Contents of /tags/r-2_8_1/NEWS

New in FAI 2.6.6

    - new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partitial Debian mirror
    - setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly
      reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical
    - install_packages: add option -f and -i
    - task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info)
    - 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel
    - new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by
      fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS
    - create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD)
    - ftar: test if directory / when removing files recursively
    - enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples
    - save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to
      /var/log/fai not to /etc/fai
    - add supprt for booting from CD
    - other bug fixes

New in FAI 2.6.5

    - fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I
    - install_packages does not remove unknown package names when
      using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used

New in FAI 2.6.4

    - bug fixes
    - install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support
      for aptitude

New in FAI 2.6.3

    - make $rootpw not readable for users
    - use default kernel 2.4.27
    - fai-setup: add option -e
    - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K
    - add xfs support into the nfsroot
    - define kernel parameters using $kappend 

New in FAI 2.6.2

    - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour
    - fix broken grub entry when using class FAI_BOOTPART
    - fai-chboot: add option -e

New in FAI 2.6.1

    - new option -k for make-fai-nfroot only installs a new kernel
    - catnc() greps now through multiple files
    - when logging in with ssh all variables for FAI are defined by
      sourcing /tmp/fai/variables.sh
    - faireboot sends message to fai monitor daemon
    - install_packages now supports taskrm (which calls tasksel
      remove), default number of packages that are install with one
      command is set to 99
    - better support for installing a client with a different hostname
      than during installaion

New in FAI 2.6

    - make FAI ready-to-use for sarge
    - make the examples much easier, remove a lot of unused stuff
    - fai.conf is split into two files, make-fai-nfsroot specific
      variables are moved to /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
    - make-fai-nfsroot: more packages for hardware detection included,
      write a warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is used
    - rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
      logo and let scroll region unchanged
    - 06hwdetect.source: better hardware detection uses discover2,
      load all pci IDE drivers, enables DMA mode for disks, include
      code of 11modules.source
    - task_sysinfo: show serial numbers of hard disks, show usb
      information
    - tasks can set return code ($terror) so faimond receives it
    - faimond receives more messages
    - fai-chboot: new options -d, can use localboot, so we need not
      copy the kernel image and initrd to the install server
    - grub-install does not probe floppy drive (which can hang the system
      for a long time)
    - install_packages: add option -L, new code for detecting unknown
      package names which uses perl module AptPkg
    - mkdebmirror: mirrors now woody and sarge in one directory

New in FAI 2.5.4

    - fix bug in make-fai-bootfloppy when using -f
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: added option -i that creates a bootable
      ISO9960 cdrom image 
    - some sparc and PowerPC adjustments

New in FAI 2.5.3

    - default kernel is 2.4.24
    - add option -c to make-fai-{nfsroot,bootfloppy} to define a
      different configuration directory than /etc/fai
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: add option -c and -F, now DHCP is the
      default protocol when -d is not used
    - fai.conf: exclude more packages from debootstrap
      adjust KERNELPACKAGE to new name (since fai-kernels_1.6)
      put important variables to the top
      remove some comments
    - fai-chboot: new option -S sets FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
    - The variable FAI_SOURCES_LIST is now obsolete,
      use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead
    - new examples for sources.list in
      /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/etc/sources.list
    - remove some packages that are not needed and not available in
      sarge
    - utility chkdebnames mostly rewritten
    - package recommends mknbi, and does not work with netboot package
      when using BOOTP

New in FAI 2.5.2

    - fai monitor daemon added, see faimond(8)
    - colored copyright message on console
    - variable hdparm included again; can be used if the kernel does
      not enables DMA for brand new IDE controllers by default
    - package names can contain pinning information
    - preferences file is copied from /etc/fai if it exists
    - default kernel version is 2.4.22
    - bug fixes

New in FAI 2.5.1

    - minor bug fixes
    - added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration
      space using CVS 
    - initrd support when booting new kernel via network

New in FAI 2.5

    - a new section in the manual which describes a simple
      installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user'
    - old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They
      are located in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/{simple,advanced}
    - added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot
      configuration files for PXE boot
    - the installation time is printed in seconds
    - menu entries for grub now works also if /boot is a separate
      partition
    - number of packages installed at a time can be limited (use
      $MAXPACKAGES)
    - log files can be saved using FTP protocol
    - the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain
      comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored
    - syslogd now works during installation
    - add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed
    - do not fsck ext3 partitions
    - add -M option to fcopy
    - make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails
    - a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP
    - added XFS support to setup_harddisks
    - files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source
      instead
    - packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE
    - added SunOS support; you can install Solaris using FAI
    - bug fixes as always

New in FAI 2.4.1

    - use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4
    - disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems
    - add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf
    - add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set
      up (boot or dhcp or both)
    - DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to
      vmlinuz-install 
    - new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script
      and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier
    - some bug fixes

New in FAI 2.4

    - Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and
      script comments. Great work Era!
    - lots of updates in the fai guide
    - use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/
      must not have prefix S; the following command renames your
      existing scripts so they will work with the new command:
      rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh|\.pl)/$1/' S*
      the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes
      from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/
      are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more,
      fai-class has a manual page
    - kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation
    - USB keyboard support during installation
    - make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which
      uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot
      protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy
    - the exit status of every hook and script is written to
      status.log
    - the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and
      errors and writes them to error.log
    - variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished
    - FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined
      in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server
      (but it is still possible)
    - hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2)
    - templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added
      (eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux)
    - a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and
      fai.conf)
    - much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user
      visible behavior
    - some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now
      separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk,
      prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they
      are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai
      environment, this should solve the problems with a too big
      environment (when using xargs)
    - PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin}
    - new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only
      on demand
    - save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use
      $SERVER
    - make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses
      following sources to create the file sources.list for the
      nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files
      /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list
    - you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files
      in package_config, so the following packages will only be
      installed for this class (Please only use this in the file
      package_config/DEFAULT)
    - fcopy has new option -i and -B
    - the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without
      their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a
      simple repository
    - a lot of bug fixes

New in FAI 2.3.4

    - the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to
      kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel
      >=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and
      DHCP protocol

New in FAI 2.3.3

    - important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai)
    - copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
    - use strict enabled in perl scripts
    - add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default
    - minor changes in package_config files
    - setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2

New in FAI 2.3.2

    - minor bug fixes
    - minor changes in package_config files
    - use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi
      kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source
    - use swap partitions during installation if available

New in FAI 2.3.1

    - some minor bug fixes
    - add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var
    - $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf)
    - changes in package_config files
    - additional method to determine all ethernet devices
    - manual updates for woody
    - added a lot of comments into shell script
    - add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy

New in FAI 2.3

    - all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody
    - /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
    - moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var
    - add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf
    - temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/),
      can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired
    - log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory,
      last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory 
    - if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped
    - uname -s in uppercase is also a default class
    - all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced
    - hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they
      can define variables
    - new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to
      the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the
      diversion; the finish task will do this for you
    - class/*.mod files can now define variables
    - new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU)
    - /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf
    - /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables
      FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a
      /etc/fai/.cvspass
    - /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot
    - additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot,
      make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages
    - setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment)
      support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/
      and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI
      RAID controller)
    - make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for
      DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now
      more space left for the kernel image), new option -s
    - bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices
      ($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default,
      which can be overwritten with $netdevices 
    - add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch
      partitions
    - fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file
      was copied, new options -L and -P
    - added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts
      belonging to a netgroup
    - execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this
      directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts
      for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/
    - use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available
    - mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode
    - task sysinfo calls kudzu
    - added THANKS file

New in FAI 2.2.3

    - woody support improved, but the default configuration is still
      for potato
    - added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
    - Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide
    - reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout)
    - make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file
    - sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
    - utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
    - install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is
      misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list
    - added class NOGETTY
    - package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url

New in FAI 2.2.2

    - bug fix: getting dhcp information
    - added jmon to BEOWULF

New in FAI 2.2.1

    - FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space
      separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as
      additional kernel parameters.
    - bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name
      (Thanks to Geert Stappers)
    - script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more;
      now it uses the netgroup allhosts

New in FAI 2.2

    - the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster
    - new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall
    - new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system
    - improved example for diskless hook
    - major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
      to the subroutines file
    - source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
      your own subroutines or redefine FAIs subroutines
    - most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
      as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
      and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called
      task_<name>) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the
      default behavior, and not only add functions to the
      installation process
    - hooks can define classes by writing class names to
      /tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to
      /tmp/additional.var 
    - new hooks/tasks added
    - classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning
      before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated
    - FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
      command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
    - log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
    - debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
    - new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
      task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
    - get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
      devices via $netdevices
    - $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of
      ethernet devices
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
    - tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
    - new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD

New in FAI 2.1
    - NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
      user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
    - woody support
    - define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
    - you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
    - /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
    - setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
      the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
    - no more problems when using other locales
    - support for diskless clients
    - grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
    - new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
      terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
      process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
      available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
      Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
    - before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
      the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
    - new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
      distribution
1	lange	2537	New in FAI 2.6.6
2
3	lange	2568	- new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partitial Debian mirror
4	lange	2537	- setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly
5			reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical
6	lange	2568	- install_packages: add option -f and -i
7			- task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info)
8	lange	2537	- 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel
9			- new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by
10			fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS
11	lange	2568	- create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD)
12	lange	2537	- ftar: test if directory / when removing files recursively
13			- enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples
14	lange	2547	- save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to
15			/var/log/fai not to /etc/fai
16	lange	2585	- add supprt for booting from CD
17	lange	2537	- other bug fixes
18
19	lange	2497	New in FAI 2.6.5
20
21			- fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I
22			- install_packages does not remove unknown package names when
23			using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used
24
25	lange	2489	New in FAI 2.6.4
26
27			- bug fixes
28			- install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support
29			for aptitude
30
31	lange	2464	New in FAI 2.6.3
32
33			- make $rootpw not readable for users
34			- use default kernel 2.4.27
35			- fai-setup: add option -e
36			- make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K
37			- add xfs support into the nfsroot
38	lange	2466	- define kernel parameters using $kappend
39	lange	2464
40	lange	2448	New in FAI 2.6.2
41
42			- Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour
43			- fix broken grub entry when using class FAI_BOOTPART
44			- fai-chboot: add option -e
45
46	lange	2428	New in FAI 2.6.1
47
48	lange	2438	- new option -k for make-fai-nfroot only installs a new kernel
49			- catnc() greps now through multiple files
50	lange	2428	- when logging in with ssh all variables for FAI are defined by
51			sourcing /tmp/fai/variables.sh
52			- faireboot sends message to fai monitor daemon
53			- install_packages now supports taskrm (which calls tasksel
54			remove), default number of packages that are install with one
55			command is set to 99
56			- better support for installing a client with a different hostname
57			than during installaion
58
59	lange	2378	New in FAI 2.6
60	lange	2313
61			- make FAI ready-to-use for sarge
62			- make the examples much easier, remove a lot of unused stuff
63			- fai.conf is split into two files, make-fai-nfsroot specific
64			variables are moved to /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
65			- make-fai-nfsroot: more packages for hardware detection included,
66			write a warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is used
67			- rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
68			logo and let scroll region unchanged
69	lange	2378	- 06hwdetect.source: better hardware detection uses discover2,
70			load all pci IDE drivers, enables DMA mode for disks, include
71			code of 11modules.source
72	lange	2313	- task_sysinfo: show serial numbers of hard disks, show usb
73			information
74	lange	2378	- tasks can set return code ($terror) so faimond receives it
75	lange	2396	- faimond receives more messages
76	lange	2378	- fai-chboot: new options -d, can use localboot, so we need not
77			copy the kernel image and initrd to the install server
78	lange	2313	- grub-install does not probe floppy drive (which can hang the system
79			for a long time)
80	lange	2378	- install_packages: add option -L, new code for detecting unknown
81			package names which uses perl module AptPkg
82	lange	2313	- mkdebmirror: mirrors now woody and sarge in one directory
83
84	lange	2201	New in FAI 2.5.4
85
86			- fix bug in make-fai-bootfloppy when using -f
87	lange	2205	- make-fai-bootfloppy: added option -i that creates a bootable
88			ISO9960 cdrom image
89			- some sparc and PowerPC adjustments
90	lange	2201
91	lange	2189	New in FAI 2.5.3
92
93			- default kernel is 2.4.24
94			- add option -c to make-fai-{nfsroot,bootfloppy} to define a
95			different configuration directory than /etc/fai
96			- make-fai-bootfloppy: add option -c and -F, now DHCP is the
97			default protocol when -d is not used
98			- fai.conf: exclude more packages from debootstrap
99			adjust KERNELPACKAGE to new name (since fai-kernels_1.6)
100			put important variables to the top
101			remove some comments
102			- fai-chboot: new option -S sets FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
103			- The variable FAI_SOURCES_LIST is now obsolete,
104			use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead
105			- new examples for sources.list in
106			/usr/share/doc/fai/examples/etc/sources.list
107			- remove some packages that are not needed and not available in
108			sarge
109			- utility chkdebnames mostly rewritten
110			- package recommends mknbi, and does not work with netboot package
111			when using BOOTP
112
113	lange	2132	New in FAI 2.5.2
114
115			- fai monitor daemon added, see faimond(8)
116			- colored copyright message on console
117			- variable hdparm included again; can be used if the kernel does
118			not enables DMA for brand new IDE controllers by default
119			- package names can contain pinning information
120			- preferences file is copied from /etc/fai if it exists
121			- default kernel version is 2.4.22
122			- bug fixes
123
124	lange	2068	New in FAI 2.5.1
125
126			- minor bug fixes
127	lange	2489	- added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration
128	lange	2068	space using CVS
129			- initrd support when booting new kernel via network
130
131	lange	1870	New in FAI 2.5
132	lange	1825
133	lange	1999	- a new section in the manual which describes a simple
134			installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user'
135	lange	2189	- old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They
136			are located in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/{simple,advanced}
137	lange	1825	- added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot
138			configuration files for PXE boot
139	lange	2027	- the installation time is printed in seconds
140			- menu entries for grub now works also if /boot is a separate
141			partition
142			- number of packages installed at a time can be limited (use
143			$MAXPACKAGES)
144	lange	1901	- log files can be saved using FTP protocol
145	lange	1999	- the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain
146			comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored
147	lange	1901	- syslogd now works during installation
148	lange	1825	- add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed
149			- do not fsck ext3 partitions
150			- add -M option to fcopy
151	lange	1999	- make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails
152	lange	1870	- a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP
153	lange	1999	- added XFS support to setup_harddisks
154			- files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source
155			instead
156			- packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE
157	lange	2027	- added SunOS support; you can install Solaris using FAI
158	lange	1999	- bug fixes as always
159	lange	1825
160	lange	1776	New in FAI 2.4.1
161
162			- use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4
163			- disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems
164			- add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf
165			- add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set
166			up (boot or dhcp or both)
167			- DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to
168			vmlinuz-install
169			- new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script
170			and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier
171			- some bug fixes
172
173	lange	1357	New in FAI 2.4
174
175	lange	1724	- Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and
176	lange	1357	script comments. Great work Era!
177	lange	1707	- lots of updates in the fai guide
178	lange	1487	- use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/
179			must not have prefix S; the following command renames your
180			existing scripts so they will work with the new command:
181			rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh\|\.pl)/$1/' S*
182	lange	1394	the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes
183			from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/
184			are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more,
185	lange	1487	fai-class has a manual page
186	lange	1707	- kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation
187			- USB keyboard support during installation
188			- make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which
189			uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot
190			protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy
191			- the exit status of every hook and script is written to
192			status.log
193			- the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and
194			errors and writes them to error.log
195			- variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished
196			- FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined
197			in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server
198	lange	1825	(but it is still possible)
199	lange	1707	- hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2)
200			- templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added
201	lange	1825	(eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux)
202	lange	1564	- a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and
203			fai.conf)
204	lange	1724	- much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user
205			visible behavior
206	lange	1394	- some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now
207	lange	1487	separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk,
208			prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they
209			are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai
210			environment, this should solve the problems with a too big
211			environment (when using xargs)
212	lange	1357	- PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin}
213			- new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only
214			on demand
215	lange	1394	- save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use
216			$SERVER
217	lange	1662	- make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses
218	lange	1394	following sources to create the file sources.list for the
219			nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files
220			/etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list
221	lange	1487	- you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files
222			in package_config, so the following packages will only be
223			installed for this class (Please only use this in the file
224			package_config/DEFAULT)
225	lange	1707	- fcopy has new option -i and -B
226	lange	1564	- the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without
227	lange	1662	their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a
228			simple repository
229	lange	1357	- a lot of bug fixes
230
231	lange	1267	New in FAI 2.3.4
232
233			- the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to
234			kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel
235			>=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and
236			DHCP protocol
237
238	lange	1264	New in FAI 2.3.3
239
240	lange	1265	- important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai)
241	lange	1264	- copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
242			- use strict enabled in perl scripts
243			- add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default
244	lange	2313	- minor changes in package_config files
245	lange	1264	- setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2
246
247	lange	1241	New in FAI 2.3.2
248
249			- minor bug fixes
250			- minor changes in package_config files
251			- use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi
252			kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source
253			- use swap partitions during installation if available
254
255	lange	1223	New in FAI 2.3.1
256
257			- some minor bug fixes
258			- add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var
259			- $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf)
260			- changes in package_config files
261			- additional method to determine all ethernet devices
262			- manual updates for woody
263			- added a lot of comments into shell script
264			- add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
265
266	lange	975	New in FAI 2.3
267	lange	942
268	lange	1168	- all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody
269	lange	942	- /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
270	lange	1021	- moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var
271	lange	1103	- add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf
272	lange	1149	- temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/),
273	lange	1169	can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired
274			- log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory,
275			last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory
276	lange	1070	- if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped
277	lange	1149	- uname -s in uppercase is also a default class
278	lange	1113	- all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced
279			- hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they
280			can define variables
281			- new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to
282	lange	1070	the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the
283	lange	1113	diversion; the finish task will do this for you
284			- class/*.mod files can now define variables
285	lange	1062	- new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU)
286	lange	1021	- /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf
287	lange	1074	- /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables
288	lange	1021	FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a
289			/etc/fai/.cvspass
290			- /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot
291			- additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot,
292			make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages
293			- setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment)
294	lange	1113	support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/
295			and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI
296			RAID controller)
297	lange	1021	- make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for
298	lange	1074	DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now
299	lange	1149	more space left for the kernel image), new option -s
300	lange	1021	- bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices
301			($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default,
302			which can be overwritten with $netdevices
303	lange	975	- add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch
304			partitions
305	lange	1062	- fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file
306	lange	1074	was copied, new options -L and -P
307	lange	1021	- added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts
308			belonging to a netgroup
309	lange	1074	- execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this
310			directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts
311	lange	1113	for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/
312	lange	1149	- use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available
313	lange	1021	- mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode
314	lange	1149	- task sysinfo calls kudzu
315	lange	1021	- added THANKS file
316	lange	942
317	lange	891	New in FAI 2.2.3
318
319	lange	921	- woody support improved, but the default configuration is still
320			for potato
321	lange	891	- added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
322			- Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide
323			- reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout)
324			- make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file
325			- sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
326	lange	892	- utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
327	lange	1357	- install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is
328			misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list
329	lange	921	- added class NOGETTY
330			- package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url
331	lange	891
332	lange	861	New in FAI 2.2.2
333
334			- bug fix: getting dhcp information
335			- added jmon to BEOWULF
336
337	lange	856	New in FAI 2.2.1
338
339			- FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space
340			separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as
341			additional kernel parameters.
342			- bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name
343			(Thanks to Geert Stappers)
344			- script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more;
345			now it uses the netgroup allhosts
346
347	lange	760	New in FAI 2.2
348
349	lange	831	- the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster
350			- new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall
351	lange	835	- new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system
352	lange	831	- improved example for diskless hook
353	lange	836	- major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
354	lange	760	to the subroutines file
355	lange	831	- source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
356	lange	1394	your own subroutines or redefine FAIs subroutines
357	lange	760	- most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
358			as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
359	lange	831	and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called
360	lange	836	task_<name>) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the
361			default behavior, and not only add functions to the
362	lange	831	installation process
363			- hooks can define classes by writing class names to
364			/tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to
365			/tmp/additional.var
366	lange	769	- new hooks/tasks added
367	lange	831	- classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning
368			before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated
369	lange	760	- FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
370			command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
371			- log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
372			- debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
373			- new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
374			task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
375	lange	766	- get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
376			devices via $netdevices
377	lange	831	- $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of
378			ethernet devices
379	lange	766	- make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
380	lange	831	- tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
381			- new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD
382	lange	760
383	lange	663	New in FAI 2.1
384	lange	722	- NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
385			user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
386			- woody support
387			- define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
388			- you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
389			- /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
390	lange	663	- setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
391			the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
392			- no more problems when using other locales
393	lange	703	- support for diskless clients
394	lange	722	- grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
395	lange	703	- new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
396			terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
397			process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
398			available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
399	lange	722	Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
400			- before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
401			the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
402	lange	723	- new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
403			distribution