Re: Debian Installer Jessie RC 2 release
Where do I find check-sums to verify my download?
Where do I find the .iso so that I can use wget, as recommended for years and
years at www.debian.org?
Thanks.
On 20150327_1913-0500, kongo sec wrote:
> This may sound completely n00b. But this is my first time trying out Debian
> RC release...how do I update from RC1?
>
> Thanks
> On Mar 27, 2015 7:01 PM, "Cyril Brulebois" <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the second release
> > candidate of the installer for Debian 8 "Jessie".
> >
> >
> > Improvements in this release of the installer
> > =============================================
> >
> > * brltty-udeb:
> > - Make grub beep at boot when brltty was used during installation
> > (#774536).
> > * console-setup:
> > - Fix default keymap/layout for several languages.
> > * debian-installer:
> > - Keep track of more packages in Built-Using (#696418, #700026).
> > * libdebian-installer:
> > - Fix possible segfault on armel/armhf (#776488).
> > * systemd:
> > - Enable tty 2 to 6 even when dbus is not installed (#772700).
> > * tasksel:
> > - Remove pm-utils from the desktop and laptop tasks.
> > - Remove libgl1-mesa-dri from the desktop task.
> > - When a desktop is preseeded, only enable that desktop (#771576).
> > - Also install libreoffice-gtk along gnome-orca, to make LibreOffice
> > accessible (#773763).
> >
> >
> > Hardware support changes
> > ========================
> >
> > * debian-installer:
> > - Provide u-boot binaries for armhf systems without u-boot in flash.
> > - Add a workaround for the console baudrate mismatch on some
> > i.MX6-based systems.
> > * debian-installer, network-console, oldsys-preseed:
> > - Add support for Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHLv2/LS-XHL (#744714,
> > #744715, #744716).
> > * grub2:
> > - Add support for running a 64-bit Linux kernel on a 32-bit EFI
> > (#775202).
> > - Fix UEFI boot failure with some firmware that returns incorrect
> > paths (#735960).
> > * linux:
> > - [armhf] Add support for OMAP5432 uEVM (#772953).
> > - [arhmf] Add device-tree for LinkSprite pcDuino V3 (#774067).
> > - [arm64] Ensure efivars and efi-pstore are loaded on EFI systems
> > (#773309).
> > - udeb: Add i2c-designware-{core,platform} to i2c-modules and
> > i2c-hid to input-modules (#772578).
> > - [amd64] Enable EFI_MIXED to support Bay Trail systems.
> > - efi: Expose underlying UEFI firmware platform size to userland, to
> > support installation on Bay Trail systems (#775191).
> > - [armhf] Add DTB for Olimex A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (#777455).
> > - [armhf] Enable CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_GPIO as a module (#778783).
> > - [armhf] Enable FB_SIMPLE on sunxi platform, backporting fixes and
> > DTS entries.
> > - [x86] ACPI / video: Add disable_native_backlight quirk for various
> > Samsung models and Dell XPS15 L521X (#772440).
> > - [x86] ALSA: Enable SND_SOC, SND_SOC_INTEL_SST,
> > SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL_MACH, SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH,
> > SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_MAX98090_MACH as modules (#773835).
> > - arcmsr: Backport changes up to Linux 3.18 (#698821).
> > - drm: Enable DRM_BOCHS, DRM_QXL as modules (qxl disabled by default
> > but can be forced with modeset=1).
> > - Add support for Bananapro board (#779311).
> > * u-boot:
> > - Backport support for the LeMaker Banana Pro board (#779908).
> > - Backport support for A20-OLinuXino-LIME2 (#777466).
> >
> >
> > Localization status
> > ===================
> >
> > * 75 languages are supported in this release.
> > * Full translation for 19 of them.
> >
> >
> > Known bugs in this release
> > ==========================
> >
> > * Possible hang with DHCPv6 stateful addressing (#768188).
> > * Network connectivity required during hd-media installs on several
> > armel/armhf/arm64 platforms (#780994).
> >
> > See the errata[2] for details and a full list of known issues.
> >
> >
> > Feedback for this release
> > =========================
> >
> > We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so
> > please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will
> > need are available at our web site[3].
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > ======
> >
> > The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this
> > release.
> >
> > 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team
> > 2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
> > 3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer
> >
> > --
> > Cyril Brulebois
> > on behalf of the Debian Installer Team
> >
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