Contents of /trunk/NEWS

New in FAI 2.2.3

    - added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
    - minor bug fixes
    - 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
    - woody support improved
    - sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
    - utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils

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 FAI's 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	New in FAI 2.2.3
2
3	- added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
4	- minor bug fixes
5	- Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide
6	- reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout)
7	- make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file
8	- woody support improved
9	- sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
10	- utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
11
12	New in FAI 2.2.2
13
14	- bug fix: getting dhcp information
15	- added jmon to BEOWULF
16
17	New in FAI 2.2.1
18
19	- FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space
20	separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as
21	additional kernel parameters.
22	- bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name
23	(Thanks to Geert Stappers)
24	- script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more;
25	now it uses the netgroup allhosts
26
27	New in FAI 2.2
28
29	- the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster
30	- new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall
31	- new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system
32	- improved example for diskless hook
33	- major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
34	to the subroutines file
35	- source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
36	your own subroutines or redefine FAI's subroutines
37	- most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
38	as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
39	and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called
40	task_<name>) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the
41	default behavior, and not only add functions to the
42	installation process
43	- hooks can define classes by writing class names to
44	/tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to
45	/tmp/additional.var
46	- new hooks/tasks added
47	- classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning
48	before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated
49	- FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
50	command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
51	- log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
52	- debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
53	- new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
54	task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
55	- get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
56	devices via $netdevices
57	- $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of
58	ethernet devices
59	- make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
60	- tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
61	- new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD
62
63	New in FAI 2.1
64	- NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
65	user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
66	- woody support
67	- define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
68	- you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
69	- /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
70	- setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
71	the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
72	- no more problems when using other locales
73	- support for diskless clients
74	- grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
75	- new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
76	terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
77	process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
78	available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
79	Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
80	- before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
81	the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
82	- new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
83	distribution