2.1-CURRENT beta 1 now available
The first beta release of 2.1-CURRENT is now available. This is the first release of the install image that will be the forthcoming 3.0-RELEASE.
It would be fantastic to get some good testing on this one. This is the first install image with the new 2.6.22 kernel, and the new kernel that will cover all “flavours”. In other words, there is no longer a -BOOT, -up, and -smp kernel. The -BOOT kernel has been removed; the installer uses the standard kernel. As well, the -up kernel has been removed in favour of simply using an SMP-aware kernel.
The installer itself hasn’t changed much other than providing support for the new IDE drivers in the kernel, and setting up the default email address for all security alerts to go to. Other than that, the installer is largely identical to that for 2.0-RELEASE and I don’t anticipate making any changes to it unless bugs are encountered (hence the call for testing). Please report all bugs to bugzilla.
It would be appreciated, due to the changes in IDE controller support, if the install CDs could be tried out on various hardware. Even if you don’t plan to do an install, if you can afford to take a system down for five minutes just to make sure it correctly detects your hard drives and then reboot back to your normal OS, it would be highly appreciated.
