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revision 2448 by lange, Thu Aug 26 18:19:28 2004 UTC revision 3242 by lange, Thu Jan 12 14:54:02 2006 UTC
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1    New in FAI 2.9.1
2    
3        - new class FAISERVER can install the fai install server from CD
4        - new command fai-statoverride
5        - some bug fixes
6    
7    New in FAI 2.9
8    
9        - lots of bug fixes
10        - splitting the FAI package into more packages:
11          fai-server, fai-client, fai-nfsroot, fai-doc, fai-quickstart
12        - use a 2.6 kernel by default
13        - Config scripts named S[0-9][0-9]* are not executed any
14          more. Rename them to match [0-9][0-9]*.
15        - fcopy now supports a preinst script, add option -U, ignore .svn
16          directories
17        - new option -I for make-fai-bootfloppy can specify default
18          interface, new option -B creates 2.88M floppy
19        - use md5 hash for passwords
20        - backticks and variables can't be used in package_config any more
21        - root-path does not need to be defined in dhcpd.conf any more
22          (fai-chboot does it for you)
23        - fai-cd's El Torito boot image is not limited to 2.88M any more
24    
25    New in FAI 2.8.4
26    
27        - small but important bug fix: remove non-US entry
28    
29    New in FAI 2.8.3
30    
31        - remove debconf support for package itself, debconf support for
32          the installation was not removed
33    
34    New in FAI 2.8.2
35    
36        - close some bugs, which occured when using softupdates
37    
38    New in FAI 2.8.1
39    
40        - minor bug fixes
41        - added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO which is off unless doing initial
42          installations
43        - added german and french translation of the debconf templates
44        - task sysinfo mounts the local partitions read only
45        - move some classes from 10-base-classes to the new script
46          50-host-classes
47        - fixed a lot of typos in the fai guide
48    
49    New in FAI 2.8
50    
51        - rename rcS_fai to fai, add manual page fai.8
52        - new simple examples using class FAIBASE
53        - add debconf support for the package itself
54        - new action softupdates, update a system without reinstallation
55        - fai-do-scripts now executes scripts matching [0-9][0-9]*
56        - rcS.log is now fai.log
57        - major updates in fai-guide (softupdate, fai on other archs)
58        - add task prepareapt
59        - variable $addpackages removed from examples scripts
60    
61    New in FAI 2.7
62    
63        - closes grave and important bugs
64        - add fai-cd(8) script for creating a bootable FAI CD image
65        - add option -a to fai-mirror
66        - add option -d to install_packages
67    
68    New in FAI 2.6.7
69    
70        - add task debconf and new script fai-debconf for preseeding
71        - minor updates in the fai guide
72    
73    New in FAI 2.6.6
74    
75        - new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partitial Debian mirror
76        - setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly
77          reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical
78        - install_packages: add option -f
79        - task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info)
80        - 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel
81        - new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by
82          fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS
83        - create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD)
84        - ftar: test if directory is / before removing files recursively
85        - enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples
86        - save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to
87          /var/log/fai not to /etc/fai
88        - add supprt for booting from CD
89        - other bug fixes
90    
91    New in FAI 2.6.5
92    
93        - fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I
94        - install_packages does not remove unknown package names when
95          using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used
96    
97    New in FAI 2.6.4
98    
99        - bug fixes
100        - install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support
101          for aptitude
102    
103    New in FAI 2.6.3
104    
105        - make $rootpw not readable for users
106        - use default kernel 2.4.27
107        - fai-setup: add option -e
108        - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K
109        - add xfs support into the nfsroot
110        - define kernel parameters using $kappend
111    
112  New in FAI 2.6.2  New in FAI 2.6.2
113    
114      - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour      - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour
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196  New in FAI 2.5.1  New in FAI 2.5.1
197    
198      - minor bug fixes      - minor bug fixes
199      - added chapter to the fai guide how to reveive the configuration      - added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration
200        space using CVS        space using CVS
201      - initrd support when booting new kernel via network      - initrd support when booting new kernel via network
202    

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