Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2012.04-1, "2k12-R2" has been released.

To avoid confusion, this is not an official arch linux iso release!

Homepage and for more information on archboot:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archboot

Summary:

- Bugfixes and uefi updates

Hybrid image files and torrents are provided, which include

i686 and/or x86_64 core repository. Please check md5sum before using it.

Hybrid image file is a standard CD-burnable image and also a raw disk image.

- Can be burned to CD(RW) media using most CD-burning utilities.

- Can be raw-written to a drive using 'dd' or similar utilities.

This method is intended for use with USB thumb drives.

Please get it from your favorite arch linux mirror:

https://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/archboot/2012.04/

<yourmirror>/iso/archboot/2012.04/

/boot for PXE/Rescue files are provided here:

https://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/arch … 12.04/boot

<yourmirror>/iso/archboot/2012.04/boot

Changelog:

GENERAL:

- kernel 3.3.3/ LTS kernel 3.0.29

- pacman 4.0.3 usage

- RAM recommendations: 768 MB

Kernel changes:

- bump to latest 3.3.x series and bump lts to latest 3.0.x series

Removed features:

- floppy

Environment changes:

- synced with latest mkinitcpio changes

- fixed binary moving to new location in /usr

- added rEFInd boot manager support

hwdetect changes:

- fixed to work with latest userspace

setup changes:

- many grub2 fixes and grub2 cleanup

- added rEFInd support

quickinst changes:

- None

Further documentation can be found on-disk and on the wiki.

Have fun!

greetings

tpowa