Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2009.08-1, "Schmollie" has been released.

Changelog:

GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.30.2 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:
- use ftp mirror from installation, also if menu pacman mirror was not called. 
- fixed openvpn

New Setup Features:
- removed custom dsdt support
- added dmraid support
- new autodetection of advanced hooks like lvm2, raid, dmraid and encrypt
- many cleanups in device seletion and detection, while creating complex devices

Environment changes:
- removed custom dsdt support
- changed dmraid to 1.0.0.rc15
- changed to bash 4.0
- changed to new rpcbind and nfs-utils
- removed portmap,madwifi, madwifi-utils and rt2500
- adopted initcpio default changes
- updated pacman mirrorlist
- added testdisk, photorec, wipe, ddrescue, clamav, w, who
- booting to complex root devices can be done with advanced= parameter
  (to override the standard arch_mdadm, arch_lvm2 and arch_encrypt order of hooks!)
  eg. use root=/yourdevice advanced=arch_encrypt,arch_mdadm
  -> This will change to encrypt first, before creating raid device

KNOWN ISSUES:
- None ;)

Hybrid image file is provided, which include
i686 and x86_64 core repository. Please check md5sum before using it.

Hybrid image file is a standard CD-burnable image and also a raw disk image.
    - Can be burned to CD(RW) media using most CD-burning utilities.
    - Can be raw-written to a drive using 'dd' or similar utilities.
      This method is intended for use with USB thumb drives.

- removed files from mirrors on 18th march 2010, please use a newer iso image.

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

greetings
tpowa