Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2008.12-1, "Nepal" has been released.

Changelog:

GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.27.7 usage
- pacman 3.2.1 usage
- RAM  recommendations:
     * arch or arch64 boot image
       160 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)
     * lowmem or lowmem64 boot image
       64 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)

FIXES:
- merged in setup changes from installer.git
- merged in documentation changes from installer.git
- changed bootmessages
- changed intel wireless hook to improve boot speed
- fixed quickinst
- added new tz script for setting date, time and zones
- added some fixes to km
- added setup startup on first login
- added km and tz to setup dialogs
- added dmraid dialog for mkinitcpio setup
- added ntp to arch and arch64 install environment

KNOWN ISSUES:
- dmraid is broken.
  workaround get the dmraid-1.0.0rc14-2 package from a
  mirror and use arch_addons parameter to get it into instal environnment.
- due to a compilation bug memtest is not working correct, 
  sorry folks it was reported too late.

ISO and USB image files are provided, which include
i686 and x86_64 core repository. Please check md5sums before using them.

ISO files are standard CD-burnable images.
    - Can be burned to CD(RW) media using most CD-burning utilities.

IMG files are full raw disk images.
    - Intended for use with USB thumb drives.
    - Can be raw-written to a drive using 'dd' or similar utilities.

- removed files from mirrors on 11th february 2010, please use a newer iso.

Further documentation can be found on-disk and on the wiki.
Have fun!

greetings
tpowa