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1 lange 839 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
2    
3     * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
4     * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
5     creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
6     * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
7     * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
8     * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
9     * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
10     * unused subroutine myyes removed
11     * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
12     * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
13     * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
14     * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
15     via variable $netdevices
16     * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
17     * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
18     * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
19     * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
20     * bug in list_disks() fixed
21     * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
22     * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
23     * support for additional variable definitions and classes
24     * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
25     * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
26     * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
27     * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
28     * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
29     * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
30     * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
31    
32     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
33    
34 lange 730 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
35    
36     * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
37     * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
38     check if it's a primary partition
39     * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
40     defined (closes: #100914)
41     use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
42     * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
43     not change the output
44     * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
45     * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
46     extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
47     move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
48     create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
49     classes in reversed order
50     * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
51     if two additional terminals will be available
52     * debhelper compatability level now 2
53     * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
54     * added class DISKLESS
55     * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
56     * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
57     * cat <<EOF calls corrected
58     * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
59     * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
60     * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
61     * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
62    
63     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
64    
65 lange 655 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
66    
67     * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
68     * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
69    
70     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
71    
72 lange 651 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
73    
74 lange 730 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
75 lange 651 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
76     * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
77     * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
78     * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
79     (closes: #101899)
80     * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
81     (closes: #101820)
82     * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
83    
84     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
85    
86 lange 638 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 lange 331
88 lange 605 * first upload to Debian archive
89 lange 517 * kernel-2.2.19 support
90 lange 495 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
91     DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
92 lange 579 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
93 lange 495 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
94 lange 605 * new description of all classes
95 lange 579 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
96 lange 605 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
97 lange 495 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
98 lange 416 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
99     * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
100 lange 605 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
101     * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
102 lange 495 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
103 lange 331 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
104 lange 495 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
105 lange 416 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
106 lange 579 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
107     supports multiple network interface cards
108 lange 416 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
109 lange 839 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
110 lange 638 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
111     boot sector
112 lange 416 * make many variables local
113 lange 579 * better debugging of shell scripts
114 lange 605 * remote login has all subroutines available
115 lange 416 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
116     * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
117 lange 605 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
118     * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
119 lange 517 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
120 lange 605 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
121     * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
122 lange 416 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
123     only at the beginning of a line
124 lange 495 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
125     * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
126     ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
127     * modprobe displays less errors
128 lange 638 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
129 lange 416 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
130 lange 605 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
131     these are the correct release dates:
132 lange 416 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
133     Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
134 lange 605 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
135     Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
136     Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
137     Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
138     Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
139    
140 lange 641 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
141 lange 331
142 lange 286 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
143    
144     * add wget to suggests list
145     * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
146     * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
147     * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
148     * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
149 lange 290 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
150     keymap now called correctly
151     * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
152 lange 293 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
153 lange 286
154     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
155    
156 lange 273 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
157    
158     * swap order of class ALL and hostname
159     * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
160     * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
161     * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
162     $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
163     * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
164     * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
165     * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
166     * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
167     mostly segfaults dpkg
168 lange 274 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
169 lange 273 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
170     point is not in root directory
171     * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
172    
173     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
174    
175 lange 231 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
176    
177     * faireboot is faster and more reliable
178     * package depends on nfs-server
179     * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
180     * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
181     * first version of the FAI Guide included
182     * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
183     * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
184     * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
185     * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
186     so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
187     * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
188     * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
189     * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
190     * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
191    
192     -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
193    
194 lange 135 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
195    
196 lange 150 * loopback device is set up during installation
197     * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
198     * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
199     * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
200     * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
201 lange 135
202     -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
203    
204 lange 120 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
205 lange 75
206 lange 120 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
207     * installkernel now supports loadable modules
208     * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
209     * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
210     * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
211     * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
212     * add support for expect scripts
213     * add kernel-nfs-server support
214     * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
215 lange 133 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
216 lange 75
217     -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
218    
219 lange 64 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
220 lange 8
221 lange 37 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
222 lange 8
223 lange 61 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
224     installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
225 lange 16 flag verbose controls output level
226 lange 23 nfsroot is created without any interaction
227 lange 61 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
228 lange 16
229 lange 23 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
230 lange 37
231     * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
232    
233 lange 61 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
234     add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
235     remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
236 lange 37
237 lange 61 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
238    
239 lange 37 * cvs repository available
240 lange 23
241 lange 8 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
242    
243 lange 2 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
244    
245     * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
246    
247     -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
248    
249     fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
250    
251     * Initial Release.
252    
253     -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200
254    
255     Local variables:
256     mode: debian-changelog
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