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1 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 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 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 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
73
74 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
75 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 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
87
88 * first upload to Debian archive
89 * kernel-2.2.19 support
90 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
91 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
92 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
93 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
94 * new description of all classes
95 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
96 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
97 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
98 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
99 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
100 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
101 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
102 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
103 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
104 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
105 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
106 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
107 supports multiple network interface cards
108 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
109 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
110 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
111 boot sector
112 * make many variables local
113 * better debugging of shell scripts
114 * remote login has all subroutines available
115 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
116 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
117 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
118 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
119 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
120 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
121 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
122 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
123 only at the beginning of a line
124 * 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 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
129 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
130 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
131 these are the correct release dates:
132 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
133 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
134 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 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
141
142 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 * 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 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
153
154 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
155
156 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 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
169 * 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 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, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
190 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
191
192 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
193
194 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
195
196 * loopback device is set up during installation
197 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
198 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
199 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
200 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
201
202 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
203
204 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
205
206 * 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 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
216
217 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
218
219 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
220
221 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
222
223 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
224 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
225 flag verbose controls output level
226 nfsroot is created without any interaction
227 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
228
229 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
230
231 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
232
233 * 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
237 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
238
239 * cvs repository available
240
241 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
242
243 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
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