Hi Arch community,

Arch Linux (archboot creation tool) 2010.03-1, "2k10-R2" has been released.

Changelog:

GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.32.10 / LTS kernel 2.6.27.45
- pacman 3.3.3 usage
- RAM recommendations: 288 MB

Kernel changes:

Removed features:

Environment changes:
- nilfs2 filesystem tools added
- btrfs filesystem tools added
- gdisk added

hwdetect changes:

setup changes:
- a lot of internal function cleanup
- better menu switching
- better dialogs
- support virtio block devices
- added GUID (gpt support)
- added raid4 and raid6 support
- new bootloader section added,
  including GRUB2 support and many more sanity checks
- possibility to run bootloader instance standalone

quickinst changes:
- adopted changes to quickinst script

KNOWN ISSUES:
- FTP installation mode:
  - None ;)
- CD installation mode:
  - 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 16th july 2010, please use a newer iso image.

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

greetings
tpowa