Contents of /trunk/NEWS

New in FAI 2.2

    - major reorganisation of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
      to the subroutines file
    - 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. If this hook creates the file /tmp/skip.<name>,
      then the default task of FAI (called task_<name>) will not be
      executed. So, hooks can replace the default behaviour, and not
      only add functions to the installation process
    - 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
    - source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
      your own subroutines or redefine FAI's subroutines
    - 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 determine the ethernet
      devices
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer

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, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
    - new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
      distribution
1	lange	760	New in FAI 2.2
2
3			- major reorganisation of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
4			to the subroutines file
5			- most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
6			as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
7			and executes it. If this hook creates the file /tmp/skip.<name>,
8			then the default task of FAI (called task_<name>) will not be
9	lange	766	executed. So, hooks can replace the default behaviour, and not
10			only add functions to the installation process
11	lange	760	- FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
12			command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
13			- log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
14	lange	766	- source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
15	lange	760	your own subroutines or redefine FAI's subroutines
16			- debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
17			- new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
18			task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
19	lange	766	- get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
20			devices via $netdevices
21			- $netdevices can be set or automaticly determine the ethernet
22			devices
23			- make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
24	lange	760
25	lange	663	New in FAI 2.1
26	lange	722	- NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
27			user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
28			- woody support
29			- define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
30			- you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
31			- /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
32	lange	663	- setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
33			the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
34			- no more problems when using other locales
35	lange	703	- support for diskless clients
36	lange	722	- grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
37	lange	703	- new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
38			terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
39			process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
40			available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
41	lange	722	Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
42			- before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
43			the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
44	lange	723	- new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
45			distribution