[arch-announce] 2009.08 images

[Recent News Updates: Dieter Plaetinck]

Dieter Plaetinck wrote:

Hello Arch community, If you think all the recent news was not enough, we have
some more: The 2009.08 snapshot images are now available! Changes since the
2009.02 release: * built from a current snapshot of [core], which includes
kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and pacman 3.3.0-3. * 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 - enhanced date/time
setting with ntp support - refactored grub installation routines - usability
improvements * aufs instead of unionfs * enhanced boot device detection on image
start * bugfixes (xfs freeze, mirror setting, clock correctness, network
settings, ...) * more useful automatic configuration settings for your target
system based on your settings during the installation * ftp images are renamed
to netinstall to avoid confusion * and much more... [ Detailed package list and
additional snapshot information][1] [A detailed list of closed tickets][2] As
you can see, just like with [2009.02][3] there have been some large changes in
our installation tools. Also the actual building process and environment has
been improved a lot since we started the [releng project][4]. So it should be
more straightforward to build snapshots in the future. As usual, the images come
in iso and img flavors, with grub and isolinux for people [whose cd-rom drive
doesn't work with grub][5] Due to all mentioned changes, the [installation
guide][6] 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.
[Download the new snapshots][7]

   [1]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:2009.08

   [2]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=&project=6&due[]=59&due[]=67&
due[]=72&status[]

   [3]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/434/

   [4]: http://www.archlinux.org/news/430/

   [5]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11408

   [6]: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide

   [7]: http://www.archlinux.org/download/

URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/459/