* added Gerhard's changes * add link to download section. I guess that's pretty important too ;) * line6: sed 's/including/which includes/' * filled in link to ticket about grub booting problem * made better hyperlinks everywhere + link to 2009.02 when mentioning it at the end Hello Arch community, We hereby present you the 2009.08 snapshot images These images are the first fruits of our new arch-releng build environment on the sevenL server. They are built from a current snapshot of core, which includes kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and pacman 3.3.0-2. Changes compared to 2009.02: - more up-to-date software (see above) - usage of new AIF installer, which brings: * better disk editor with support for dm_crypt and lvm setups * support for automated installations using config files (deprecates quickinst) * a framework to build your own installation procedures * better date/time setting with ntp support * refactored grub installation routines * usability improvements - aufs instead of unionfs - enhanced boot device detection on image start - ftp images are renamed to netinstall to avoid confusion - bugfixes (xfs freeze, mirror setting, clock correctness, network settings, ...) - and much more... <a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2009.08"> detailed package list and additional snapshot information</a> <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=&project=6&due[]=59&due[]=67&due[]=72&status[]">A detailed list of closed tickets</a> As you can see, just like with <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/>2009.02</a> there have been some huge changes. We should be more settled now and hopefully it will be more straightforward to build snapshots in the future. Time will tell ;-). As usual, the images come in iso and img flavors, with grub and isolinux for people <a href="http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11408">whose cd-rom drive doesn't work with grub</a> Due to all mentioned changes, the <a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide">installation guide</a> has also been overhauled. The new guide is for now only available in English but we'll add other versions when we receive translated versions. <a href="http://www.archlinux.org/download/">Download the new snapshots</a>