News about Debian for IA-64
March 4th, 2003
Installer CD image updated
A new installation CDROM image is now available. This version uses a 2.4.19 020821.1 kernel. This kernel includes all the storage and network drivers required to install on every ia64 system Bdale has access to. Enjoy! HTTP.
May 6th, 2002
Installer CD image updated
The ISO image for creating a CDROM containing the Debian installation toolset for IA-64 has been freshened to the kernel and "boot floppies" versions that we expect to be included in the Debian 3.0 (woody) release. Enjoy! HTTP.
January 28th, 2002
Installer CD image updated
The ISO image for creating a CDROM containing the Debian installation toolset for IA-64 has been freshened to a version from early December that works well on the systems we have access to. HTTP.
August 10th, 2001
Installer CD image published
An ISO image for creating a CDROM containing the Debian installation toolset for IA-64 is now available via HTTP.
August 6th, 2001
Debian accepts ia64 for release with Debian 3.0 (woody)!
It is with great pleasure that we announce the acceptance of ia64 as an architecture for the upcoming Debian 3.0 stable release, codename woody. Installation tools for ia64 are now in the woody tree, and packages now in unstable are beginning to be promoted to the testing/woody tree.
July 24th, 2001
Official Request to Release with Debian 3.0 (woody)
Approximately 70% of all Debian packages are built and up to date in the archives, an automated build system is running smoothly, installation tools are available in the archive, and the number of systems running is growing rapidly.
January 16th, 2001
First Native Boot
Debian booted on IA-64 natively for the first time, after development in a chroot environment on top of a TurboLinux base install.