2008.03-0.3 Isos released, installation feedback

dolby · 2008-03-24 22:12:02

for some reason most mirrors ive tried dont sync the other/ directory, and most of the ones thats do dont have yet the 2008.03 dir or have other/ empty. i could find it in only one besides archlinux.org which is ftp.tu-chemnitz.de. havent tried them all though

ibendiben · 2008-03-24 22:53:15

Installed the 2008.03-0.1 i686 iso, everything seems to be fine till now...
I got a pacman warning though, while installing the base(+some support and lib) packages saying something like:

dependency cycle detected:
installing bash before glibc
dependency cycle detected:
installing readline before glibc...
same for ncurses...
and same message for db before coreutils...

But again, except I got one kernel panic (hehe) installing kde... don't know what was that exactly to be honest... but anyway I rebooted and forced the install and I'm typing from the freshly installed system now, so no major installer problems!

OzMick · 2008-03-24 23:03:22

Thanks for getting the atl2 in by default, it sure is frustrating to try to update network modules when network is lost with kernel updates

Kiske · 2008-03-25 14:08:39

Thx for atl2 support. Now i can atleast install nvidia drivers and configure xorg!!=))

strankan · 2008-03-25 14:10:33

Gonna give this a try tonight on my old crappy laptop

alcafar · 2008-03-25 14:31:03

Great job! I was not able to install with the official ftp 2 days ago, but yesterday I tried your brand new x86_64 ftp iso and everything worked.
I became an archer with your iso
I have always used easy distros until now and I think it's time to learn something more about Linux.

Blind · 2008-03-25 14:31:59

I have no atl2 card, but I am reading the arch-dev open mailing list.
I have to say, I am amazed at the tone there, even though I might not have the full picture. In any case, I think that kernel patches are fine if they help people. And about ISO quality: you use it to install stuff once, it works, I am happy (!) and don't give a F&%$ if they are technically imperfect. This would be a different issue if my system was running that way.
Don't mean to say archiso is obsolete: I will try it our very soon, and appreciate its existence. But again: and I have been following this for some time now, please don't start locking out users because you think that this doesn't 'fit' your coding philosophy. I seriously doubt that the atl2 driver patch will significantly complicate the kernel.

Cheers,
Blind

fwojciec · 2008-03-25 15:01:15

Yeah, I must say that yesterday's activities on the dev mailing list (and the build up towards it, since the initscripts thread) are about the most disappointing things about Arch linux thus far (in my experience with the distro). And this is the first time, I think, that I've said anything critical about Arch at all.

I know that tpowa has worked hard on the new iso, helping to fix bug reports that were holding things up along the way, so I think he should be thanked for it, not subjected to a total critique because of some, basically, insignificant detail.

kensai · 2008-03-25 16:34:48

Works like a champ.

Misfit138 · 2008-03-25 19:36:01

One small bug:

When choosing 2: Partition hard drives, there is a small typo on the introduction screen.
-.."You should make a swap partition and as many data partition as you will need."
+ "You should make a swap partition and as many data partitions as you will need."

Other than that, working superbly, thanks.

millerl · 2008-03-25 22:02:12

i686 is working well for me!

Blind · 2008-03-26 02:53:32

fwojciec wrote:

Yeah, I must say that yesterday's activities on the dev mailing list (and the build up towards it, since the initscripts thread) are about the most disappointing things about Arch linux thus far (in my experience with the distro). And this is the first time, I think, that I've said anything critical about Arch at all.
I know that tpowa has worked hard on the new iso, helping to fix bug reports that were holding things up along the way, so I think he should be thanked for it, not subjected to a total critique because of some, basically, insignificant detail.

Yup. I wish that the project lead would be more poised and considerate in answering to criticism.
That is vital for the success of a project.
Regards,
Blind

strankan · 2008-03-26 06:19:40

i686 worked like a charm for me on my old lappy. Only issue is I'm having some strange speed problems with my wlan, but thats not related to the isos. Great work!

ibendiben · 2008-03-26 08:58:29

Blind wrote:

fwojciec wrote:
Yeah, I must say that yesterday's activities on the dev mailing list (and the build up towards it, since the initscripts thread) are about the most disappointing things about Arch linux thus far (in my experience with the distro). And this is the first time, I think, that I've said anything critical about Arch at all.
I know that tpowa has worked hard on the new iso, helping to fix bug reports that were holding things up along the way, so I think he should be thanked for it, not subjected to a total critique because of some, basically, insignificant detail.
Yup. I wish that the project lead would be more poised and considerate in answering to criticism.
That is vital for the success of a project.
Regards,
Blind

Yeah, I thought the overall *not-flaming* tone in Archlinux was one of it's strongest points
It seems like there are quite a few irritations, why? Archlinux is doing great! It should be fun to help it develop and teamwork is important here!

nsb · 2008-03-26 09:53:24

Hi

I have tried the 86_64x iso and I had no problems except, that the command locale -a did not work during the installation, there were no zoneinfos and I think on the installed system I have an empty /etc/locale.gen file, meanwhile the settings of the installation (de_CH) are working.
But otherwise: thank you for the good work!

Misfit138 · 2008-03-26 12:38:55

Tension is sometimes part of interpersonal relationships and, even friendships.
Let's try and stay on topic.

Richer · 2008-03-26 14:03:41

I don't want to change the topic either, but i read in the dev-arch mailing list that tpowa leaves arch for some time for personal reasons. I want to now what will happen with these iso images...it's going to be (fully) released some time?

PD: i'm not a native english speaker (or writer)

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dyscoria · 2008-03-26 14:19:00

Richer wrote:

I don't want to change the topic either, but i read in the dev-arch mailing list that tpowa leaves arch for some time for personal reasons. I want to now what will happen with these iso images...it's going to be (fully) released some time?

I'm not a developer, but I can safely tell you that there will be a fully released ISO. tpowa seems to be the main person behind the iso's, but I imagine he's not going to be ditching it before leaving (although i'm sure noone would hold it against him considering how much he's done for arch). Even if he does, its not like nobody else in the dev team is capable of creating an ISO.

Anyways, back on topic. Just installed arch on another partition and all is in working order (64bit). I don't exactly have ridiculously rare hardware though. Thanks!

ruhar · 2008-03-26 15:53:11

Just installed fresh using the ftp ISO and it worked like a charm. I had several issues installing using the last ISO but this one seems smooth as silk. Great work!

quad3d@work · 2008-03-26 15:59:11

Used 2008.03-0.2 i686 core ISO.

Configuring using encryption and I got some msg...

/sbin/udevsettle: no such file or directory

But installation went fine, no problems other than above.

Sjoden · 2008-03-26 23:40:36

Installed RC2 in virtualbox on WinXP with no problems. Posting in Fluxbox with Kazehakase. Great job devs!

-Zack

hacosta · 2008-03-26 23:54:10

iso works fine here

@tpowa, so long, and thanks for all the fish.

wavenator · 2008-03-27 05:23:08

all works fine here
I've just installed the ftp iso 686 disk

tpowa · 2008-03-27 08:42:58

quad could you tell me when this message appears? during boot? during package installation?

hussam · 2008-03-27 15:33:41

Tpowa, I downloaded and booted the iso two days ago to fix a grub issue. It was only the 0.1 cd because the mirror I used didn't have the 0.2 cd.
I used it as a resuce cd.
I didn't try the install but I was able to use the kernel on the core cd to boot my actual system. I was also able to use it to fix grub.

The cd is working great. but I get a /sbin/udevsettle: no such file or directory error.
It happened at boot.

I have /home and root drive encrypted. Swap isn't encrypted of course.

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