Congratuations!
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 13:49 +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> Hi Archlinux Community,
> 31th March, 14:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
> it's done final 0.8 Voodoo ISOs for i686 and x86_64 are ready :)
>
> Get Archlinux ISOs in /0.8/iso/{i686,x86_64} on your favorite mirror.
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
> or
> http://www.archlinux.org/download/
> Please don't forget to check md5sums.
>
> Torrents are already up and seeded.
> Metalink packages will be prepared soon.
>
> Changelog of ISO (compared to 0.7.2 install iso):
> - to boot the ISO 96 MB RAM are recommended,
> it breaks somewhere between 80 - 90 MB RAM.
> (calculated like this: kernel image + initrd size + decompressed initrd)
> - dropped install floppy support
> - switched from busybox to archboot usage
> - Updated packages (including linux 2.6.20.4)
> - Full mkinitcpio support
> - Installation on PATA and IDE possible (PATA is default now)
> ide-legacy option included for old IDE subsystem
> - All parameters initcpio understands, new ISO does understand
> - Usb devices (keyboards/cd/dvd) should now work as they should
> - Usage of hwdetect/udev autodetection during boot
> - added memtest86+ to iso
> - added installation support on cciss devices
> - pacman is included to allow installation of any other needed package
> in install environment.
> - added /etc/rc.d/ and /etc/rc.conf support
> - added arch network support, including ssh,telnet and portmap services
> - added vpn support
> - added framebuffer modules to install environment
> - added cpufreq support
> - added iptables support
> - added grub and lilo to install environment
> - custom config files support:
> any media with /config directory and files will be copied to /etc/
> install environment
> - loading packages as addons during boot:
> any media with /packages directory including pacman packages will be
> installed during bootup.
> - links and naim included to be able to communicate over the internet.
> - added kexec support
>
>
> 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
> - added http:// net install support
>
> Bug collector of fixed showstoppers is here:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6031
>
> Forum feedback about 0.8 testing is here:
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=27994
>
> Feedback about 0.8 final installations is here:
> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=239729#p239729
>
> I would like to thank you all, who assisted in testing
> and of course finding/fixing bugs, you users/devs simply rock.
>
> Happy installing and have fun.
>
> greetings
> tpowa
>
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