complete Installation

I wiped my drive and did a remote install, which went mostly great, I even got an internet connection. The problem is, when I get to the install packages stage, everything fails. I tried pacman -Syu which outputs
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update core (unexpected error)
error: failed to update extra (unexpected error)
error: failed to update community (unexpected error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
I looked at my mirrorlist.conf, which had no commented mirrors. So, I commented all but a few. Still, I get the same result. Any ideas?
Thanks, ~ Unsolved Cypher
Last edited by UnsolvedCypher (2012-12-02 18:21:52)

ewaller wrote:
That is too bad. You were very close on the original thread. Three commands away...
My daughter and I came back from a couple hour trip to the stable and you had reformatted
An OS from the Pacific Northwest has conditioned an entire generation into thinking that reinstalling an OS is a rational way of fixing things
Don't forget about Service Pack #251235 that has to be redone after reinstalling for the thousandth time.
Instead of pressing Ctrl+alt+delete to login it just needs to say to continue using, please reinstall.
Curious if he's using the core install that he doesn't really need the network part to do his install (I don't think he's using that).
But the pacman messages say unexpected error. If it was network error, would be transient resolver error. Maybe a pacman --debug would help us.

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