New 2008.10 archboot test iso/img files

tpowa · 2008-10-18 13:02:37

Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2008.10, "Nepal" has been released.
http://downloads.archlinux.de/iso/2008.10-archboot/

This is just a test run if the image files are ok, please give me feedback.
If everything is alright they will be pushed to official mirrors.
Thanks in advance.

greetings
tpowa
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Changelog:

GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.27.1 usage
- pacman 3.2.1 usage
- RAM recommendations:
* arch or arch64 boot image
160 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)
* lowmem or lowmem64 boot image
64 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)

FIXES:
- merged in setup changes from installer.git
- merged in documentation changes from installer.git
- changed bootmessages
- changed intel wireless hook to improve boot speed
- fixed quickinst
- added new tz script for setting date, time and zones
- added some fixes to km
- added setup startup on first login
- added km and tz to setup dialogs
- added dmraid dialog for mkinitcpio setup
- added ntp to arch and arch64 install environment

KNOWN ISSUES:
- None

ISO and USB image files are provided, which include
i686 and x86_64 core repository. Please check md5sums before using them.

ISO files are standard CD-burnable images.
- Can be burned to CD(RW) media using most CD-burning utilities.

IMG files are full disk images.
- Intended for use with USB thumb drives.
- Can be raw-written to a drive using 'dd' or similar utilities.

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

takedown · 2008-10-18 13:39:03

good news!

andre.ramaciotti · 2008-10-18 13:43:05

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but what are these files? They'll be the next Archlinux installer or they'll serve as a base to the next installer?

dmz · 2008-10-18 13:45:57

Excellent, I hope that I can install the x64 version on my desktop with the new ISO's, with the old kernel I got some confusing IRQ collisons with my network card.

imagelife · 2008-10-18 13:48:44

yeah. Good news for community!

andreaorru · 2008-10-18 14:59:29

tpowa, are there differences with the image built the 14 october?

tpowa · 2008-10-18 15:20:37

yes fixed the setup showstopper in partitioning,
also 2.6.27.1 is included which fixes xfs and some network cards

arch0r · 2008-10-18 15:21:28

thx a lot!

dmz · 2008-10-18 15:36:46

tpowa wrote:

yes fixed the setup showstopper in partitioning,
also 2.6.27.1 is included which fixes xfs and some network cards

Hm, where can I find info about them network cards? I want to know if I'll actually be able to install the x64 version AND get a working internet connection.

Last edited by dmz (2008-10-18 15:37:06)

tpowa · 2008-10-18 16:15:39

the e100e cards were broken in .27 kernel, that is now fixed.

Pierre · 2008-10-18 16:55:13

Well, they were only broken by the RCs; the final one had a workaround. Another workaround was added in 27.1. The final fix should be in .28. However: you shouldn't fear about breaking your cards. ;-)

dmz · 2008-10-18 17:10:25

Allright.. well let's see if it works. I'll be back (maybe).

cwjiof · 2008-10-19 06:16:37

I've download the img file, and raw-write it to my USB driver using 'dd'.

But when I boot with the USB driver, I got only a prompt like this:

grub >

It seems there's something wrong with the img file.

tpowa · 2008-10-19 07:21:13

hrm strange grub is not used on the img file it should launch syslinux

tpowa · 2008-10-19 07:26:16

what dd command have you used to write the image?

cwjiof · 2008-10-19 08:16:31

I used this command:

dd if=archlinux-2008.10-archboot.img of=/dev/sdb

where sdb is my usb driver.

Should I use this command with sudo, or replace the sdb with sdb1?

Last edited by cwjiof (2008-10-19 08:29:24)

tpowa · 2008-10-19 08:23:48

this is exact the same command i use, was your stick already used by an other bootable system?

cwjiof · 2008-10-19 08:30:37

Oh, yes, of course. The driver already has grub on it's mbr (it's arch-200806).

Then what should I do? It seems I have to format it at first, isn't it? Let me try...

Done!

Thanks.

However, I think it will be more convenient if the image has man pages built in.

Last edited by cwjiof (2008-10-19 08:58:42)

tpowa · 2008-10-19 09:14:40

could you try to clean your mbr on this device?
the img file includes syslinux, don't know why this is not overwritten

tpowa · 2008-10-19 09:16:32

Man pages are not included, because archboot is running only in RAM and though stripped down to run on machines which have less RAM too.

madeye · 2008-10-19 09:24:50

Just ran a testinstall on a sparemachine with the CD. It installs fine.
Only one thing seems to go wrong. The pacman mirror configuration only selects the mirrors main URL and not the complete path. In my case it wrote

Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu

I had to change it to

Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/i686

All in all a nice clean installer. Thanks for the work you have put into this.

deej · 2008-10-19 09:31:33

I can confirm the same niggle as above for an x86_64 install.
( Thought it must have been my error; obviously not )

Synopsis:

Choose mirror from live CD ( heanet.ie )
Installation of base-system proceeds OK.
Choose to keep heanet.ie as my main mirror.
After re-boot, pacman -Syu cannot connect.

Deej

Honken · 2008-10-19 11:33:53

Perhaps this question is a bit stupid, but does this version install the whole core or can you choose the packages to be installed yourself?

tpowa · 2008-10-19 13:21:49

thanks for reporting the mirror choosing, found the issue and fixed it locally.

wideeye · 2008-10-20 02:48:15

i just wanted to mention there were a few people on irc today who ended up with incorrect permissions on /var/lib/pacman and /var/cache/pacman. The permission of /var/lib/pacman would cause pacman -Ss as a user to fail with: "error: could not register 'local' database (unexpected system error)". fixing this was a simple chmod 755 /var/lib/pacman

I'm not sure if is this an bug in archboot, or in the packages. Some of them did mention using archboot and at least one did a ftp install with archboot. If I can reproduce this tomorrow I'll file a real bug report.

- Jonathan

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