arch linux New install medium 2012.09.07

[ichase]

Pierre Schmitz wrote:

As is customary by now there is a new install medium available at the beginning

of this month. The live system can be downloaded from [Download][1] and be used

for new installs or as a rescue system.

 

In addition to a couple of updated packages and bug fixes the following changes

stand out:

 

* First medium with Linux 3.5 (3.5.3)

 

* The _script_ boot parameter works again ([FS#31022][2])

 

* When booting via PXE and NFS or NBD the ISO will be copied to RAM to ensure

a more stable usage.

 

* The live medium contains _usb_modeswitch_ and _wvdial_ which e.g. allows to

establish a network connection using an UMTS USB dongle

 

* Furthermore the newest versions of _initscripts_, _systemd_ and _netcfg_ are

included.

 

[1] https://www.archlinux.org/download/

 

 

[2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31022

 

URL: http://www.archlinux...edium-20120907/

[securitybreach]

Cool, thanks!

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Why would I want to install a medium. I don't believe in that seance and talking to the dead baloney.

[burninbush]

Why would I want to install a medium. I don't believe in that seance and talking to the dead baloney.

 

Grammatically, shouldn't it be 'new media' instead of 'medium'? Never quite sure about those two. But when I see 'new medium' I think of some fundamentally different method of delivery, like maybe they're using punch cards or usbsticks.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Arch Linux commits to systemd now?

 

https://www.archlinux.org/news/install-medium-20121006-introduces-systemd/

• initscripts are no longer available on the live system but are still installed by default on the target system. This is likely to change in the near future.
  

*Emphasis mine

[securitybreach]

Arch Linux commits to systemd now?

 

https://www.archlinu...oduces-systemd/

• initscripts are no longer available on the live system but are still installed by default on the target system. This is likely to change in the near future.
  

*Emphasis mine

 

Yes: http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=58274

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Hmm... missed that one somehow. Oh, yeah. I've been on hiatus.