Alpha Core 2 is available

[Rajiv Prasad]

Hi folks:

First of all, a big thanks to all who put together AC-2.0.  Great job!

I downloaded all four iso files, but I'm getting different MD5SUMs for 
disks 2 and 4 that what is stated in the MD5SUMS file:

Disk    What I get (What's in the MD5SUMS file on download site(s))
2    c8daa38efd53749e45105525a0726bb2 (b078896e1862ba211364e6286aa6ee26)
4    7e9bf8937d64c7d22def2d7dc9974adb (f6c6946e095c238c7242d36adba59d06)

Can anyone else please verify this?

Thanks.

Rajiv



Sergey Tikhonov wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I guess there is no need to wait any longer. :)
> Yes, Alpha Core 2 (Tosia) is available!
>
> It is based on the Fedora Core 4 source tree.
> Main features of this release:
> - gcc 4.0 with working java
> - all packages are build with gcc 4.0
> - most java packages
> - Eclipse IDE
> - Fixed autopartitioning and update mode during setup
> - framebuffer driver for TGA video adapters works
>
> Known issues:
> - SMP kernel doesn't work (someone could try older AC1 kernel)
> - java interpreter (gij) could generate UAE (unalligned access 
> exceptions) during run of java code
> - gcc could generate code that will produce UAEs. This is due bad 
> coding practices. :)
> - AS800 still requires disconnect of network cable in order to boot
>
> The AC2 is expected to boot on most modern Alphas. :)
>
> I would like to say thanks to all who waited for this release.
> Special thanks to:
> - Cristan Balint for support, help, testing and ftp hosting.
> - Jay Estabrook for support, help, testing, patches
> - Jon Norstog for donating PWS
> - RedHat for keep going and accepting patches for alpha
>
> The iso images are available at:
> ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/AlphaLinux/core/2.0/iso/
>
> I would suggest to wait a little bit until images will be available 
> from other (faster) sources.
>
> Regards,
>