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_) 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