
We still provide mkinitrd for those that need that, but will only support it when used with initscripts.

Mageia 2 will default to dracut as tool for creating initrds (initial ramdisk, used during boot). Amongst numerous bugfixes and features, the new kernel offers support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support, improved performance and a new subsystem such as a new iscsi stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework. Mageia 2 beta 3 currently ships with the latest stable release of kernel 3.3.1, and the actual release will be shipped with 3.3.x. Mageia 2 beta 3 ships with stable glibc 2.14.1. Major new features Installation Base system glibc Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-GNOME-Europe1-Americas-x86_64-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-KDE4-Asia-Noindia-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-KDE4-Africa-India-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-GNOME-Europe2-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-GNOME-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-GNOME-Asia-Noindia-i586-CD.iso.Mageia-2-beta3-LiveCD-GNOME-Africa-India-i586-CD.iso.pick up the right architecture: 32 or 64 bits (new for this release!) - all languages not available yet.

pick up your language among 62 available.

10 live CDs: how to choose the right one.md5: d59646013835d4c24f0867e7d95b7bb59f7adf4aĬontains most of the proprietary WiFi and video drivers.dual arch CD: one single iso with both 32 and 64bits.content will be added in coming releases depending on reports.3 main graphical environments (KDE, GNOME, LXDE) - e17 has been added on isos for Beta1.You can download it from directly (easiest way) or by selecting your mirror from and going into isos/cauldron.
