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1 New in FAI 2.8.2
2
3 - close some bugs, which occured when using softupdates
4
5 New in FAI 2.8.1
6
7 - minor bug fixes
8 - added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO which is off unless doing initial
9 installations
10 - added german and french translation of the debconf templates
11 - task sysinfo mounts the local partitions read only
12 - move some classes from 10-base-classes to the new script
13 50-host-classes
14 - fixed a lot of typos in the fai guide
15
16 New in FAI 2.8
17
18 - rename rcS_fai to fai, add manual page fai.8
19 - new simple examples using class FAIBASE
20 - add debconf support for the package itself
21 - new action softupdates, update a system without reinstallation
22 - fai-do-scripts now executes scripts matching [0-9][0-9]*
23 - rcS.log is now fai.log
24 - major updates in fai-guide (softupdate, fai on other archs)
25 - add task prepareapt
26 - variable $addpackages removed from examples scripts
27
28 New in FAI 2.7
29
30 - closes grave and important bugs
31 - add fai-cd(8) script for creating a bootable FAI CD image
32 - add option -a to fai-mirror
33 - add option -d to install_packages
34
35 New in FAI 2.6.7
36
37 - add task debconf and new script fai-debconf for preseeding
38 - minor updates in the fai guide
39
40 New in FAI 2.6.6
41
42 - new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partitial Debian mirror
43 - setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly
44 reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical
45 - install_packages: add option -f
46 - task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info)
47 - 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel
48 - new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by
49 fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS
50 - create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD)
51 - ftar: test if directory is / before removing files recursively
52 - enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples
53 - save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to
54 /var/log/fai not to /etc/fai
55 - add supprt for booting from CD
56 - other bug fixes
57
58 New in FAI 2.6.5
59
60 - fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I
61 - install_packages does not remove unknown package names when
62 using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used
63
64 New in FAI 2.6.4
65
66 - bug fixes
67 - install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support
68 for aptitude
69
70 New in FAI 2.6.3
71
72 - make $rootpw not readable for users
73 - use default kernel 2.4.27
74 - fai-setup: add option -e
75 - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K
76 - add xfs support into the nfsroot
77 - define kernel parameters using $kappend
78
79 New in FAI 2.6.2
80
81 - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour
82 - fix broken grub entry when using class FAI_BOOTPART
83 - fai-chboot: add option -e
84
85 New in FAI 2.6.1
86
87 - new option -k for make-fai-nfroot only installs a new kernel
88 - catnc() greps now through multiple files
89 - when logging in with ssh all variables for FAI are defined by
90 sourcing /tmp/fai/variables.sh
91 - faireboot sends message to fai monitor daemon
92 - install_packages now supports taskrm (which calls tasksel
93 remove), default number of packages that are install with one
94 command is set to 99
95 - better support for installing a client with a different hostname
96 than during installaion
97
98 New in FAI 2.6
99
100 - make FAI ready-to-use for sarge
101 - make the examples much easier, remove a lot of unused stuff
102 - fai.conf is split into two files, make-fai-nfsroot specific
103 variables are moved to /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
104 - make-fai-nfsroot: more packages for hardware detection included,
105 write a warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is used
106 - rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
107 logo and let scroll region unchanged
108 - 06hwdetect.source: better hardware detection uses discover2,
109 load all pci IDE drivers, enables DMA mode for disks, include
110 code of 11modules.source
111 - task_sysinfo: show serial numbers of hard disks, show usb
112 information
113 - tasks can set return code ($terror) so faimond receives it
114 - faimond receives more messages
115 - fai-chboot: new options -d, can use localboot, so we need not
116 copy the kernel image and initrd to the install server
117 - grub-install does not probe floppy drive (which can hang the system
118 for a long time)
119 - install_packages: add option -L, new code for detecting unknown
120 package names which uses perl module AptPkg
121 - mkdebmirror: mirrors now woody and sarge in one directory
122
123 New in FAI 2.5.4
124
125 - fix bug in make-fai-bootfloppy when using -f
126 - make-fai-bootfloppy: added option -i that creates a bootable
127 ISO9960 cdrom image
128 - some sparc and PowerPC adjustments
129
130 New in FAI 2.5.3
131
132 - default kernel is 2.4.24
133 - add option -c to make-fai-{nfsroot,bootfloppy} to define a
134 different configuration directory than /etc/fai
135 - make-fai-bootfloppy: add option -c and -F, now DHCP is the
136 default protocol when -d is not used
137 - fai.conf: exclude more packages from debootstrap
138 adjust KERNELPACKAGE to new name (since fai-kernels_1.6)
139 put important variables to the top
140 remove some comments
141 - fai-chboot: new option -S sets FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
142 - The variable FAI_SOURCES_LIST is now obsolete,
143 use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead
144 - new examples for sources.list in
145 /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/etc/sources.list
146 - remove some packages that are not needed and not available in
147 sarge
148 - utility chkdebnames mostly rewritten
149 - package recommends mknbi, and does not work with netboot package
150 when using BOOTP
151
152 New in FAI 2.5.2
153
154 - fai monitor daemon added, see faimond(8)
155 - colored copyright message on console
156 - variable hdparm included again; can be used if the kernel does
157 not enables DMA for brand new IDE controllers by default
158 - package names can contain pinning information
159 - preferences file is copied from /etc/fai if it exists
160 - default kernel version is 2.4.22
161 - bug fixes
162
163 New in FAI 2.5.1
164
165 - minor bug fixes
166 - added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration
167 space using CVS
168 - initrd support when booting new kernel via network
169
170 New in FAI 2.5
171
172 - a new section in the manual which describes a simple
173 installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user'
174 - old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They
175 are located in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/{simple,advanced}
176 - added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot
177 configuration files for PXE boot
178 - the installation time is printed in seconds
179 - menu entries for grub now works also if /boot is a separate
180 partition
181 - number of packages installed at a time can be limited (use
182 $MAXPACKAGES)
183 - log files can be saved using FTP protocol
184 - the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain
185 comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored
186 - syslogd now works during installation
187 - add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed
188 - do not fsck ext3 partitions
189 - add -M option to fcopy
190 - make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails
191 - a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP
192 - added XFS support to setup_harddisks
193 - files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source
194 instead
195 - packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE
196 - added SunOS support; you can install Solaris using FAI
197 - bug fixes as always
198
199 New in FAI 2.4.1
200
201 - use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4
202 - disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems
203 - add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf
204 - add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set
205 up (boot or dhcp or both)
206 - DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to
207 vmlinuz-install
208 - new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script
209 and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier
210 - some bug fixes
211
212 New in FAI 2.4
213
214 - Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and
215 script comments. Great work Era!
216 - lots of updates in the fai guide
217 - use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/
218 must not have prefix S; the following command renames your
219 existing scripts so they will work with the new command:
220 rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh|\.pl)/$1/' S*
221 the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes
222 from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/
223 are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more,
224 fai-class has a manual page
225 - kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation
226 - USB keyboard support during installation
227 - make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which
228 uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot
229 protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy
230 - the exit status of every hook and script is written to
231 status.log
232 - the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and
233 errors and writes them to error.log
234 - variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished
235 - FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined
236 in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server
237 (but it is still possible)
238 - hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2)
239 - templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added
240 (eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux)
241 - a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and
242 fai.conf)
243 - much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user
244 visible behavior
245 - some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now
246 separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk,
247 prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they
248 are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai
249 environment, this should solve the problems with a too big
250 environment (when using xargs)
251 - PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin}
252 - new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only
253 on demand
254 - save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use
255 $SERVER
256 - make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses
257 following sources to create the file sources.list for the
258 nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files
259 /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list
260 - you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files
261 in package_config, so the following packages will only be
262 installed for this class (Please only use this in the file
263 package_config/DEFAULT)
264 - fcopy has new option -i and -B
265 - the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without
266 their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a
267 simple repository
268 - a lot of bug fixes
269
270 New in FAI 2.3.4
271
272 - the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to
273 kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel
274 >=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and
275 DHCP protocol
276
277 New in FAI 2.3.3
278
279 - important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai)
280 - copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
281 - use strict enabled in perl scripts
282 - add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default
283 - minor changes in package_config files
284 - setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2
285
286 New in FAI 2.3.2
287
288 - minor bug fixes
289 - minor changes in package_config files
290 - use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi
291 kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source
292 - use swap partitions during installation if available
293
294 New in FAI 2.3.1
295
296 - some minor bug fixes
297 - add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var
298 - $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf)
299 - changes in package_config files
300 - additional method to determine all ethernet devices
301 - manual updates for woody
302 - added a lot of comments into shell script
303 - add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
304
305 New in FAI 2.3
306
307 - all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody
308 - /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
309 - moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var
310 - add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf
311 - temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/),
312 can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired
313 - log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory,
314 last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory
315 - if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped
316 - uname -s in uppercase is also a default class
317 - all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced
318 - hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they
319 can define variables
320 - new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to
321 the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the
322 diversion; the finish task will do this for you
323 - class/*.mod files can now define variables
324 - new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU)
325 - /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf
326 - /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables
327 FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a
328 /etc/fai/.cvspass
329 - /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot
330 - additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot,
331 make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages
332 - setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment)
333 support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/
334 and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI
335 RAID controller)
336 - make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for
337 DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now
338 more space left for the kernel image), new option -s
339 - bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices
340 ($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default,
341 which can be overwritten with $netdevices
342 - add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch
343 partitions
344 - fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file
345 was copied, new options -L and -P
346 - added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts
347 belonging to a netgroup
348 - execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this
349 directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts
350 for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/
351 - use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available
352 - mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode
353 - task sysinfo calls kudzu
354 - added THANKS file
355
356 New in FAI 2.2.3
357
358 - woody support improved, but the default configuration is still
359 for potato
360 - added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
361 - Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide
362 - reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout)
363 - make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file
364 - sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
365 - utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
366 - install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is
367 misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list
368 - added class NOGETTY
369 - package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url
370
371 New in FAI 2.2.2
372
373 - bug fix: getting dhcp information
374 - added jmon to BEOWULF
375
376 New in FAI 2.2.1
377
378 - FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space
379 separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as
380 additional kernel parameters.
381 - bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name
382 (Thanks to Geert Stappers)
383 - script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more;
384 now it uses the netgroup allhosts
385
386 New in FAI 2.2
387
388 - the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster
389 - new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall
390 - new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system
391 - improved example for diskless hook
392 - major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved
393 to the subroutines file
394 - source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define
395 your own subroutines or redefine FAIs subroutines
396 - most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task
397 as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name
398 and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called
399 task_<name>) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the
400 default behavior, and not only add functions to the
401 installation process
402 - hooks can define classes by writing class names to
403 /tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to
404 /tmp/additional.var
405 - new hooks/tasks added
406 - classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning
407 before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated
408 - FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a
409 command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it.
410 - log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
411 - debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location
412 - new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new
413 task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases)
414 - get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet
415 devices via $netdevices
416 - $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of
417 ethernet devices
418 - make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer
419 - tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
420 - new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD
421
422 New in FAI 2.1
423 - NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the
424 user visible changes; changelog file is for developers
425 - woody support
426 - define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap
427 - you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual)
428 - /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook
429 - setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in
430 the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition
431 - no more problems when using other locales
432 - support for diskless clients
433 - grub support, new class LILO and GRUB
434 - new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional
435 terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation
436 process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are
437 available. In the past, this function was enabled by default.
438 Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior.
439 - before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class,
440 the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined
441 - new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain
442 distribution

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