Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2009.04-1, "Schlumpi" has been released.

Changelog:

GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.29.1 usage
- pacman 3.2.2 usage
- RAM  recommendations:
     * arch or arch64 boot image
       256 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)
     * lowmem or lowmem64 boot image
       96 MB RAM i686/x86_64 (all packages selected, with swap partition)

FIXES:
- fixed network settings in rc.conf on ftp install and dhcp
- fixed use mirror from ftp install
- fixed broken memtest binary
- fixed broken dmraid

New Setup Features:
- Added consistent menu dialog switching
- Added software raid, lvm2 and luks encrytpion creation support to setup
- Added new autoconfiguration of mkinitcpio.conf
- Added ntfs creation support in CD installation
  (uses ntfs-3g, which is not supported in ftp installation mode!)
- Added root password dialog instead of plain shell dialog
- Added ext4 support

Environment changes:
- added virtio kernel modules for virtualization
- added crda for correct wireless support
- added ntfs-3g support

KNOWN ISSUES:
- iwlwifi-3945-ucode and ipw2100-fw is not complete. 
  Reason: One firmware file is missing.
  Workaround:
  - mount image and install firmware from image file.
    eg. cdrom:
    mount /dev/cdrom /src
    pacman -U /src/core-$(uname -m)/pkg/iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8-1-$(uname
    -m).pkg.tar.gz
    pacman -U /src/core-$(uname -m)/pkg/ipw2100-fw-3.1-2-$(uname
    -m).pkg.tar.gz
- grub cannot detect correct bios boot order.
  It may happen that hd(x,x) entries are not correct,
  thus first reboot may not work. 
  Reason: grub cannot detect bios boot order. 
  Fix: Either change bios boot order or change menu.lst to correct entries
  after successful boot.
  This cannot be fixed it's a restriction in grub!

- removed files from mirrors on 31. May 2009, please use 2009.05-2 instead.

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

greetings
tpowa