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New in FAI 2.5
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- a new section in the manual which describes a simple
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installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user'
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- old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They are
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located in /usr/share/doc/examples/{simple,advanced}
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- added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot
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configuration files for PXE boot
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- log files can be saved using FTP protocol
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- the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain
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comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored
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- syslogd now works during installation
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- add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed
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- do not fsck ext3 partitions
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- add -M option to fcopy
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- make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails
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- a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP
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- added XFS support to setup_harddisks
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- files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source
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instead
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- packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE
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- changes in code for more Solaris compatibility
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- bug fixes as always
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New in FAI 2.4.1
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- use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4
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- disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems
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- add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf
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- add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set
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up (boot or dhcp or both)
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- DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to
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vmlinuz-install
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- new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script
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and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier
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- some bug fixes
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New in FAI 2.4
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- Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and
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script comments. Great work Era!
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- lots of updates in the fai guide
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- use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/
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must not have prefix S; the following command renames your
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existing scripts so they will work with the new command:
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rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh|\.pl)/$1/' S*
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the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes
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from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/
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are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more,
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fai-class has a manual page
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- kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation
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- USB keyboard support during installation
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- make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which
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uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot
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protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy
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- the exit status of every hook and script is written to
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status.log
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- the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and
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errors and writes them to error.log
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- variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished
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- FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined
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in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server
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(but it is still possible)
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- hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2)
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- templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added
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(eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux)
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- a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and
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fai.conf)
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- much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user
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visible behavior
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- some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now
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separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk,
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prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they
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are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai
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environment, this should solve the problems with a too big
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environment (when using xargs)
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- PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin}
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- new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only
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on demand
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- save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use
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$SERVER
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- make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses
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following sources to create the file sources.list for the
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nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files
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/etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list
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- you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files
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in package_config, so the following packages will only be
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installed for this class (Please only use this in the file
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package_config/DEFAULT)
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- fcopy has new option -i and -B
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- the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without
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their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a
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simple repository
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- a lot of bug fixes
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New in FAI 2.3.4
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- the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to
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kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel
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>=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and
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DHCP protocol
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New in FAI 2.3.3
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- important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai)
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- copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
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- use strict enabled in perl scripts
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- add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default
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- minor changes in packages_config files
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- setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2
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New in FAI 2.3.2
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- minor bug fixes
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- minor changes in package_config files
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- use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi
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kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source
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- use swap partitions during installation if available
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New in FAI 2.3.1
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- some minor bug fixes
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- add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var
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- $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf)
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- changes in package_config files
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- additional method to determine all ethernet devices
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- manual updates for woody
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- added a lot of comments into shell script
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- add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
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New in FAI 2.3
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- all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody
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- /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
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- moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var
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- add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf
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- temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/),
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can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired
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- log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory,
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last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory
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- if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped
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- uname -s in uppercase is also a default class
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- all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced
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- hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they
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can define variables
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- new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to
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the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the
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diversion; the finish task will do this for you
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- class/*.mod files can now define variables
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- new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU)
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- /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf
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- /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables
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FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a
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/etc/fai/.cvspass
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- /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot
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- additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot,
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make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages
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- setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment)
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support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/
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and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI
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RAID controller)
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- make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for
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DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now
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more space left for the kernel image), new option -s
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- bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices
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($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default,
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which can be overwritten with $netdevices
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- add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch
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partitions
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- fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file
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was copied, new options -L and -P
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- added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts
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belonging to a netgroup
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- execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this
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directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts
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for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/
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- use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available
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- mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode
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- task sysinfo calls kudzu
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- added THANKS file
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New in FAI 2.2.3
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- woody support improved, but the default configuration is still
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for potato
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- added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
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- Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide
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- reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout)
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- make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file
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- sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
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- utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
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- install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is
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misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list
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- added class NOGETTY
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- package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url
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New in FAI 2.2.2
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- bug fix: getting dhcp information
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- added jmon to BEOWULF
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New in FAI 2.2.1
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- FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space
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separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as
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additional kernel parameters.
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- bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name
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(Thanks to Geert Stappers)
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- script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more;
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now it uses the netgroup allhosts
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New in FAI 2.2
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- the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster
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- new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall
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- new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system
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- improved example for diskless hook
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- major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
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to the subroutines file
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- source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
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your own subroutines or redefine FAIs subroutines
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- most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
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as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
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and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called
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task_<name>) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the
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default behavior, and not only add functions to the
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installation process
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- hooks can define classes by writing class names to
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/tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to
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/tmp/additional.var
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- new hooks/tasks added
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- classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning
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before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated
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- FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
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command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
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- log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
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- debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
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- new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
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task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
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- get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
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devices via $netdevices
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- $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of
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ethernet devices
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- make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
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- tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
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- new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD
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New in FAI 2.1
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- NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
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user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
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- woody support
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- define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
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- you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
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- /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
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- setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
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the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
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- no more problems when using other locales
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- support for diskless clients
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- grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
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- new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
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terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
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process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
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available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
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Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
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- before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
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the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
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- new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
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distribution
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