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= Title: Debian Installer Wheezy Beta2 release =
The Debian Installer [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team|team]] is pleased to announce the second beta release of the installer for Debian Wheezy.


== Improvements in this release of the installer ==

 * espeakup: Fix voice path according to multiarch switch (#682313). This fixes the failure to switch languages.
 * grub-installer: Fix /proc mounting code to use linprocfs on GNU/kFreeBSD (#613430). This fixes the failure to find a GRUB device on those systems.
 * mountmedia: Fix hang due to trying to mount extended partitions (#683849).
 * linux kernel: Updated from 3.2.21-3 to 3.2.23-1.
 * netcfg:
    * List available ESSIDs (Closes: #637128).
    * Improve support for s390 and s390x.
 * silo:
    * Fix ext4 support.
    * Fix timeout-related crashes on sparc (Niagara - sun4v).
 * udev:
    * Fix qcontrol/LED/beeper support on arm.
    * Fix persistent-net-generator on s390 and s390x.
 * win32-loader:
    * Switch to the 'Joy' theme.
    * Default to the graphical installation for all kernels.
 * xserver-xorg-input-mouse: Fix crash on GNU/kFreeBSD (#683849).


== Hardware support changes ==

 * libdebian-installer:
   * Support for reading hardware model from Device Tree (armel).
   * Add Dreamplug device (Kirkwood)
 * linux kernel:
    * Add support for r8169 on mipsel.
 * s390x support should be working fine now (#681760).

== Localization changes ==
 * 73 languages are supported in this release. Full translation for 57 of them.

== Known issues in this release ==

 * Installing from the 1st CD without a network mirror doesn't install a full desktop environment.

== Feedback for this release ==

We do need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need are available at our [[http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer|web site]].

=== Thanks ===

The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.