Contents of /trunk/debian/NEWS

New in FAI 2.10.1

    - minor fix in fai-chboot

New in FAI 2.10

    - add option -n to fcopy
    - several new listing options for fai-chboot, add option -c for
      copying PXE configurations
    - verbose output when defining variables
    - add urpmi and yum support to install_packages
    - add new subroutine mkrw(), which makes read-only directories
      writeable. Very cool and usefull thing until we can use unionfs
    - When booting from fai-cd the config space /fai is now writeable
    - class FAISERVER sets up an apt-proxy

New in FAI 2.9.1

    - new class FAISERVER can install the fai install server from CD
    - new command fai-statoverride
    - some bug fixes

New in FAI 2.9

    - lots of bug fixes
    - splitting the FAI package into more packages:
      fai-server, fai-client, fai-nfsroot, fai-doc, fai-quickstart
    - use a 2.6 kernel by default
    - Config scripts named S[0-9][0-9]* are not executed any
      more. Rename them to match [0-9][0-9]*.
    - fcopy now supports a preinst script, add option -U, ignore .svn
      directories
    - new option -I for make-fai-bootfloppy can specify default
      interface, new option -B creates 2.88M floppy
    - use md5 hash for passwords
    - backticks and variables can't be used in package_config any more
    - root-path does not need to be defined in dhcpd.conf any more
      (fai-chboot does it for you)
    - fai-cd's El Torito boot image is not limited to 2.88M any more

New in FAI 2.8.4

    - small but important bug fix: remove non-US entry

New in FAI 2.8.3

    - remove debconf support for package itself, debconf support for
      the installation was not removed

New in FAI 2.8.2

    - close some bugs, which occured when using softupdates

New in FAI 2.8.1

    - minor bug fixes
    - added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO which is off unless doing initial
      installations
    - added german and french translation of the debconf templates
    - task sysinfo mounts the local partitions read only
    - move some classes from 10-base-classes to the new script
      50-host-classes  
    - fixed a lot of typos in the fai guide

New in FAI 2.8

    - rename rcS_fai to fai, add manual page fai.8
    - new simple examples using class FAIBASE
    - add debconf support for the package itself
    - new action softupdates, update a system without reinstallation
    - fai-do-scripts now executes scripts matching [0-9][0-9]*
    - rcS.log is now fai.log
    - major updates in fai-guide (softupdate, fai on other archs)
    - add task prepareapt
    - variable $addpackages removed from examples scripts

New in FAI 2.7

    - closes grave and important bugs
    - add fai-cd(8) script for creating a bootable FAI CD image
    - add option -a to fai-mirror
    - add option -d to install_packages

New in FAI 2.6.7

    - add task debconf and new script fai-debconf for preseeding
    - minor updates in the fai guide

New in FAI 2.6.6

    - new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partitial Debian mirror
    - setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly
      reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical
    - install_packages: add option -f
    - task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info)
    - 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel
    - new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by
      fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS
    - create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD)
    - ftar: test if directory is / before removing files recursively
    - enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples
    - save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to
      /var/log/fai not to /etc/fai
    - add supprt for booting from CD
    - other bug fixes

New in FAI 2.6.5

    - fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I
    - install_packages does not remove unknown package names when
      using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used

New in FAI 2.6.4

    - bug fixes
    - install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support
      for aptitude

New in FAI 2.6.3

    - make $rootpw not readable for users
    - use default kernel 2.4.27
    - fai-setup: add option -e
    - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K
    - add xfs support into the nfsroot
    - define kernel parameters using $kappend 

New in FAI 2.6.2

    - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour
    - fix broken grub entry when using class FAI_BOOTPART
    - fai-chboot: add option -e

New in FAI 2.6.1

    - new option -k for make-fai-nfroot only installs a new kernel
    - catnc() greps now through multiple files
    - when logging in with ssh all variables for FAI are defined by
      sourcing /tmp/fai/variables.sh
    - faireboot sends message to fai monitor daemon
    - install_packages now supports taskrm (which calls tasksel
      remove), default number of packages that are install with one
      command is set to 99
    - better support for installing a client with a different hostname
      than during installaion

New in FAI 2.6

    - make FAI ready-to-use for sarge
    - make the examples much easier, remove a lot of unused stuff
    - fai.conf is split into two files, make-fai-nfsroot specific
      variables are moved to /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf
    - make-fai-nfsroot: more packages for hardware detection included,
      write a warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is used
    - rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
      logo and let scroll region unchanged
    - 06hwdetect.source: better hardware detection uses discover2,
      load all pci IDE drivers, enables DMA mode for disks, include
      code of 11modules.source
    - task_sysinfo: show serial numbers of hard disks, show usb
      information
    - tasks can set return code ($terror) so faimond receives it
    - faimond receives more messages
    - fai-chboot: new options -d, can use localboot, so we need not
      copy the kernel image and initrd to the install server
    - grub-install does not probe floppy drive (which can hang the system
      for a long time)
    - install_packages: add option -L, new code for detecting unknown
      package names which uses perl module AptPkg
    - mkdebmirror: mirrors now woody and sarge in one directory

New in FAI 2.5.4

    - fix bug in make-fai-bootfloppy when using -f
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: added option -i that creates a bootable
      ISO9960 cdrom image 
    - some sparc and PowerPC adjustments

New in FAI 2.5.3

    - default kernel is 2.4.24
    - add option -c to make-fai-{nfsroot,bootfloppy} to define a
      different configuration directory than /etc/fai
    - make-fai-bootfloppy: add option -c and -F, now DHCP is the
      default protocol when -d is not used
    - fai.conf: exclude more packages from debootstrap
      adjust KERNELPACKAGE to new name (since fai-kernels_1.6)
      put important variables to the top
      remove some comments
    - fai-chboot: new option -S sets FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
    - The variable FAI_SOURCES_LIST is now obsolete,
      use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead
    - new examples for sources.list in
      /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/etc/sources.list
    - remove some packages that are not needed and not available in
      sarge
    - utility chkdebnames mostly rewritten
    - package recommends mknbi, and does not work with netboot package
      when using BOOTP

New in FAI 2.5.2

    - fai monitor daemon added, see faimond(8)
    - colored copyright message on console
    - variable hdparm included again; can be used if the kernel does
      not enables DMA for brand new IDE controllers by default
    - package names can contain pinning information
    - preferences file is copied from /etc/fai if it exists
    - default kernel version is 2.4.22
    - bug fixes

New in FAI 2.5.1

    - minor bug fixes
    - added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration
      space using CVS 
    - initrd support when booting new kernel via network

New in FAI 2.5

    - a new section in the manual which describes a simple
      installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user'
    - old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They
      are located in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/{simple,advanced}
    - added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot
      configuration files for PXE boot
    - the installation time is printed in seconds
    - menu entries for grub now works also if /boot is a separate
      partition
    - number of packages installed at a time can be limited (use
      $MAXPACKAGES)
    - log files can be saved using FTP protocol
    - the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain
      comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored
    - syslogd now works during installation
    - add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed
    - do not fsck ext3 partitions
    - add -M option to fcopy
    - make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails
    - a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP
    - added XFS support to setup_harddisks
    - files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source
      instead
    - packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE
    - added SunOS support; you can install Solaris using FAI
    - bug fixes as always

New in FAI 2.4.1

    - use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4
    - disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems
    - add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf
    - add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set
      up (boot or dhcp or both)
    - DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to
      vmlinuz-install 
    - new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script
      and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier
    - some bug fixes

New in FAI 2.4

    - Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and
      script comments. Great work Era!
    - lots of updates in the fai guide
    - use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/
      must not have prefix S; the following command renames your
      existing scripts so they will work with the new command:
      rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh|\.pl)/$1/' S*
      the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes
      from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/
      are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more,
      fai-class has a manual page
    - kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation
    - USB keyboard support during installation
    - make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which
      uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot
      protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy
    - the exit status of every hook and script is written to
      status.log
    - the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and
      errors and writes them to error.log
    - variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished
    - FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined
      in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server
      (but it is still possible)
    - hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2)
    - templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added
      (eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux)
    - a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and
      fai.conf)
    - much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user
      visible behavior
    - some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now
      separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk,
      prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they
      are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai
      environment, this should solve the problems with a too big
      environment (when using xargs)
    - PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin}
    - new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only
      on demand
    - save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use
      $SERVER
    - make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses
      following sources to create the file sources.list for the
      nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files
      /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list
    - you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files
      in package_config, so the following packages will only be
      installed for this class (Please only use this in the file
      package_config/DEFAULT)
    - fcopy has new option -i and -B
    - the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without
      their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a
      simple repository
    - a lot of bug fixes

New in FAI 2.3.4

    - the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to
      kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel
      >=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and
      DHCP protocol

New in FAI 2.3.3

    - important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai)
    - copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
    - use strict enabled in perl scripts
    - add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default
    - minor changes in package_config files
    - setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2

New in FAI 2.3.2

    - minor bug fixes
    - minor changes in package_config files
    - use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi
      kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source
    - use swap partitions during installation if available

New in FAI 2.3.1

    - some minor bug fixes
    - add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var
    - $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf)
    - changes in package_config files
    - additional method to determine all ethernet devices
    - manual updates for woody
    - added a lot of comments into shell script
    - add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy

New in FAI 2.3

    - all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody
    - /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
    - moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var
    - add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf
    - temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/),
      can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired
    - log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory,
      last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory 
    - if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped
    - uname -s in uppercase is also a default class
    - all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced
    - hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they
      can define variables
    - new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to
      the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the
      diversion; the finish task will do this for you
    - class/*.mod files can now define variables
    - new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU)
    - /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf
    - /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables
      FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a
      /etc/fai/.cvspass
    - /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot
    - additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot,
      make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages
    - setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment)
      support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/
      and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI
      RAID controller)
    - make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for
      DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now
      more space left for the kernel image), new option -s
    - bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices
      ($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default,
      which can be overwritten with $netdevices 
    - add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch
      partitions
    - fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file
      was copied, new options -L and -P
    - added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts
      belonging to a netgroup
    - execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this
      directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts
      for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/
    - use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available
    - mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode
    - task sysinfo calls kudzu
    - added THANKS file

New in FAI 2.2.3

    - woody support improved, but the default configuration is still
      for potato
    - added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes
    - 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
    - sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware
    - utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils
    - install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is
      misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list
    - added class NOGETTY
    - package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url

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 FAIs 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