fai (2.3pre) unstable; urgency=low * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839) * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463) * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION variables added: FAI * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(), copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to a file * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, use tmpfs instead of normal ramdisk when $USETMPFS is set, strip comment lines when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script, do_scriptss calls every script class//S[0-9]* when class is not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd and /dev/ida, called with -d * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do * use gzip -dc instead of zcat * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS directories, use File::Find * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in make-fai-* scripts * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy, make-fai-nfroot * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package * new standards version 3.5.6 -- Thomas Lange Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:08:19 +0100 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is available * added dosfstools to nfsroot * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431) clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition * wake on LAN section added to fai guide * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks * nfs-user-server support for woody * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file: * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906) * added class NOGETTY * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold -- Thomas Lange Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low * bug fix in get_dhcp_info() * added jmon to BEOWULF -- Thomas Lange Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902) * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags * echo device before BOOTP request * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts -- Thomas Lange Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers * unused subroutine myyes removed * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log * task_sysinfo only probes available disks * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces via variable $netdevices * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster * bug in list_disks() fixed * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd * support for additional variable definitions and classes * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD -- Thomas Lange Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not check if it's a primary partition * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is defined (closes: #100914) use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does not change the output * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed; move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output; create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains classes in reversed order * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and if two additional terminals will be available * debhelper compatability level now 2 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists * added class DISKLESS * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing * cat < Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes -- Thomas Lange Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to download the required packages. (closes: #101596) * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620) * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594) * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab), (closes: #101899) * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts, (closes: #101820) * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available. -- Thomas Lange Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low * first upload to Debian archive * kernel-2.2.19 support * order of classes now (with increasing priority): DEFAULT, , $HOSTNAME, LAST * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh) * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables * new description of all classes * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR * new fcopy script for copying files with classes * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes * manual pages for fcopy, ftar * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts * klogd, syslogd running during installation * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and supports multiple network interface cards * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of boot sector * make many variables local * better debugging of shell scripts * remote login has all subroutines available * faireboot -s saves log files to install server * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed * PRELOADRM feature for package_config * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not only at the beginning of a line * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or ssh/scp (see fai.conf) * modprobe displays less errors * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version; these are the correct release dates: Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz -- Thomas Lange Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low * add wget to suggests list * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai) keymap now called correctly * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script -- Thomas Lange Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low * swap order of class ALL and hostname * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT * templates/class/S*.source files renamed * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then $class.source are sourced for all defined classes * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list mostly segfaults dpkg * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount point is not in root directory * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot -- Thomas Lange Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low * faireboot is faster and more reliable * package depends on nfs-server * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP) * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used * first version of the FAI Guide included * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems) * yes pipes to apt-get during installation * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up -- Thomas Lange Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low * loopback device is set up during installation * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION -- Thomas Lange Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg) * installkernel now supports loadable modules * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod) * add script make-fai-bootfloppy * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab * add support for expect scripts * add nfs-kernel-server support * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS) * new format for keymap and consolefont definition -- Thomas Lange Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3) * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient flag verbose controls output level nfsroot is created without any interaction base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it * configuration for kernel 2.2.17 * start sshd during installation for remote access; add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default) * cvs repository available -- Thomas Lange Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added -- Thomas Lange Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low * Initial Release. -- Thomas Lange Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200 Local variables: mode: debian-changelog End: