Re: Debian Installer Lenny Beta1, with fixed URL
Hello,
Just to forward the announcement for the debian installer, and make a
call for testing: could you please check that brltty works as
appropriate in that release? (e.g. USB autodetection)
Otavio Salvador, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 21:14:36 -0300, a écrit :
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> [ previous announcement had a wrong URL on it pointing to the images
> directly, please use our web site instead ]
>
> The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first beta of
> Debian Lenny's Installer.
>
> This is the first release since Etch and the whole team has been hard
> at work during the past 11 months to make this release full of new
> features and bugfixes.
>
> We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer,
> so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything you else
> you will need are available at our web site:
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> Main improvements
> =================
>
> The comprehensive changelog of what has changed since the release of
> Etch is available on the wiki[1].
>
> Support for CD/DVD sets is back
> - -------------------------------
>
> Support for loading additional CDs or DVDs from a set (a feature
> missing in Etch) has been added again. As language-related packages do
> not all fit on the first CD, this greatly improves the situation for
> non-English speakers performing installations without internet
> connectivity.
>
> Clock synchronization using NTP
> - -------------------------------
>
> By default, the installer will now attempt to synchronize the system
> clock using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) when a network connection
> has been configured. The hardware clock will be updated before the
> system is rebooted.
>
> This ensures a valid system time during installation, preventing odd
> behaviors with cryptographic signatures or filesystem checks.
>
> Support for "volatile" has been added
> - -------------------------------------
>
> The installer now supports adding the "volatile.debian.org" repository
> when adding additional APT sources. In the same way as
> security.debian.org, it will be configured by default when the
> "stable" distribution is installed.
>
> In addition, it is now possible to disable the security and volatile
> sources when the installer is run in expert mode and
> security.debian.org will be configured by default for installations of
> "testing".
>
> Please read the debian-volatile homepage[2] for more information about
> the volatile project.
>
> Starting the installer from Microsoft Windows
> - ---------------------------------------------
>
> Since the integration of the win32-loader package[3], it is now
> possible to start the installer directly from Microsoft Windows
> without the need to change BIOS settings. Upon insertion of a CD-ROM,
> DVD-ROM or USB stick, an autorun program will be started, offering a
> step-by-step process to start the Debian Installer. A few installer
> settings (including language) will be preconfigured from this process.
>
> Experimental support for Serial ATA RAID (dmraid)
> - -------------------------------------------------
>
> As previously announced[4], the debian-installer now includes
> experimental support for installing Debian on systems with Serial ATA
> RAID as supported in Linux via the dmraid utility. Please see the
> dedicated wiki page[5] for more information.
>
> Other noteworthy changes
> - ------------------------
>
> * The installer has been updated to use Linux 2.6.22
> * Various changes have resulted in reduced memory usage
> * Rescue mode now supports LUKS encrypted partitions
> * Various code cleanups, reorganizations and refactorings have been done
> * A new language, Amharic has been added (to graphical installation)
>
> No longer supported
> ===================
>
> * DECstation (mips) and RiscPC (arm) machines are no longer supported
> * The sparc32 architecture is no longer supported as kernel support
> for it was dropped[6]
>
> Known issues in this release
> ============================
>
> * Support for the "relatime" mount option has been added, but is
> currently broken. See #460824
> * i386: kernel oops during installer startup on Thinkpad T41. See
> #470522
> * mips: the installer won't start on at least SGI O2[7] and qemu[8]
> * arm: this release doesn't support Netwinder[9]
> * s390: the "tape" installation method is unusable due to a kernel
> issue. See #466906
>
> Plans for next Beta release
> ===========================
>
> The next beta will be focused mainly on getting an installer version
> working with Linux 2.6.24.
>
> Other contributors have nevertheless spoken about working on non-free
> firmware support[10], improvements on the partioner[11], locale support
> and mirror selection[11] and improvements to the graphical
> installer[12].
>
> The debian-installer team is still looking for active contributors for
> new features, bug triaging and squashing, improvements on the manual
> and the developer documentation. If you want Lenny to release on time,
> please join and help[13]!
>
> References
> ==========
>
> 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/HumanReadableChangelogs/LennyBeta1
> 2. http://www.debian.org/volatile
> 3. http://packages.debian.org/win32-loader
> 4. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/07/msg00008.html
> 5. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid
> 6. http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2007/07/msg00049.html
> 7. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2008/02/msg00056.html
> 8. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00190.html
> 9. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00920.html
> 10. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00274.html
> 11. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/02/msg00285.html
> 12. http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/03/msg00121.html
> 13. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Contrib
Samuel
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