[arch] Voodoo Beta2 ISO release

[Guillermo A. Amaral]

On Saturday 24 Feb 2007, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
> Hi folks,
> after one month heavy hacking during the evenings/weekends on archboot.
> 0.8 Beta2 Isos are available for i686 and x86_64.
>
> This time only isolinux is used to avoid non booting cd media.
> - switched to kernel 2.6.20.1
> - to boot the ISO 96 MB RAM are recommended, it breaks somewhere between 80
> - 90 MB RAM.
>   (calculated like this: kernel image + initrd size + decompressed initrd)
> - fixed many other small things i cannot remember ;)
>
> The 0.8 Isos now run like any installed arch system,
>    here are the highlights:
>    * pacman is included to allow installation of any other needed package
>      in install environment.
>    * complete /etc/rc.d/ and /etc/rc.conf support
>    * complete arch network support, including ssh,telnet and portmap
> services * custom config files support:
>      any media with /config directory and files will be copied to /etc/
>      install environment
>    * loading packages as addons during boot:
>      any media with /packages directory including pacman packages will be
>      installed during bootup.
>    * links and naim included to be able to communicate over the internet.
>    * complete kexec support
>    * updated doku to 0.8
>
> grab them from your favorite mirror or here:
> ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/0.8/
>
> please test those Isos well and try to break them, we are stepping forward
> to rc candidates soon :)
> please fill bugs to:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org
>
> Again to clarify Beta2 doesn't mean Arch 0.8 is in beta2 stage, the install
> environment is meant with beta2.
>
> Have fun and thanks for testing.
>
> greetings
> tpowa

Nice! 

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