1.6.1-rc2 released for x86_64 and i686 - "Moose Drool"

[Auke Kok]

With great pleasure we release "Moose Drool", also known as
the Lunar-Linux 1.6.1-rc2 Installer ISO in to the public. This is the first production 
ready ISO release that installs both on x86_64 and i686, which gets us ready for our 
final 1.6.1 release on 2 architectures

This ISO comes with gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6, linux-2.6.19.2 (*), perl-5.8.8,
and other rock solid base components. The new kernel means better PATA and SATA support. 
Updated discover allows better hardware recognition, and smooth installation on 
non-common hardware. More disk-related modules are now available on the installer too so 
you can install on cciss and other raid systems (SAS) with less trouble.

(*) the x86_64 iso has 2.6.19.1

The x86_64 version is native/pure 64-bit, and thus does not provide grub as a bootloader 
, as there is no pure 64bit grub bootloader yet. We're planning and experimenting with 
multilib support, but a mixed 32/64-bit ISO is not expected until after 1.6.1-final.

Download locations are here:

http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-i686.iso.bz2   [243MB]
http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-i686.iso.bz2.md5
http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-i686.iso.md5

http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-x86_64.iso.bz2  [246MB]
http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-x86_64.iso.bz2.md5
http://www.lunar-linux.org/lunar/testing/lunar-1.6.1-rc2-x86_64.iso.md5

Enjoy,

Auke

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KNOWN ISSUES:
(1) during install time, errors are displayed when the kernel sources are extracted. 
These are harmless and non-critical. We advice you to install a kernel from source after 
installing, as some packages require a properly installed kernel source.

(2) Grub is not available on the x86_64 ISO, allthough it shows up in the menu's as a 
possible choice. Please use lilo.

Please report other issues asap to us, thanks!