Greetings,
Here's my system info.  Problem info to follow.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Linux mediaserver 3.1.10-11-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Mon May 21 05:59:32 UTC 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux')
I tried to update, but received the following:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[doncolliver@mediaserver ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                                                                                                 38.1 KiB   144K/s 00:00 [############################################################################] 100%
 extra                                                                                               430.0 KiB   265K/s 00:02 [############################################################################] 100%
 community                                                                                           421.6 KiB   240K/s 00:02 [############################################################################] 100%
 alarm                                                                                                 5.0 KiB   665K/s 00:00 [############################################################################] 100%
 aur                                                                                                  11.0 KiB   350K/s 00:00 [############################################################################] 100%
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
    pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (3): glibc-2.16.0-4  linux-api-headers-3.5.1-1  pacman-4.0.3-3
Total Installed Size:   41.48 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.77 MiB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(3/3) checking package integrity                                                                                              [############################################################################] 100%
(3/3) loading package files                                                                                                   [############################################################################] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                                                                                             [############################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[doncolliver@mediaserver ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 alarm is up to date
 aur is up to date
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
    pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
warning: ignoring package glibc-2.16.0-4
warning: cannot resolve "glibc>=2.16.0", a dependency of "pacman"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      pacman
Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] N
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: pacman: requires glibc>=2.16.0
[doncolliver@mediaserver ~]$ ')
Linux noob here. Installed Arch 2 months ago on Pogoplug V2 using instructions at:
http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... 2-pinkgray
and
http://archlinuxarm.org/support/guides/ ... irst-steps
as well as multiple other sources from web and forum sources.
I am accessing the plug via ssh using terminal on osx.
My issue is, when I plug in my external usb drives after booting, they always mount as read-only. 
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[doncolliver@mediaserver ~]$ mount
/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=126056k,nr_inodes=31514,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
binfmt on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
[doncolliver@mediaserver ~]$ 
')If I have external drives (besides flash drive w arch) plugged in prior to boot, linux does not boot at all.  Drives are hfsplus, but I have made sure to turn off journaling. I've have tried using chown and chmod.  I installed webmin to no avail, so I removed it.  The frustrating part is that I did have this system working as read-write through many, many hours of forum searching and trial and error, but now I've rebooted, and cannot get the drives to mount as read-write.
I've tried to edit fstab with same results:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
tmpfs           /tmp    tmpfs   nodev,nosuid    0       0
/media/Media_200/swapfile.img   none   swap   sw   0   0
/dev/sdb2       /media/Media_200        hfsplus defaults,auto,rw        0       0
/dev/sdc2       /media/Media_500        hfsplus defaults,auto,rw        0       0
/dev/sdd3       /media/fw_800_media_drive       hfsplus defaults,auto,rw        0       0
')
I assume from forum and wiki searching this is some kind of udev or automount issue, but I could not find clear information on how to resolve.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
			
		