Hi all, We fixed several issues since the previous alpha images. To recapitulate, here is a list of all changes that this alpha (and the previous one) bring: FS#13835 - following the output of a process is broken FS#13700 - grub menu.lst updating is broken FS#14573 - Grub + xfs filesystem FS#14089 - switch from unionfs to aufs2 FS#13873 - Option to mount partition without formating FS#14852 - AIF does not work with non-english locales FS#14785 - Rankmirrors fails on archinstaller livecd (ftp i686 iso) FS#14486 - AIF fails when loading remote procedure FS#13838 - squashfs errors after completing automatic procedure. FS#13752 - Make hwclock in UTC a "good idea" FS#12941 - The new ISO doesnt set the time right FS#13597 - alias km to 'aif -p partial-keymap' FS#13374 - local settings done by km not inserted in rc.conf FS#15455 - No swap mount in fstab FS#13180 - /arch/setup fails on bad input while auto-preparing the hard drive FS#11373 - Automated Install (aif automatic procedure to replace quickinst) FS#13045 - add joe editor FS#12995 - vi shouldnt create backup files during installation FS#12943 - Get automagical inclusion of time settings in rc.conf back FS#12933 - tzselect in set_clock() ignores "local time" option FS#12912 - make aif & arch-installer hier/fhs-compliant FS#12378 - bad network autoconfig in /etc/rc.conf when network on eth1 FS#11657 - Installer could be more idiot proof when formatting partitions FS#11416 - configure system: list of files and some things to do automatically Other changes (not corresponding to any ticket) - include all current packages from core (with the exception of grep and initscripts that are from testing to fix some bugs) - /arch/setup calls aif -p interactive - @manual network setup: more clever defaults in network config based on specified IP http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/9f6a204d7383324974af67eb3cc4c93b426b61... - example config file for automatic procedure that installs an "lvm on top of dm_crypt" setup (see /usr/share/aif/examples) see http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/f2581ff9c9eb521308be70a7c9f307870c57dc... - test suite. atm very rough and undocumented but with a bit of work it's a good way to do testing of automatic installs (see also http://dieter.plaetinck.be/AIF_automatic_lvm_dm_crypt_installations_and_test... ) basically try this: aif-test runtime automatic-lvm-dmcrypt-install-sda (also, you'll need to install the latest aif package from git onto the target system to make the tests work) - fix dead cancel buttons on some menu's http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/f8668b64c025dd2899d4b98f3a369b716dd30a... - http/ftp proxy fix http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/commit/b668472a5f68a139e47516f70df94b2a327c16... - and small stuff (clear screen on exit, better mountpoint picker,...) This is the last alpha release, next images will be RC's. Link: http://build.archlinux.org/isos/ Open issues for 2009.08-RC can be found here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj6 Please test carefully: as far as we know, there are no more showstoppers, just some small things. There is some time pressure as we want to have the official release mid-august or earlier, and as it brings lots of new stuff, good testing is needed. Things that require special attention: - fancy setups (lvm, encryption, rollbacks). both autoprepare and interactive setting up - having existing filesystems that you want to "reuse". try rollbacks and see what happens (i tested this myself and it should work. of course do this not a real important filesystem) - do unusual things: try out cancel buttons and such. - try the automatic installation procedure with the example configs And the following tickets (should all be fixed but need testing): FS#13237 - Copying manual network configuration to rc.conf FS#15438 - [aif] pacman fails when using a static IP in interactive FS#13196 - refactor timezone/date/time setting to behave correctly and use dialog Thank you :)