Debian-Installer pre-rc2, a technology preview release

September 30th, 2004

The pre-rc2 release is a preview of new features we hope to add to the next release candidate. This release is an opportunity to get some wider testing of our most recent improvements to the installer before we declare it stable and ready for the release of sarge.

In the nearly two months since the release of rc1, we've made a number of improvements to the installer, including:

This version of the installer is not suitable to be used as the final installer for the Debian sarge release; it may have rough edges and not all the translations are up-to-date. It should work fine for most people, and we welcome your installation reports.

Links to bootable images and documentation are on our web site.