Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2011.05-2, "2k11-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:

- bump to latest kernels and introduce pacman 3.5.2

Hybrid image file and torrent is provided, which include

i686 and 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/2011.05/

<yourmirror>/iso/archboot/2011.05/

/boot for PXE/Rescue files are provided here:

https://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/arch … 11.05/boot

<yourmirror>/iso/archboot/2011.05/boot

Changelog:

GENERAL:

- kernel 2.6.38.6 / LTS kernel 2.6.32.40

- pacman 3.5.2 usage

- RAM recommendations: 320 MB

Kernel changes:

- bump to latest .38 series and bump lts to latest .32 series

Removed features:

- clamav removed

Environment changes:

- merged in latest initscripts and mkinitcpio changes

- updated pacman mirrorlist

- added cifs-utils, eject and file to environment

- switched to krb5 and dropped heimdal

setup changes:

- allow btrfs for grub2

hwdetect changes:

- none

quickinst changes:

- none

KNOWN ISSUES:

- FTP installation mode:

None

- CD installation mode:

None



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

Have fun!

greetings

tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2011-05-17 05:23:58)