Hi Arch community, Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2010.02-1, "2k10-R1" has been released. Changelog: GENERAL: - kernel 2.6.32.8 / LTS kernel 2.6.27.45 - pacman 3.3.3 usage - RAM recommendations: 288 MB Kernel changes: - new firewire stack in >=2.6.32.x Removed features: - dropped lowmem images - dropped klibc Environment changes: - LTS kernel support - added KMS / uvesafb support - Adopted recent udev and initscript changes - Boot messages rewrite and parameter documentation - New documentation, including all start parameters - New wireless firmware files added (iwl-1000,6000, ar9170-fw, rt2870usb-fw) hwdetect changes: - kms / uvesafb integration - use load-modules script from udev setup changes: - internal sysfs and blkid changes - KMS / uvesafb integration - Kernel installation switch (install at least booted kernel) - use wipefs for cleaning luks disks/partitions quickinst changes: - adopted LTS setup changes to quickinst script KNOWN ISSUES: - FTP installation mode: - Package installation might fail, if packages from extra need to be pulled in, e.g. ntfs-3g etc. Workaround: Exit setup and apply following sed line: sed -e -i 's#prepare_pacman_extra#pacman_conf_extra#g' /arch/setup Relaunch setup after that. /arch/./setup - CD installation mode: - None ;) Hybrid image file 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. - removed files from mirrors on 21th may 2010, please use a newer iso image. Further documentation can be found on-disk and on the wiki. Have fun! greetings tpowa