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* Support for sparc32 has been discontinued for Lenny. This also means that
  booting from floppy is no longer supported for sparc.
1 installation-guide (2007xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
2
3 [ Martin Michlmayr ]
4 * Remove all information about RiscPC because these machines are
5 no longer supported.
6
7 [ Joey Hess ]
8 * Document the new tasksel/desktop preseed for lenny.
9
10 [ Frans Pop ]
11 * Add cm-super to build dependencies as that improves the quality of the
12 Russian PDF version.
13 * Suggest 'nousb' instead of debian-installer/probe/usb as USB modules are
14 now loaded automatically.
15 * Fix incorrect instruction for preseeding local repositories.
16 Thanks to Rémi Demarthe. Closes: #420894.
17 * Add translatable entities for Continue, Cancel and Go Back buttons.
18 * Add build dependencies on texlive-lang-* packages for languages for which
19 the manual has translations.
20 * Document new boot parameters "lowmem" and "dmraid".
21 * Document new location of graphical mini.iso images.
22 * Document base-installer/kernel/image preseed.
23
24 [ Joey Hess ]
25 * Document new lilo-installer/skip preseed.
26 * Document passwd/user-default-groups preseed.
27
28 [ Colin Watson ]
29 * Recommend preseeding mirror/country to "manual" rather than "enter
30 information manually" (choose-mirror 2.17).
31 * Remove text talking about devfs-style device names, which are no longer
32 supported.
33 * preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml: Pluralise "gigabyte" consistently.
34
35 [ Joey Hess ]
36 * Document clock-setup/ntp.
37
38 [ Frans Pop ]
39 * Support for sparc32 has been discontinued for Lenny. This also means that
40 booting from floppy is no longer supported for sparc.
41
42 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:34:23 +0200
43
44 installation-guide (20070319) unstable; urgency=low
45
46 [ Frans Pop ]
47 * Cleaned up definitions of some entities and removed unused ones.
48 * Implement infrastructure that allows entities to be translated.
49 Thanks to Miroslav Kure for providing the patch. Closes: #344048, #406515.
50 * Disable Korean PDF/PS formats for builds for the website.
51 * appendix/files: update information about mouse configuration, based on a
52 patch from Peter Samuelson (for which thanks). Closes: #406290.
53 * boot-installer, appendix/preseed: document preseed/interactive parameter.
54
55 [ Joey Hess ]
56 * Fix package name for installation-reports, and manual unfuzzy of all
57 translations. Closes: #408408
58
59 [ Frans Pop ]
60 * welcome:
61 - make links to FSF and GNU more consistent (closes: #410317)
62 - we do not necessarily share the ideals of the FSF (closes: #410129)
63 Thanks to Francesco Poli for suggesting these changes.
64 * using-d-i: guided partitioning now creates swap inside LVM.
65 Thanks to Francesco Poli. Closes: #411399.
66 * Document installs over PPPoE. Based on a text proposed by Eddy Petrisor.
67 Closes: #408340.
68 * installation-howto: update for the integration of base-config into D-I.
69 * appendix/preseed:
70 - as exim no longer asks any questions during installations, there is no
71 real need to document it anymore
72 - add link to Philip Hand's website as it contains many creative examples
73 - document how to select the ftp protocol during mirror selection
74 - document how to install from CD/DVD only (and not use a network mirror)
75 * Update base/standard system and task sizes.
76
77 [ Joey Hess ]
78 * Document debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated.
79
80 [ Wouter Verhelst ]
81 * Update mac68k installation after notes from Finn Thain, upstream mac68k
82 kernel hacker.
83
84 [ Frans Pop ]
85 * Replace entity in example-preseed.txt file. Thanks to Geert Stappers for
86 spotting the error. Closes: #413257.
87
88 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:12 +0100
89
90 installation-guide (20070122) unstable; urgency=low
91
92 * Enable Catalan, Brazillian, Korean and Spanish again.
93 * Enable new Hungarian translation.
94
95 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:41:57 +0100
96
97 installation-guide (20070115) unstable; urgency=low
98
99 [ Colin Watson ]
100 * Document new pkgsel/include setting.
101 * Fix incorrect documentation on preseeding additional apt sources.
102 * Fix typo in hppa hardware support documentation
103 (https://launchpad.net/bugs/55164).
104 * Adjust chroot-install guide to take account of debootstrap being
105 Architecture: all now (https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765).
106
107 [ Frans Pop ]
108 * Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall and Holger Wansing.
109 Closes: #378404, #370484, #370425.
110 * Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation.
111 * Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get.
112 * Add /srv in overview of directory tree in partitioning appendix.
113 * Update section on partitioning using LVM to reflect recent changes.
114 * Apply various patches by or based on suggestions from Nathanael Nerode.
115 Some of the bigger changes include:
116 - Update of processor support for the i386 architecture.
117 - Update information on setting up a RARP server.
118 * Add variant for the AMD64 architecture. Closes: #305977.
119 * Suppress warnings about missing IDs for sections and such.
120 * Reorganize supported hardware table; i386 no longer has flavors.
121 * Document SMP-alternatives as one of the variants of SMP support.
122 * Document how to shut down the system. Based on patch from Holger Levsen.
123 Closes: #248067.
124
125 [ Miroslav Kure ]
126 * Update information about booting with encrypted partitions.
127 Closes: #378651.
128
129 [ Joey Hess ]
130 * Update preseeding docs to document listing more than one disk for
131 partman-auto/disk and grub-installer/bootdev
132
133 [ Changwoo Ryu ]
134 * Add support for Korean PDF output. Requires latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex.
135 Closes: #381657.
136
137 [ David Härdeman ]
138 * Update preseeding documentation for partman-auto.
139
140 [ Frans Pop ]
141 * Correct error for alpha netboot installations. Thanks to Aurélien Géröme.
142 Closes: #386591.
143 * Correct number of release arches. Thanks to Holger Wansing. Closes: #384321.
144 * Minor corrections suggested by Malcolm Parsons. Closes: #388138.
145 * Document new boot parameters theme and directfb/hw-accel.
146 * Remove now obsolete distinction between classic and common kpkg.
147 * Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.17.
148 * Set default value for manual_release in build wrapper scripts.
149 * Add new section in preseeding appendix on partman-auto-raid. Not included
150 in preseed text file as it is still somewhat experimental.
151 * Document changes in guided partitioning and added encrypted LVM support.
152 * Disable m68k for official builds as it is not a release architecture.
153 * buildweb.sh: use 'mv -f' to avoid errors during builds on the webserver.
154 * Minor corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. Closes: #394413, #394471.
155 * Update task sizes as per D-I RC1.
156 * New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems.
157 * Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot.
158 * Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel.
159
160 [ Joey Hess ]
161 * Update for recent floppy changes.
162 * Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh.
163 * Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it
164 trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds.
165 (See #393641)
166 * Update the installation report template to match current one in
167 installation-report.
168
169 [ Philip Hands ]
170 * Clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's
171 bootloader's command line.
172
173 [ Joey Hess ]
174 * Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved
175 some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910
176 * Document auto=true boot parameter.
177
178 [ Frans Pop ]
179 * Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer.
180 * Document mouse/left boot parameter.
181 * Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables
182 intended for the target system at the boot prompt.
183 * Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt.
184 * Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME.
185 * Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section.
186 * Minor corrections suggested by Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #397790.
187 * Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing. Closes: #397974.
188
189 [ Martin Michlmayr ]
190 * Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete.
191 * Mention Intel IOP32x support.
192 * Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2.
193
194 [ Frans Pop ]
195 * Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18.
196 * Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from
197 Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588.
198 * Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues
199 for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and
200 for his overview of issues.
201 * Etch ships with X.Org 7.1.
202 * Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists.
203 * General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual.
204 * Update of installed/download size of tasks.
205 * Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues.
206 * Avoid generating XML files multiple times for translations using PO files
207 when using build.sh or buildweb.sh sripts.
208 * bookinfo:
209 - Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch.
210 * hardware:
211 - Remove ancient section on parity RAM. Closes: #403035.
212 - Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov.
213 Closes: #389516.
214 - PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table.
215 - Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table.
216 - Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches)
217 and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware.
218 * preparing:
219 - Clean out ancient hardware issues.
220 * boot-installer/parameters:
221 - Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters.
222 - Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters.
223 - Document new option to blacklist kernel modules.
224 * boot-installer/trouble:
225 - Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option.
226 Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439.
227 - Add a note that installation reports will be published.
228 * install-methods:
229 - All architectures that support TFTP booting also support DCHP, so remove
230 the "supports-dhcp" condition.
231 - According to the text, Alpha supports BOOTP.
232 - Use dhcp3-server for examples rather than dhcp (version 2).
233 - tftpd-hpa does not use /tftpboot by default; allow for this in examples.
234 Closes: #342076.
235 * using-d-i:
236 - Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by
237 Holger Wansing. Closes: #400263.
238 * boot-new:
239 - Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete
240 debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402492.
241 - As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser.
242 - Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser.
243 - Mention documentation packages.
244 - Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of
245 problems.
246 * post-install:
247 - Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it
248 automatically after all. Closes: #402437.
249 - Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as
250 exim4 now configures for "local mail only" by default). Closes: #402857.
251 * appendix/preseed:
252 - Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen and Holger Wansing.
253 Closes: #397923.
254 * appendix/chroot-install:
255 - Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929.
256
257 [ Frans Pop ]
258 * Prepare for release. This release is mostly for testing purposes, the real
259 release targeted at Etch will be next week.
260 * Add and enable amd64 architecture.
261 * Update control file for dropped m68k and added amd64 architectures.
262 * Disable Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Brazillian translations as they are
263 not yet complete.
264 * Enable Finnish translation.
265
266 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:10:16 +0100
267
268 installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low
269
270 [ Joey Hess ]
271 * Update kernel building section to conditionalise some more 2.4 kernel
272 stuff.
273 * Suggest passing --initrd to make-kpkg since the docs say nothing about
274 compiling disk drivers into the kernel.
275 * Document new passwd/root-login setting.
276 * Booting a USB stick via a boot floppy is not supported by current
277 installer images.
278 * Update preseeding docs to use task names, not short descriptions, since
279 that will work now and is more convenient for preseeding.
280 * Document the kde-desktop and gnome-desktop subtasks.
281
282 [ Frans Pop ]
283 * Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall.
284 * chroot-install:
285 - add /etc/hosts to be created for network configuration (closes: #364517)
286 - make kernel/linux-image variable (closes: #345482)
287 * Document -- command line option for passing parameters to boot loader
288 configuration (closes: #309889).
289 * Switch Finnish from XML-based to PO-based translation.
290 * Bring numbering and layout of GPL more in line with original. With thanks
291 to Holger Wansing.
292 * Add functionality to include optional paragraphs in translations.
293 Initially two have been defined:
294 - a paragraph in bookinfo for information about the translation;
295 - a note in appendix/gpl.xml required with unofficial GPL translations.
296
297 [ Joey Hess ]
298 * Document new preseed/run setting.
299 * Prebaseconfig renamed to finish-install, which changes some documentation,
300 and. notably, renames one of the xml files.
301 * hd-media size changed to 256 mb.
302 * Document new aliases added in preseed 1.17 for common debconf boot
303 parameters: fb, url, file, locale, interface.
304
305 [ Frans Pop ]
306 * Document guided partitioning using LVM and update partitioning section.
307
308 [ Martin Michlmayr ]
309 * The RiscPC flavour is now known as "rpc" rather than "riscpc".
310 * As of 2.6, r4k-ip22 also rupports r5k machines do the r5k-ip22 flavour
311 has been dropped.
312
313 [ Holger Levsen ]
314 * Added the remaining suggestions about nubus and non-powerpc macs
315 (closes: #364546).
316 * Restructured the chapter about powerpc supported hardware, moved
317 unsupported machines to the end.
318 * Updated the information about existing kernel flavours.
319
320 [ Miroslav Kure ]
321 * Document installation to encrypted partitions (partman-crypto).
322 * Update XOrg to 7.0.
323
324 [ Frans Pop ]
325 * Etch has been assigned version 4.0.
326 * Update kernel versions to 2.6.16.
327 * Base languages to be built for website on list of release languages.
328 * arm, mips and mipsel switched to 2.6 kernels.
329 * Enable Brazillian Portuguese and Vietnamese translation for release.
330 * Disable Greek translation as it is too incomplete.
331
332 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:27:52 +0200
333
334 installation-guide (20060427) unstable; urgency=low
335
336 [ Joey Hess ]
337 * Update preseeding docs for base-config removal.
338 * Add documentation of how to change apt-setup security source with
339 preseeding.
340 * Remove the sarge preseeding docs.
341 * Remove mentions of base-config and move base-config stuff to elsewhere.
342 * Add documentation of apt-setup, user-setup, clock-setup, tzsetup, and
343 pkgsel.
344 * Change some references to tty3 (messages) to instead refer to tty4
345 (syslog).
346 * Change references to /var/log/debian-installer to just /var/log/installer.
347 * Remove docs for baseconfig-udeb; going away with base-config.
348 * Removed various bits of sarge cruft when it made things easier.
349
350 [ Frans Pop ]
351 * Change default build to Etch.
352 * Remove all Sarge specific content and make Etch specific content default.
353 * Delete some obsolete entities.
354 * Change references from package d-i-manual to package installation-guide.
355 * Explicitly specify XML declaration as required by openjade 1.4devel1-15
356 (closes: #360241).
357 * Update appendix on chroot installs:
358 - mention that debootstrap also requires basic Unix/Linux commands;
359 - comment out link to outdated rpm packages of debootstrap.
360
361 [ Colin Watson ]
362 * Add a few more supports-floppy-boot and bootable-usb conditionals to
363 make it easier to turn all this off in rebuilds of the manual.
364 * Etch uses X.Org 6.9, and xserver-xorg instead of xserver-xfree86.
365 * Document how to pick a particular interface with
366 netcfg/choose_interface, including how to do this before reading a
367 preseed file.
368 * Remove obsolete substvar.
369 * Build-depend on libhtml-parser-perl for build/preseed.pl.
370
371 [ Joey Hess ]
372 * Add docs about preseeding a fallback to a static IP if dhcp fails.
373 * Update copyright date.
374 * It's possible to use preseeding to set up LVM now, so remove stuff about
375 it not working.
376 * Document DHCP preseeding. Note that this documents it as of netcfg 1.24
377 and preseed 1.13.
378
379 [ Martin Michlmayr ]
380 * Bring ARM up to date with reality: remove unsupported flavours, add
381 NSLU2.
382 * Fix Netwinder/CATS download location.
383 * Improve the Netwinder TFTP boot instructions.
384 * The Netwinder firmware is no longer available due to license problems.
385 * Mention NSLU2 download location.
386 * Describe how to flash the installer image onto the NSLU2.
387 * Describe how to boot a Cobalt machine.
388
389 [ Frans Pop ]
390 * Document new option to preseed additional apt sources for target system.
391 * Document how to create a preconfiguration file.
392 * Enable Catalan, Italian and Swedish translations for release.
393 * Disable Brazillian Portuguese translation as it is too incomplete.
394
395 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:00:32 +0200
396
397 installation-guide (20060102) unstable; urgency=low
398
399 [ Frans Pop ]
400 * Fix build error caused by description for s390. Closes: #337382.
401 * Update kernel package names and kernel versions per architecture.
402 * Move documentation on preseeding to separate appendix for etch.
403 * Use new, more flexible perl script to extract example preseed file from
404 new appendix.
405 * Set proper POT-Creation-Date when generating new POT files.
406 * New translations started: Polish, Swedish, Vietnamese.
407 * First release of Greek and Korean translations.
408 * Exclude Traditional Chinese translation as it was not updated.
409 * Switch release name to Etch (3.1+δ).
410
411 [ Joey Hess ]
412 * Update installation report template and instructions for etch.
413
414 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:44:59 +0100
415
416 installation-guide (20051025) unstable; urgency=low
417
418 * Mention in copyright that full GPL is included in the manual.
419 Closes: #334925
420 * Register installed documents with doc-base.
421 * Minor updates in English text and translations.
422
423 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:37:25 +0200
424
425 installation-guide (20051019) unstable; urgency=low
426
427 [ Joey Hess ]
428 * Split off from the debian-installer source package.
429 See the changelog for debian-installer for older changelog entries.
430
431 [ Frans Pop ]
432 * Change over to building arch all packages in section doc. Build separate
433 packages for each arch containing all translations.
434 * Change package name to installation-guide.
435 * Include translations already available on official website.
436
437 -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:12:35 +0200

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