ARMv5 ppv4 failed install

[moonman]

What you should be doing:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mkdir /tmp/alarm
mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/alarm
cd /tmp/alarm
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz
../bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz

sync
cd /tmp
umount /tmp/alarm')
and continue from step 11 in the official instructions
Note: ../bsdtar is no mistake here (2 dots, not 1).

What you are doing:
Probably logged out and back in between seesions or rebooted.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mkdir ~/alarm
cd ~/alarm
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz')

~ is a shortcut for home directory for current user which is likely to be tmpfs as well in stock OS
You can also be doing your way if you want, but you need to mount /dev/sda1 under ~/alarm then.

[WyoDad]

I understand now that I am not getting a full download of ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz
There is plenty of room in the drive but appears to be timing out. Have deleted and retried several times to no avail. Will keep trying!

Thanks for the help and patience!

[WarheadsSE]

You're downloading into /tmp, which is mounted as tmpfs on that stock OS. Dowload it into the newly made filesystem on the stick.