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tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Hi Arch community,

5th August, 23:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Arch Linux Don't-Panic 2007.08 ISO release

Get Archlinux ISOs in /iso/2007.08/{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.

It's mostly a 2.6.22.x Iso with some fixes to last Linuxtag Isos.

Changelog to last Duke-Linuxtag2007 installation ISO:
- kernel 2.6.22.1 usage
- fixed: update mkinitcpio for new .22 firewire layout
- fixed: update hwdetect for new rtc_sys and firewire stuff
- Memory requirements bumped to 128MB!
- Serial console support in install environment
- USB Keyboard issues fixed

Setup changes:

- fixed: "" around CONSOLEFONT and CONSOLEMAP
- fixed: dhcp rc.conf entry
- fixed: not generated glibc locales

for fixed bugs reference:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7410

greetings
tpowa

Last edited by tpowa (2007-08-05 20:57:38)

Crazypu

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-02-06

Posts: 70

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

All 6 isos available on linuxtracker.org

Izuil

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-10-07

Posts: 162

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Sweet It would be nice with a clean install of my comp and this just gives me another reason
Could be fun to check out the new installer haven't reinstalled since the release of 0.71.

And maybe dump xfce and try fluxbox out

Anyway, great job guys!

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

All 6 isos available on linuxtracker.org

are those torrents made from the old isos? i got the ftp x86 and the md5sum is different than the one i got from a repo earlier today. the repo had the latest ones.

edit just checked with the mirrors and at least the ftp x86 IS the old iso. please reupload all that fall under the same category asap

Last edited by dolby (2007-08-05 23:06:47)

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Crazypu

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-02-06

Posts: 70

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

I' ve downloaded it from the italian mirror..... now I' ll recheck the md5sum

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

isos have changed due to some bug yesterday plz check date & md5sum on other mirrors too.
id delete all of them if they fail if i  were u and let a developer upload em again

Last edited by dolby (2007-08-05 23:17:17)

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Crazypu

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From: Italy

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

id delete all of them if they fail if i  were u and let a developer upload em again

Done

trans

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Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 3

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

I'm rather new to Archlinux. I've been using it for about a month. Is there anything special I have to do to upgrade to the latest version? Thanks.

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

[quote from AL main page news]
Feedback about 2007.08 Duke installations is here:
Forum

Should be "2007.08 Don't panic" IMO...

I'm rather new to Archlinux. I've been using it for about a month. Is there anything special I have to do to upgrade to the latest version? Thanks.

No, just carry out a

pacman -Syu

Cheers Sigi

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tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

davemicc, if it hangs on this stage, just use DISABLEHOOKS=arch-addons on boot prompt as option, then it doesn't try to mount anything.

geek.arnuld

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From: INDIA

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 135

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

what exactly you mean by "Don't Panic ISOs"  ?

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Husio

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From: Europe

Registered: 2005-12-04

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Aaa! OMG, new Arch!
Just don't panic ;)

Last edited by Husio (2007-08-06 13:27:50)

Insane-Boy

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Registered: 2006-02-27

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Mirror page hasn't been updated yet ? Am I right?
Sample:
i686:        2007.05 (Duke) Full         2007.05 (Duke) Base         2007.05 (Duke) FTP Install
x86_64:     2007.05 (Duke) Full     2007.05 (Duke) Base     2007.05 (Duke) FTP Install

dolby

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From: 1992

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

that refers to the torrents

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skipper13

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From: Kharkiv, Ukraine, QTH KN89DX

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Torrents please!

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Crazypu

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-02-06

Posts: 70

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

I can share the torrents, just waiting some dev give me the OK

CavalierBob

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From: San Francisco Bay Area

Registered: 2006-07-20

Posts: 110

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Torrents please!

+1   

Crazypu

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-02-06

Posts: 70

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

The 3 i686 Isos (the right one ) in share on linuxtracker

CavalierBob

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From: San Francisco Bay Area

Registered: 2006-07-20

Posts: 110

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

The 3 i686 Isos (the right one ) in share on linuxtracker

Thanks! Leeching now. Looks like I will be seeding in about 1 hour.

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Installation feedback:
I installed Arch in virtualbox on a Windows XP host and after it initially hung up on boot (enabling acpi and apic was necessary), everything worked fine.

I was very pleased to see the pacman mirror selection dialog, apart from a "missing" pacman -Sy (I wondered why I couldn't install xfce4...everything was set up perfectly and it took me a while until I realized, that the local package database only includes the current repository) there was no need for post-configuration for the base system. I haven't checked for rankmirrors this time, but
Setting up X and xfce4 was done quickly and I had no further problems.

I was using the FTP-install-image.

Edit: Stay away from Safari for windows, it will not send or copy text fields containing a '[' or ']', it just cuts away everything following this character.

Last edited by wuischke (2007-08-06 19:36:03)

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Using emulators is always done on your own risk, i only test with real hardware and with no emulator.
Emulators tend to break from time to time and it's difficult to say why it's not working.

filoktetes

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From: Skien, Norway

Registered: 2003-12-29

Posts: 287

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

When booting the FTP install CD, right after it seems to be looking for /config and /package directories, the boot process freezes after printing the following two lines:

NTFS driver 2.1.28 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.

I have tried the Duke ISO and it seems work (it continues booting after these lines and I get to the Bash shell).

I have a NTFS partition with Windows XP on it and also an EXT3 partition with Ubuntu installed that I am planning to reformat and install Arch on.

I have the same problem with a machine with a Windows XP NTFS partition.

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Solution for this issue on boot prompt:
vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img disablehooks=arch-addons

quad3d@work

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From: Austin, TX

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Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

Getting the following warning msgs.

INIT: Id "c0" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

across my compaq v2410 laptop and my desktop.

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: 2007.08 Don't Panic Isos released, installation feedback

i have a weird problem with the ftp iso. no matter which mirror i choose (tried 6 different ones already) it behaves like its throttled or something.
it connected to get package list after 5-10 mins & downloaded it with 0.14k/s. and on some mirrors its even worse. for pacman im still waiting... on the ones it got pacman (with similar speed like above)  it failed to download the packages. im gonna try the duke cd i have later on, but im almost certain its gonna work...
anyone witnessed similar behaviour?

edit: in case someone was thinking about asking there is nothing wrong with my nic and it was set up properly

Last edited by dolby (2007-08-07 11:36:03)

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