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New install medium 2012.09.07

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http://www.archlinux.org – Pierre Schmitz wrote: As is customary by now there is a new install medium available at the beginning of this month. The live system can be downloaded from Download and be used for new installs or as a rescue system. In addition to a couple of updated packages and bug fixes the following changes stand out: First medium with Linux 3.5 (3.5.3) The script boot parameter works again (FS#31022) When booting via PXE and NFS or NBD the ISO will be copied to RAM to ensure a more stable usage. The live medium contains usb_modeswitch and wvdial which e.g. allows to establish a network connection using (Distributions)

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Pierre Schmitz wrote: The October release of the Arch Linux install medium is available for Download and can be used for new installs or as a rescue system. It contains a set of updated packages and the following notable changes:

systemd is used to boot up the live system. initscripts are no longer available on the live system but are still installed by default on the target system.

Pierre Schmitz wrote: Version 2012.12.01 of our install and rescue medium is available on our Download page. The latest snapshot contains:

arch-install-scripts 9 with an improved fstab generator linux 3.6.8 systemd 196 the usual updates to our core packages

The next boring snapshot release is scheduled for January 2013.

On December 1, Pierre Schmitz proudly informed Arch Linux users that the usual monthly release install medium, Arch Linux 2012.12.01, is now available for download.

I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10. However, I get the following error:

(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

I get this every time I try to install it on an old dual core PC. I'm booting from a USB but don't have any other usb ports in use. Is there something in particular that I'm doing wrong or should I try installing using a CD?

Brett VanKirk wrote:muffinss wrote:The new install medium uses kernel 3.6.4 so any person doing a fresh install of Arch with the new medium running >4gb of ram with an AMD processor, use mem=4G at boot in grub.I am a little concered about this.

Hi, I have Ubuntu 12.0.4 live cd on my other computer right now. But for some reason it isn't working correctly. I'm trying to install it over windows 7 but after it pulls up the purple ubuntu loading screen, a minute or two passes and I get this error everytime: (initramfs) unable to find a medium containing a live file system. Someone please help me, I don't know what is going on with Ubuntu!

Pierre Schmitz wrote: The latest snapshot of our install and rescue media can be found on our Download page. The 2012.11.01 ISO image mainly contains minor bug fixes, cleanups and new packages compared to the previous one:

First media with Linux 3.6 copytoram=n can be used to not copy the image to RAM on network boot.

Parabola, a project based on Archlinux that aims to provide a lightweight and flexible GNU/Linux distribution, is now at version 2012.10.17. According to the developers of Parabola, this is a new install medium available created by Esteban Carnevale (alfplayer).

I have read the other post but seems like they did not help my problem...So im getting unable to find a medium containing a live file system” error when installing it gets to a certin line in the command line then errors out with that message. Is there a way or a work around?? I also tried to boot from USB but its booting straight into windows.