Congrats and perfect timing :D i get my laptop on tuesday or so and its
gonna need a reinstall :D
/ Fredrik Eriksson
> 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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