I think we should organize a party every time we put out a release. The 
party should be *huge* because arch doesn't release often.

Free drinks @ tpowa's house.

Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> Hi Arch community,
> i'm sure you all saw the bump to 0.8 Voodoo yesterday,
> new release also means new installation iso :)
> 
> Get the isos here:
> i686: http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/newisos/0.8/
> x86_64: http://www.archlinux.org/~andyrtr/newisos/0.8/
> 
> Forum feedback thread is here:
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=27994
> 
> Bug collector for showstoppers is here:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6031
> 
> Short summary what happened and what still needs to be done for final ISO:
> Changelog of ISO (compared to 0.7.2 install iso)
> - Full mkinitcpio support
> - Updated packages (including linux 2.6.19.1)
> - Installation on PATA and IDE possible (PATA is default now)
>   ide-legacy option included for old IDE subsystem
> - dropped install floppy support
> - switched from busybox to archboot usage
> - All parameters initcpio understands, new ISO does understand
> - Usb devices (keyboards/cd/dvd) should now work as they should
>   else it's a kernel bug
> - Usage of hwdetect/udev autodetection during boot
> - Added memtest86+ to iso
> - Added installation support on cciss devices
> 
> Changelog of new setup (compared to 0.7.2 setup)
> - added some information dialogs
> - added some confirmation dialogs
> - added set root password
> - removed all kernel24 stuff
> - switched to initcpio only support
> - added locale-gen file for editing
> - only show devices that are usefull in mountpoints selection, 
>   partitioning and network
> - possibility to select dm and md devices from setup 
>   (creation of lvm and md still needs to be done by hand!)
> - mkinitcpio autoconfiguration. This includes HOOKS autoconfiguration
>   and hostcontroller configuration: ide/scsi/sata modules are put into
>   MODULES= in mkinitcpio.conf to ensure right loading order and avoid
>   device-swapping
> - network modules are put in the MODULES=() in rc.conf - again, this is
>   done to avoid random swapping of multiple network interfaces
> 
> IMPORTANT/TODO:
> - docs are still from 0.7.2 install iso
> - keymap HOOK bug, already fixed on CVS
> - timezone bug
> - switching to grub usage instead of isolinux
> 
> now one big wish, please test those installation cds and report issues to the 
> links posted above, on bug tracker, forum or ML
> 
> please help us in finding the last bugs we missed,
> thanks arch community
> 
> greetings
> tpowa
> 
> 
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