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= Title: Debian Installer Wheezy Beta4 release =
The Debian Installer [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team|team]] is pleased to announce the Wheezy Beta4 release of the installer for Debian Wheezy.


== Improvements in this release of the installer ==

 * console-setup: Fix support for Greek and Ethiopian layouts (#691201).
 * elilo: Fix installation on ia64 (#685186).
 * grub2: Fix some EFI boot failures (#687320).
 * linux:
    * block: fix infinite loop which caused iso-scan to hang (#684293).
    * iwlwifi: Do not request unreleased firmware for IWL6000 (#689416).
    * libata: Prevent interface errors with Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex.
    * random: Improve random number generation on non-interactive systems.
    * speakup: lower default software speech rate (#686742).
    * speakup: Fix crash on goto operation (#685953).
    * tg3: Fix TSO CAP for 5704 devs w / ASF enabled.
 * netcfg:
    * Fix dns- entries in /etc/network/interfaces (#689474).
    * Kill dhcp6c after timeout unless a lease is obtained.
    * Fix segfault when netcfg/enable is false.
    * Prefer hostname found in netcfg/hostname (if set) over the one in DHCP/DNS.
    * Temporarily disable IPv6 privacy extensions.
    * Skip reachability test for empty gateway (#690868).
    * Obey netcfg/disable_dhcp for compatibility reasons and disable autoconfig.
    * Add a debconf template for netcfg/disable_autoconfig and state that netcfg/disable_dhcp is deprecated.
 * rootskel:
    * Improve speech synthesis support (#690588).
    * Update lowmem limit for graphical installer.

== Hardware support changes ==

 * libdebian-installer: Add support for versatile express platform.
 * linux:
    * [armel/kirkwood] ahci: Add JMicron 362 device IDs (#634180).
    * asix: Support DLink DUB-E100 H/W Ver C1 (#687567).
    * udeb: Add hid-logitech-dj to input-modules (#661379).
    * udeb: Add snd-hda-codec-ca0132 to sound-modules (#682368).
    * udeb: Add fuse-modules to support os-prober (#684265).
    * ath9k: Add PID/VID support for AR1111
    * rt2800usb: Add more device IDs

== 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.