2007.05 Duke ISOs released, installation feedback

tpowa · 2007-05-19 15:49:53

Thanks for your reports about broken setup points:
here is a fixed one if you need it, just execute this in install environment it should fix all your mentioned issues:
downloading is now shown again, custom servers are accepted etc.
http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/fixed-duke-setup/setup

Eliteforce · 2007-05-19 20:28:47

when will new (fixed) images be released?

tpowa · 2007-05-20 15:33:10

perhaps we release a new one on LT but for so long you can still use the link above setup.
its only partly broken, if you use special functions.

[vEX] · 2007-05-20 21:45:53

As nothed in this thread the releases list on the frontpage still shows the duke release as pending, perhaps someone should update it?

dlin · 2007-05-23 03:22:55

I found bug in the setup.
If I choose to following layout
/dev/sda1 /boot
/dev/sda8 /
/dev/sda9 swap

When I set the /dev/sda1 don't clean the disk.
Then, when I enter the adjust config file (eg. rc.conf,...). The config files would be empty.

So, that force me must to backup my original /dev/sda1 which also contains my other linux boot files. And I should choose overwrite my /dev/sda1

There is another strange situation, I successful install my ArchLinux yesterday, then I turn off my machine (AMD Opteron 2.4G Mhz, 8G RAM). x86_64, I just do pacman -Syu in yesterday.

But, in this morning, it automatic reboot.

My archlinux automatic reboot on
Mounting Local Filesystems

I tried to boot by the cdrom, but sometimes even the cdrom can't boot.
It automatic reboot on

NTFS volume version 3.1
NTFS-fs error (device sda5): load_system_files(): Volume is dirty, Mounting read-only. Run chkdsk and mount in Windows.

I guess the boot cdrom is depend on ntfs, I boot with windows, and check the ntfs file system by windows, the file system seems OK.

3nd3r · 2007-05-23 03:40:34

I installed arch to this machine last night with the new ISO, It was very fast and I am happy to report that to you all
Keep up the great work Everything is uber ;o)

Psy[K0]tiC · 2007-05-23 22:34:31

i'm experiencing lots of problems to install Duke...

- stuck when recognizing my wireless card at beggining of instalation. solved with acpi=off, but i never had to do this before when installing past releases on my machine...
- after upgrade to pacman 3, there's a error/warning about my locale.
- after my first try the system hangs after im logged about between 1 or 3 minutes, without X. the system copletely frezzes. an keep hanging when i reboot and log.
- after my second instalation, everething seems fine, i instal xorg, gnome, ati drivers, but when i reboot, when the modules are loading, there's an error that crash the system, and by what i can see in console is something related with acpi, but could be more things because the console is full of error messages.
- now that error massages are print in a kind of infinite loop...

realy, i use arch since 0.7 and i never experiencing so many problems with instalation... with other versions everything had worked 100%.

i tried also re-instal 0.8, but after the upgrade the errors continue...
could be something related with the new kernel?!

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mullman · 2007-05-24 00:39:15

It would be great if tpowa could release a newer/fixed install iso (just ftp size?) with kernel 2.6.21.2, fixed pacman and other base packages - duke.2 perhaps?

Tapi · 2007-05-25 17:52:09

Romashka wrote:

George_K wrote:
/etc/arch-release is empty in both main and Pierre`s filesystem packages
Yes, this is done intentionally.
It was removed because it is useless with rolling release system, but then added back as empty just for compatability with software that checks for its existance to know its running on Arch.

I think /etc/arch-release should be filled in, it's just an easy way to know which release you're running...
Even if such an information is, ok, somewhat useless, it can be interesting sometimes, and it doesn't hurt...
IYHO, does it make more sense to display arch release in /etc/issue ?

Last edited by Tapi (2007-05-25 17:54:36)

Romashka · 2007-05-27 11:34:13

Tapi wrote:

I think /etc/arch-release should be filled in, it's just an easy way to know which release you're running...
Even if such an information is, ok, somewhat useless, it can be interesting sometimes, and it doesn't hurt...

With rolling release system it is not correct to say "I'm running XXX release".
That caused confusion in past, especially among newbies.

Tapi wrote:

IYHO, does it make more sense to display arch release in /etc/issue ?

Duke is dispayed in /etc/issue just for fun, and only with that reason in mind.

Why it was not in /etc/arch-release too? - because /etc/issue is displayed on boot, while barely someone reads /etc/arch-release.

Last edited by Romashka (2007-05-27 11:35:25)

T-Dawg · 2007-05-27 12:09:05

/etc/issue is the standard file for distro specific version information and like Romashka said, it is displayed on boot. Deviating from this standard would make us commies and we are not commies.

tpowa · 2007-05-28 19:18:55

28th May, 22:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
it's done final 2007.05 Duke Linuxtag2007 ISOs for i686 and x86_64 are ready

Get Archlinux ISOs in /iso/2007.05-Linuxtag2007/{i686,x86_64}
on your favorite mirror.
Download_Wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirrors
or
Download_Homepage:
http://www.archlinux.org/download/>Download_Homepage

Please don't forget to check md5sums.

It's a little update to our latest ISO,
to provide people who visits us at Linuxtag2007 booth
the latest and greatest Archlinux stuff.

Changelog to last Duke installation ISO:
- kernel 2.6.21.3 usage

Setup changes:

- some minor text changes
- selection to copy installation network setup to final installed system (bugs fixed)
- selection of primary pacman sync server added (bugs fixed)

for fixed bugs reference:
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6767

Feedback about 2007.05 Duke installations is here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 10#p251210

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

julemand101 · 2007-05-28 22:00:11

I got this error when I try a Auto-Prepare:

Error partitioning /dev/sda (see /dev/tty5 for details)

tty5 say (image):
http://privat.archlinux.dk/billeder/Error.GIF

tpowa · 2007-05-29 06:21:43

how big is your hd?

julemand101 · 2007-05-29 18:06:39

I have no problems with the other 2007.05 release with the same disk image.

I test this release with InnoTek VirtualBox in a disk image on 2.99 gb space.

Again, no problems with the other release of 2007.05.

kth5 · 2007-05-30 12:45:04

Install video as found on the news:

http://archlinux.org/~alexander/linuxtag07_install.avi

quad3d@work · 2007-05-30 15:16:30

Linuxtag2007 install:
When using DHCP during installation, and accepting network setup... after reboot in /etc/rc.conf it shows
eth0="eth0 netmask broadcast "
(blank addresses)

should it be...?
eth0="dhcp"

dolby · 2007-05-30 16:48:24

@ quad3d@work: even though i dont use dhcp thats what the above shows..

a question just out of curiosity..do the linuxtag isos have any special features that arent available in Duke and wont be available in the next iso? besides bugfixes i mean. features that were added for convinience reasons maybe

Last edited by dolby (2007-05-30 16:49:14)

tpowa · 2007-05-30 19:03:00

well i have to look at the network stuff again , the newer isos inlcude latest packages and a more fixed setup.

Eliteforce · 2007-05-30 19:46:42

"a more fixed setup", sweet xD

btw: installation went fine with your fixed-setup tpowa

Last edited by Eliteforce (2007-05-30 19:47:03)

fivre · 2007-06-05 21:02:36

I haven't used the Duke iso but I don't know if this is changed since 0.7.1:

The set mountpoints utility is lacking. Notably, you can't see what you've already set, and I for one can't remember very well.
A display of the partition name, partition size (helps remind the user which one is which, I think) and selected mountpoint would be much more helpful.

twanj · 2007-06-08 17:34:20

tpowa wrote:

it's done final 2007.05 Duke ISOs for i686 and x86_64 are ready
Torrents are already up and seeded.
Metalink packages will be prepared soon.

Updated metalinks are at http://www.metalinker.org/samples.html#arch

There's also DownThemAll, a Firefox extension that supports metalinks in their nightly builds but it's not super stable yet. the icon/logo, description, publisher, license, OS/arch, & other info are taken from the metalink.

tpowa · 2007-06-10 10:49:36

fivre this has bee solved a long time ago with the partition dialog

dolby · 2007-07-10 21:13:39

since a new iso is close, along with the new kernel version, just a note that for some reason the linuxtag iso doesnt generate (at least utf8) locale as it should. hope new isos dont have that as duke didnt also.

Last edited by dolby (2007-07-10 21:14:31)

rsavu · 2007-07-17 18:11:13

There seems to be quite a nasty problem for those who have NVIDIA cards (at least I experienced this problem during my install of Duke). udev loads the nvidiafb module, but if that module is loaded, nvidia drivers won't install correctly. Therefore I had to backlist the nvidiafb module. Anyone got the same problem? Also, at my first setup, I chose all my partitions to be xfs and installer just hang at the end (after setting my root password).

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