[SOLVED] Arch Linux 2012-01 (32bit-64bit) Request

TuxLyn · 2012-01-07 01:49:40

Could you guys make new iso image, because looking at the arch news there is three brick walls now.
This is time consuming when installing on many servers/desktops. Here is a few know issues from the news.

-- Users of unofficial kernels must enable devtmpfs support
-- filesystem upgrade - manual intervention required
-- initscripts update - manual intervention required

Also this would of used latest kernel 3.1.7 and other up to date packages without the need to upgrade about 500mb of files.

Thank you for the best distro ever

Last edited by TuxLyn (2012-01-07 02:04:00)

karol · 2012-01-07 01:55:16

Have you tried http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/ ?

If you plan to regularly update these installs (as you should) you will be facing manual intervention from time to time and updating hundreds of megabytes of packages on a regular basis.

Last edited by karol (2012-01-07 01:57:12)

TuxLyn · 2012-01-07 02:01:32

@karol, did not even know this existed. Thank you buddy.
If you don't mind me asking, who makes those iso's ?

Last edited by TuxLyn (2012-01-07 02:02:16)

karol · 2012-01-07 02:04:32

Please provide feedback http://www.archlinux.org/releng/feedback/submit/ wrt to these test images.

There was some talk on the ML about a new release: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 02297.html

Edit: They are provided by the releng (Release Engineering) team, the same guys that make the regular images.

Last edited by karol (2012-01-07 02:05:20)

TuxLyn · 2012-01-07 02:06:30

Yeah sorry for even asking that, I'm blind lol I should of seen this from url.
As for reporting bugs, I'll do my best. Thank you.

Last edited by TuxLyn (2012-01-07 02:07:34)

.:B:. · 2012-01-07 07:53:01

Get the official dualboot net install ISO, it should work just fine.

* The filesystem upgrade will be taken care of during the installation: it will install the latest version directly, so there's no need for an upgrade process like on an existing installation.
* Same thing applies to the initscripts.
* The devtmpfs issue only applies if you are building your custom kernel, and an installation ISO wouldn't change the slightest thing there - there is not a single Arch installation ISO that comes with a custom kernel. As such, it is pretty much a non-issue.

The three 'issues' you listed aren't related to a clean install in any way. Hence there is no need for a new ISO. If there is, you can be sure the issues at hand are acknowledged (like with the switch to Linux 3.x and the subsequent renaming of kernel images and initcpio images) and a new ISO is provided.

TuxLyn wrote:

lso this would of used latest kernel 3.1.7 and other up to date packages without the need to upgrade about 500mb of files.

Another moot point. Defaulting to the net install makes sure you don't need to pull in hundreds of megabytes needlessly. It's good practice, and it's kinder on the Arch servers or mirrors as well. There's no point in providing a new ISO just because it comes with the latest and greatest; Arch is rolling release, you're supposed to update anyway.

Last edited by .:B:. (2012-01-07 07:57:58)

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[SOLVED] Arch Linux 2012-01 (32bit-64bit) Request

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