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Re: [arch-releng] ArchLinux install
by Dieter Plaetinck 06 May '10

06 May '10

On Thu, 6 May 2010 10:01:22 +0800 Daniel Lin <dlin.tw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Dieter, > > I found you modified aif recently. I'm not sure are you the proper > person to answer these question. > > Could I ask some issues which occurs when I install the ArchLinux? > > The short description here > ------------------------------------- > 1. The install iso lacks support boot from FAT32 partition. > 2. There is a mkfs.btr, but the install script haven't support the > btr mount partition type > 3. could the boot directoy's name changed to boot.arch.i686/ and put > all squeshfs files in that directory? That's let my usb stick could > boot multiple bootable cdrom easier.(I wish put x86_64 & x86 boot > image in one usb stick). > 4. Is it possible to reduce to boot media's size to smaller such as > 10 or 30 Mbytes? I've seen debian/slax's net boot image is much > smaller then ArchLinux's current image size. > > The long description here > ------------------------------------ > I use GRUB4DOS as my boot loader. (I'm also grub4dos's maintainer in > Arch Linux). > I extract 2009.08 net-install iso files into a FAT32 partition of USB > stick. And chain the menu by GRUB's configfile option. > > It failed when I just change the menu.lst's boot entry, it seems > treat the VFAT as ext2/ext3 partition. > kernel ... archisolabel=MY_VFAT32_LABEL > So, I manual type commands on ramfs prompt to let it bootable. > ln -sf /dev/sdb1 /dev/archiso > mount -t vfat /dev/archiso /bootmnt > exit > If we try to enhance this boot media, that's will let novice user > easier to install arch. 1) i have no clue about that stuff. ask on arch-releng, maybe there's something on the bugtracker. 2) patches welcome. see btrfs thread on arch-general 3) we have dual-arch images. see recent archiso from git, and http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ 4) i don't know from the top of my head. quite some packages get installed (see archiso in git again), namely the base group + more packages. you could build your own media using less packages. ie only the packages you need + dependencies of aif. Dieter

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[arch-releng] [PATCH] Add dialog to the package lists.
by Christopher Brannon 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

dialog is no longer in the base group, but it needs to be included on the CD for AIF. Signed-off-by: Christopher Brannon <cmbrannon79(a)gmail.com> --- configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 | 1 + configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 index dccc17e..36ae337 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ aufs2-util b43-fwcutter base ddrescue +dialog dmraid dnsutils dosfstools diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 index dccc17e..36ae337 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ aufs2-util b43-fwcutter base ddrescue +dialog dmraid dnsutils dosfstools -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 7/7] Remove a non-working boot option: "Boot normally".
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

See FS#19228 for details. Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg | 9 +-------- .../syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg | 9 +-------- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg index 1174d74..5ed26e1 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg +++ b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ F3 help.txt MENU WIDTH 78 MENU MARGIN 4 -MENU ROWS 7 +MENU ROWS 6 MENU VSHIFT 10 MENU TIMEOUTROW 13 MENU TABMSGROW 11 @@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ KERNEL /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 IPAPPEND 0 -LABEL normal -TEXT HELP -Continue normal booting procedure. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot normally -LOCALBOOT - LABEL existing TEXT HELP Boot an existing operating system. Press TAB to edit the disk and partition diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg index 7e9c1c8..2d604ba 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ F3 help.txt MENU WIDTH 78 MENU MARGIN 4 -MENU ROWS 6 +MENU ROWS 5 MENU VSHIFT 10 MENU TIMEOUTROW 13 MENU TABMSGROW 11 @@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 IPAPPEND 0 -LABEL normal -TEXT HELP -Continue normal booting procedure. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot normally -LOCALBOOT - LABEL existing TEXT HELP Boot an existing operating system. Press TAB to edit the disk and partition -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 5/6] [archiso2dual] Remove support for booting 64 bit kernel with 32 userspace
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/Makefile | 1 - archiso2dual/archiso2dual | 8 +------- archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg | 12 +----------- archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 | 5 ----- 4 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 diff --git a/archiso2dual/Makefile b/archiso2dual/Makefile index eaa031d..95a9ef7 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/Makefile +++ b/archiso2dual/Makefile @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ install: all install -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/ install -D -m 644 isomounts.i686 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 install -D -m 644 isomounts.x86_64 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 - install -D -m 644 isomounts.x86_64-i686 $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 install -D -m 644 isolinux.cfg $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg install -D -m 644 removefiles.lst $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/archiso2dual/removefiles.lst diff --git a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual index 376761f..5b7163c 100755 --- a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual +++ b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ isomounts_copy() { echo "Executing: ${FUNCNAME}" cp ${_v} ${isomounts_file}.i686 $work_dir/iso/ cp ${_v} ${isomounts_file}.x86_64 $work_dir/iso/ - cp ${_v} ${isomounts_file}.x86_64-i686 $work_dir/iso/ } squashfs_copy() { @@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ show_config() { echo " source iso i686 image: ${isofile_i686}" echo " source iso x86_64 image: ${isofile_x86_64}" echo " target iso image: ${imgname}" - echo " isomounts file: ${isomounts_file}.{i686,x86_64,x86_64-i686}" + echo " isomounts file: ${isomounts_file}.{i686,x86_64}" echo " isolinux.cfg file: ${isolinuxcfg_file}" echo " removefiles.lst file: ${removefiles_file}" echo " working directory: ${work_dir}" @@ -288,11 +287,6 @@ sanity_check() { _error="1" fi - if [ ! -f "${isomounts_file}.x86_64-i686" ]; then - echo "*ERROR*: ${isomounts_file}.x86_64-i686 does not exist, , specify one with -M option" - _error="1" - fi - if [ ! -f "${isolinuxcfg_file}" ]; then echo "*ERROR*: ${isolinuxcfg_file} does not exist, specify one with -S option" _error="1" diff --git a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg index 772a5e1..32a779d 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg +++ b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ F3 help.txt MENU WIDTH 78 MENU MARGIN 4 -MENU ROWS 8 +MENU ROWS 7 MENU VSHIFT 10 MENU TIMEOUTROW 13 MENU TABMSGROW 11 @@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ KERNEL /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX isomounts=isomounts.x86_64 tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 IPAPPEND 0 -LABEL arch64-32 -TEXT HELP -Boot the Arch Linux (x86_64 kernel / i686 userspace ) live medium. It allows you to install Arch Linux or -perform system maintenance. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (x86_64/i686) -KERNEL /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 -APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX isomounts=isomounts.x86_64-i686 tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 - LABEL normal TEXT HELP Continue normal booting procedure. diff --git a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 b/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 deleted file mode 100644 index 54e0698..0000000 --- a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@ -x86_64/overlay.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs -x86_64/core-pkgs.sqfs x86_64 /src/core/pkg squashfs -any/usrshare.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs -x86_64/libmodules.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs -i686/root-image.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs -- 1.7.0.6

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 4/4] [archiso2dual] Update image sizes in README
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/README | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/README b/archiso2dual/README index acbeffc..2a1d19c 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/README +++ b/archiso2dual/README @@ -1,49 +1,57 @@ -Tree structure of an iso image archlinux-2010.02.25-core-dual.iso (652MB) -running with profile "full": +Tree structure of an iso image archlinux-2010.04.24-core-dual.iso (610MB) +running with profile "split": -# tree -h -I *.c32 +# tree -I *.c32 . -|-- [ 92] any -| `-- [ 29M] usrshare.sqfs -|-- [ 496] boot -| |-- [ 140] i686 -| | |-- [5.6M] archiso.img -| | `-- [1.7M] vmlinuz26 -| |-- [1.6K] isolinux -| | |-- [ 0] boot.cat -| | |-- [ 14K] isolinux.bin -| | |-- [2.5K] isolinux.cfg -| | `-- [ 25K] memdisk -| |-- [157K] memtest -| |-- [ 18K] memtest.COPYING -| |-- [ 70] releasenotes.txt -| |-- [ 44K] splash.png -| |-- [ 140] x86_64 -| | |-- [5.7M] archiso.img -| | `-- [1.9M] vmlinuz26 -| |-- [ 38K] x86test -| `-- [ 18K] x86test.COPYING -|-- [ 260] i686 -| |-- [209M] core-pkgs.sqfs -| |-- [ 24M] libmodules.sqfs -| |-- [8.0K] overlay.sqfs -| `-- [ 58M] root-image.sqfs -|-- [ 210] isomounts.i686 -|-- [ 228] isomounts.x86_64 -|-- [ 226] isomounts.x86_64-i686 -`-- [ 260] x86_64 - |-- [222M] core-pkgs.sqfs - |-- [ 25M] libmodules.sqfs - |-- [8.0K] overlay.sqfs - `-- [ 66M] root-image.sqfs +|-- any +| `-- usrshare.sqfs +|-- boot +| |-- i686 +| | |-- archiso.img +| | `-- vmlinuz26 +| |-- isolinux +| | |-- boot.cat +| | |-- isolinux.bin +| | |-- isolinux.cfg +| | `-- memdisk +| |-- memtest +| |-- memtest.COPYING +| |-- releasenotes.txt +| |-- splash.png +| |-- x86_64 +| | |-- archiso.img +| | `-- vmlinuz26 +| |-- x86test +| `-- x86test.COPYING +|-- i686 +| |-- core-pkgs.sqfs +| |-- libmodules.sqfs +| |-- overlay.sqfs +| `-- root-image.sqfs +|-- isomounts.i686 +|-- isomounts.x86_64 +|-- isomounts.x86_64-i686 +`-- x86_64 + |-- core-pkgs.sqfs + |-- libmodules.sqfs + |-- overlay.sqfs + `-- root-image.sqfs 7 directories, 26 files -# ls -1sh -total 1.9G -652M archlinux-2010.02.25-core-dual.iso -363M archlinux-2010.02.25-core-i686.iso -385M archlinux-2010.02.25-core-x86_64.iso -220M archlinux-2010.02.25-netinstall-dual.iso -153M archlinux-2010.02.25-netinstall-i686.iso -163M archlinux-2010.02.25-netinstall-x86_64.iso +* Current dual image sizes (basic/split/full) + +664M archlinux-2010.04.24-core-dual.iso +610M archlinux-2010.04.24-core-dual.iso +572M archlinux-2010.04.24-core-dual.iso + +326M archlinux-2010.04.24-netinstall-dual.iso +272M archlinux-2010.04.24-netinstall-dual.iso +234M archlinux-2010.04.24-netinstall-dual.iso + +* Current single image sizes: +326M archlinux-2010.04.24-core-i686.iso +342M archlinux-2010.04.24-core-x86_64.iso + +161M archlinux-2010.04.24-netinstall-i686.iso +169M archlinux-2010.04.24-netinstall-x86_64.iso -- 1.7.0.6

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 2/3] [archiso2dual] Join split_us and split_lm in one split option.
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 24 Apr '10

24 Apr '10

To avoid confusion, since we always like to split these both directories (/usr/share and /lib/modules). Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/archiso2dual | 23 ++++------------------- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual index 3441f98..b4cd934 100755 --- a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual +++ b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual @@ -224,21 +224,7 @@ do_basic() { do_common_end } -do_split_us() { - do_common_begin - - root_image_extract - - usrshare_copy_from_root_image - usrshare_make_image - - root_image_remove_usrshare - root_image_make_image - - do_common_end -} - -do_split_lm() { +do_split() { do_common_begin root_image_extract @@ -317,9 +303,8 @@ show_help() (default to '${work_dir}')" echo " -T <profile> Type of target image (work is done on root-image.sqfs): basic: join both images, no changes in *.sqfs - split_us: 'basic' + split usr/share/ - split_lm: 'split_us' + split lib/modules/ - purge_us: 'split_us' + prune usr/share/{doc,info,man}/ + split: 'basic' + split usr/share/ and lib/modules/ from / + purge_us: 'split' + prune usr/share/{doc,info,man}/ full: 'purge_us' + prune boot/ usr/include/ usr/src/ (default to '${profile_type}')" echo " -L <label> Set a label for the disk [max 11 chars] @@ -429,7 +414,7 @@ while getopts '3:6:o:T:M:S:L:P:A:yvh' arg; do 6) isofile_x86_64="${OPTARG}" ;; o) imgname="${OPTARG}" ;; T) case "${OPTARG}" in - "basic"|"split_us"|"split_lm"|"purge_us"|"full") profile_type="${OPTARG}" ;; + "basic"|"split"|"purge_us"|"full") profile_type="${OPTARG}" ;; *) echo; echo "*ERROR*: invalid argument in -T option: ${profile_type}"; show_help 1 ;; esac ;; -- 1.7.0.5

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[arch-releng] [PATCH] Mount "usr/share" and "lib/modules" in aufs stack instead of bind mount.
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Otherwise these paths are read-only. Fixes FS#19149 Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/archiso2dual | 12 +++++++----- archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 | 4 ++-- archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 | 4 ++-- archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual index 6e0ce28..3441f98 100755 --- a/archiso2dual/archiso2dual +++ b/archiso2dual/archiso2dual @@ -119,14 +119,15 @@ mksquashfs_image() { usrshare_copy_from_root_image() { echo "Executing: ${FUNCNAME}" - cp -a ${work_dir}/tmp/i686/root-image/usr/share ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare + mkdir -p ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/usr + cp -a ${work_dir}/tmp/i686/root-image/usr/share ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/usr } usrshare_purge() { echo "Executing: ${FUNCNAME}" - rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/man - rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/info - rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/doc + rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/usr/share/man + rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/usr/share/info + rm -rf ${work_dir}/tmp/any/usrshare/usr/share/doc } usrshare_make_image() { @@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ libmodules_make_image() { libmodules_copy_from_root_image() { echo "Executing: ${FUNCNAME}" for _arch in i686 x86_64; do - cp -a ${work_dir}/tmp/${_arch}/root-image/lib/modules ${work_dir}/tmp/${_arch}/libmodules + mkdir -p ${work_dir}/tmp/${_arch}/libmodules/lib + cp -a ${work_dir}/tmp/${_arch}/root-image/lib/modules ${work_dir}/tmp/${_arch}/libmodules/lib done } diff --git a/archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 b/archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 index 0535d74..a53384c 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 +++ b/archiso2dual/isomounts.i686 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ i686/overlay.sqfs i686 / squashfs i686/core-pkgs.sqfs i686 /src/core/pkg squashfs -any/usrshare.sqfs i686 /usr/share squashfs -i686/libmodules.sqfs i686 /lib/modules squashfs +any/usrshare.sqfs i686 / squashfs +i686/libmodules.sqfs i686 / squashfs i686/root-image.sqfs i686 / squashfs diff --git a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 b/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 index c79df6f..b0fb31f 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 +++ b/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ x86_64/overlay.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs x86_64/core-pkgs.sqfs x86_64 /src/core/pkg squashfs -any/usrshare.sqfs x86_64 /usr/share squashfs -x86_64/libmodules.sqfs x86_64 /lib/modules squashfs +any/usrshare.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs +x86_64/libmodules.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs x86_64/root-image.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs diff --git a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 b/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 index 8bb1735..54e0698 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 +++ b/archiso2dual/isomounts.x86_64-i686 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ x86_64/overlay.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs x86_64/core-pkgs.sqfs x86_64 /src/core/pkg squashfs -any/usrshare.sqfs x86_64 /usr/share squashfs -x86_64/libmodules.sqfs x86_64 /lib/modules squashfs +any/usrshare.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs +x86_64/libmodules.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs i686/root-image.sqfs x86_64 / squashfs -- 1.7.0.5

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Re: [arch-releng] 2010.10.4.05 Wireless Discussion suggestions
by Keith Hinton 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hi Thomas. I used to use Arch Linux quite a lot. I rairly do these days due to the fact that now I'm stuck on a wireless network. Hooking up via Ethernet is out of the question as I am not permitted in any case to get near the Router or anything like that, seeing as this network isn't mine. This network uses WPA personal with TKIP encryption. As for the wireless card I know Arch should work with it, seeing as it's an Intel wireless card. And it's , more specifically an Intel WiFi link 5100 agn A few interesting things though: I happen to be a blind Arch user, and before someone goes shouting at me to "input a feature yourself" for yes, I have read the Arch way document and understand it in it's entirety, however I am not a programmer, simiply a user of an OS< and in the passed, when I used Arch, I was always on a Ethernet connection, so i had little to worry about.I hope the Arch release team here will take this seriously. Hopefully they won't just laugh off yoru suggestions. Unless Arch Linux is capable of taking your suggestions and making them a reality at some point, that may be the fnial straw that turns me off completely from Arch altogether, evne though I enjoy using it. If I can't get my wireless networking functional on the liveCD through netcfg through some type of dialog or whatever, then I suppose that the Live CD wouldn't be of any use. I primarily use Chris Brannons TalkingArch CD, wich is based off of the origenal CDs that are released, and are the exact same net install cDs, just that it uses the Speakup Linux screen reader. I'm presently running Arch in a VMware Windows seven VM presently, and am keeping an eye out on this mailing list to see when this release is actually coming down the pipes. But I just wanted to let you know that I like your suggestions, and hope that someone can incorperate those suggestions into the Arch linux Installation Framework. :) Keep up the wonderful emails and stuff like that. That's the one reason I mainly subscribed ages ago. :) Happy Arching, ==Keith P.s. Isn't this fairly strate forward to incorperate into the AIF system as Thomas was mentioning earlier with regards to wireless for daily use by those like myself and probably others? As technology advances, the need for wireless will begin to outway the need for Ethernet, if that is not already being the case.

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Re: [arch-releng] 2010.04.05 snapshots ready for testing
by Aaron Griffin 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Sending from my phone, so I apologize for the top posting. Last night I did a real install on a spare laptop using this ISO. It was ordinary and vanilla, but everything was happy and nice. My biggest issues were with regard to wireless. A) There's nothing for wireless networking in the network section. That'd be nice B) wpa_supplicant.conf would be a good config to add to the list, considering we're trying to enforce using that C) Auto configuring of rc.conf treats wireless interfaces as ethernet. None of these are really bugs. More like feature requests, I guess. And one other thing unrelated to wireless: If I didn't edit mkinitcpio.conf, there's no need to generate the initramfs again in the config section. Perhaps md5sum the config files before and after editing to see if a given action is necessary? Cheers, and sorry again for the top post, Aaron On Apr 5, 2010 10:43 AM, "Dieter Plaetinck" <dieter(a)plaetinck.be> wrote: Hello all, please find new testing images @ http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ This time, there are no big known issues! [1] I just did an installation myself and it worked, but of course images require a lot more testing, especially for the exotic things (lvm, encryption, automatic installs, all new features such as pxe booting, etc). So please give these images a spin. They can't be much worse then the last official release ;-) If you tested the image and it worked fine, be sure to let us know and briefly describe which special thingies (if any) worked fine for you. http://build.archlinux.org/isos/Changelog http://build.archlinux.org/isos/README The more feedback I get from the community, the faster a new official release will happen. Dieter [1] (I did not figure out the issue i had earlier - http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2010-April/000941.html, but I re-setup the build chroots and now it's magically fixed.

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[arch-releng] base group
by Roman Kyrylych 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Hi! So I've installed the latest installer image today, and one of the first things that caught my eye was that there are way too many packages in the base group. Though many packages were removed from the base group, the change was applied without a rebuild (i.e. SVN only), so packages that didn't have an update since that time still are in the base group, and thus in the installer's list. Can the base group package list in the installer be updated to include only the packages that are in the base group in SVN? -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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