[arch-general] Arch Linux Release Question

[Lukáš Jirkovský]

>> You still need some install CD/Flash/whatewer to do the initial
>> install and the current one is rather old. I had a lot of headache
>> caused by the old installer, because I need kernel >=2.6.31 (IIRC
>> installer contains 2.6.29 or 2.6.30) to install Arch on my notebook.
> archboot isos contain .32 kernel located here:
> ftp.archlinux.org/isos/archboot
>
> --
> Tobias Powalowski
> Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
> http://www.archlinux.org
> tpowa at archlinux.org
>

The problem is that if you don't know about this address you have
(almost) no chance to find it. Most people will use other distribution
instead. And others (eg. me) spent a day learning how to change a
kernel package in the installation image.

Lukas