After much effort by several people, we're happy to announce the release of version 0.6.2 of AstLinux (just in time for Thanksgiving--in the US). Files are available for download on the SourceForge website:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170462 There are many updates to Astlinux 0.6.2 from 0.6.1 and countless more from 0.4.8. (see the release notes on the SourceForge site for more details). There are several bug fixes and updates to packages in this release. It's recommended that anyone using Astlinux, upgrade to this version. You'll notice two or three versions per target device. (.iso, .img.gz and .tar.gz). I'll try to explain here which image you'll want to use. If you are brand new to Astlinux and want to just try it out on existing hardware, download one of the ISO images. Burn these ISO images to a cdrom using your favorite image burning program. I didn't think it made much sense to create ISO's for the net4801 or net5501. Note that at this time, you cannot install the image from the CD. If you're new and want to install AstLinux, you'll want to grab the most appropriate img.gz file. (note that the net5501 image should work just fine with the PC Engine's ALIX boards). gunzip the file, then use either dd or physdiskwrite to transfer the image to a compact flash. A 128MB partition will be created on the CF card. If you're an existing 0.6.x user, you can upgrade to 0.6.2 by downloading the appropriate tar.gz file. Decompress the archive and copy the files to your 'os' directory on the compact flash. More details about creating and using unionfs and the key disk are available on the Astlinux website (http://www.astlinux.org). I want to thank Philip and Lonnie for their many hours of contributions to this latest release. Philip has really cleaned up some of the underlying build system structure. Lonnie has done a great job with the web interface which continues to evolve and improve. I'd also like to thank Kristian who got this whole thing started and allowed us to run with it. Enjoy! Darrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
