Re: 2008.03 TEST ISOs released

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Am Sonntag, 23. März 2008 schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
> Hi
> i just placed the new "Core Dump" TEST ISO
> to the mirrors eg:
> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/rc-iso/2008.03/
>
> some days testing should be enough,
> I tested them in kvm-qemu and didn't find an issue.
>
> ATTENTION:
> This ISO contains packages that are in testing repository.
> So don't be suprised by getting package is newer then repository on first
> pacman -Syu.
> Those errors will be gone when we moved in the packages, which will happen
> soon.
>
> Changelog:
>
> GENERAL:
> - kernel 2.6.24.3 usage
> - pacman 3.1.3 usage
> - RAM usage has been revisited, these are the new recommendations:
>      * FTP ISO, CORE ISO: arch boot image
>        160 MB RAM x86_64/i686 (all packages selected, with swap partition)
>      * CORE ISO: lowmem boot image
>        64 MB RAM x86_64/i686 (all packages selected, with swap partition)
>
> FIXES:
> - fixed intel wireless automatic module loading (arch boot image)
> - fixed auto prepare of harddisk (lowmem boot image)
> - added more checks and improvements to autoprepare of harddisk
> - added missing netfilter modules and some wireless addon modules
> - added dmraid and linux-atm to install environment
> - added gpt support to grub
> - added tiacx module and firmware files to install environment
> - added parted to install environment
> - updated ftp mirrors to latest status
>
> references to bug reports:
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/4762
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5825
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7975
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8422
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8431
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8435
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8561
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8616
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8638
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8699
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8835
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8852
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8886
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8898
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8952
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9374
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9436
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9452
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9494
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9560
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9697
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9734
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9864
> - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/9865
>
> As usual check md5sum before using the images and also be aware of the new
> RAM recommendations the images have.
>
> Have fun
> greetings
> tpowa

New 2008.03-0.2 upload will appear soon, with latest fixes.

greetings
tpowa

-- 
Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
tpowa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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