Dieter Plaetinck wrote: Hi, time for a much needed update to the Arch installation media, as the last release ([2010.05][1]) is not only quite outdated, but now yields broken installations if you do a netinstall (because the old installer is not aware of the [changed kernel/initramfs filename][2] in our new Linux 3.0 packages). What has changed in this period of more than a year? [AIF][3] (installation tool): * Experimental support for btrfs and nilfs2. * Support syslinux bootloader, as well as grub. * Changes to configuration formats to support new rc.conf and linux3.0 * Make selecting source more flexible (multiple local and/or remote repos) * Show package descriptions when installing packages * Run with debugging and logging enabled by default, add /arch/report-issues script * Make automatic profiles switch source depending on whether core or netinstall system is running * Remove support for tcp_wrappers in accordance to Arch Linux policy [libui.sh][4] (bash UI framework): * Made long checklists much easier in CLI mode, by using $EDITOR * More flexible initialization [Archiso][5] (image builds): * Snapshot of current core, including kernel 3.0.3-1, pacman 3.5.4-3, glibc 2.14-4, mkinitcpio 0.7.2-1, initscripts 2011.07.3-1 and netcfg 2.6.7-1 * Big overhaul: use dm-snapshot instead of aufs2 * All needed files to boot for custom USB media installed on /arch * Allow changing NBD export name * Allow using serial console (kernel parameter: console) * Allow starting custom script (kernel parameter: script), autologin tty1. * Add self integrity test (kernel parameter: checksum=y) * Add support to mount iso in loopback mode * Added packages: btrfs-progs-unstable crda curl dhclient dialog dnsmasq hdparm netcfg nilfs-utils openconnect rp-pppoe rsync vpnc wpa_actiond * Removed packages: aufs2 aufs2-util joe ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-utils tiacx tiacx-firmware * Remove x86test, add HDT to initial syslinux menu * Add support for booting from memdisk * XZ compression for SquashFS and initramfs. Obviously there's more, such as bunches of code cleanups and bugfixes, but this should be the most important. The [Official installation guide][6] has been updated to reflect the changes where necessary. * [Download][7] * [List of packages][8] Please assure tickets exist in the [bugtracker - Release Engineering project][9] for any issues you may find. To get in touch, join the [arch-releng mailing list][10] or visit the [#arch-releng IRC channel][11] [1]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/201005-snapshots-less-is-more/ [2]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/changes-to-kernel-package-and-filenames/ [3]: http://projects.archlinux.org/aif.git/ [4]: https://github.com/Dieterbe/libui-sh [5]: http://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/ [6]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide [7]: http://www.archlinux.org/download/ [8]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2011.08.19 [9]: https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=6 [10]: http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-releng [11]: irc://freenode/arch-releng URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/20110819-installation-media/