--- mkarchroot.orig	2010-09-06 14:55:53.000000000 -0400
+++ mkarchroot	2010-10-09 00:27:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 fi
 
 if [ -f /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist ]; then
-	host_mirror=$(grep -v '^#' -m1 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | sed -E 's#/os/(i686|x86_64)#/os/\$arch#g')
+	host_mirror=$(grep '^\s*Server' -m1 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist | sed -E 's#/os/(i686|x86_64)#/os/\$arch#g')
 fi
 if [ -z "${host_mirror}" ]; then
 	host_mirror='Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch'