Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 31st Mar 2007 21:55 UTC, submitted by Kuat
Arch Linux team has just released their Voodoo (version 0.8) ISOs. Many changes and brand new software application versions included, while at the same time the Arch team released Pacman, v3.0, currently available in the -Testing tree.
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Ethyriel: I've had a very hard time in the past with inconsistencies in hard drive naming between the install disk and the base system on this server (3ware RAID, booting from the Tyan onboard SATA). It kept the device names consistent, but I did still have to alter the root in grub. Net interface devices have been equally consistent. Very nice.
OK, this is off-topic, but since I often hear that people have trouble with switching device identifiers when NOT using a ramdisk, I want to point out the usual way to deal with this particular pain.
1) For drives check out persistent drive identifiers, esp. UUID.
2) For NICs take a look at udev's ability to assign identifiers based on MAC.
Any search engine should give you a nice collection on how-tos, etc.
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EDIT: trying these new-fangled quote tags.
Edited 2007-04-01 08:34
RE[2]: already got it today
by Ethyriel on Sun 1st Apr 2007 18:34
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I was planning to do a reinstall today of a badly out of date production server, so I can set it up to replace our router next weekend. I thought I'd be using the last beta, but to my surprised the final was available.
A few nice things about the install process have made it more automated. You're optionally prompted to run hwdetect for your initrd, having the very nice benefit of hard drive and network interface naming consistent. I've had a very hard time in the past with inconsistencies in hard drive naming between the install disk and the base system on this server (3ware RAID, booting from the Tyan onboard SATA). It kept the device names consistent, but I did still have to alter the root in grub. Net interface devices have been equally consistent. Very nice.