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Wed Oct 10 09:18:34 2001 UTC (11 years, 7 months ago) by lange
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1 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
4 * added jmon to BEOWULF
5
6 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
7
8 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
9
10 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
11 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
12 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
13 * echo device before BOOTP request
14 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
15
16 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
17
18 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
19
20 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
21 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
22 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
23 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
24 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
25 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
26 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
27 * unused subroutine myyes removed
28 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
29 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
30 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
31 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
32 via variable $netdevices
33 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
34 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
35 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
36 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
37 * bug in list_disks() fixed
38 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
39 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
40 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
41 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
42 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
43 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
44 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
45 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
46 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
47 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
48
49 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
50
51 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
52
53 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
54 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
55 check if it's a primary partition
56 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
57 defined (closes: #100914)
58 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
59 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
60 not change the output
61 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
62 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
63 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
64 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
65 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
66 classes in reversed order
67 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
68 if two additional terminals will be available
69 * debhelper compatability level now 2
70 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
71 * added class DISKLESS
72 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
73 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
74 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
75 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
76 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
77 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
78 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
79
80 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
81
82 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
83
84 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
85 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
86
87 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
88
89 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
90
91 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
92 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
93 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
94 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
95 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
96 (closes: #101899)
97 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
98 (closes: #101820)
99 * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
100
101 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
102
103 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
104
105 * first upload to Debian archive
106 * kernel-2.2.19 support
107 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
108 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
109 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
110 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
111 * new description of all classes
112 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
113 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
114 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
115 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
116 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
117 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
118 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
119 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
120 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
121 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
122 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
123 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
124 supports multiple network interface cards
125 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
126 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
127 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
128 boot sector
129 * make many variables local
130 * better debugging of shell scripts
131 * remote login has all subroutines available
132 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
133 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
134 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
135 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
136 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
137 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
138 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
139 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
140 only at the beginning of a line
141 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
142 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
143 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
144 * modprobe displays less errors
145 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
146 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
147 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
148 these are the correct release dates:
149 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
150 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
151 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
152 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
153 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
154 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
155 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
156
157 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
158
159 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
160
161 * add wget to suggests list
162 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
163 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
164 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
165 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
166 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
167 keymap now called correctly
168 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
169 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
170
171 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
172
173 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
174
175 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
176 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
177 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
178 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
179 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
180 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
181 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
182 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
183 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
184 mostly segfaults dpkg
185 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
186 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
187 point is not in root directory
188 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
189
190 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
191
192 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
193
194 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
195 * package depends on nfs-server
196 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
197 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
198 * first version of the FAI Guide included
199 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
200 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
201 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
202 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
203 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
204 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
205 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
206 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
207 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
208
209 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
210
211 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
212
213 * loopback device is set up during installation
214 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
215 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
216 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
217 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
218
219 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
220
221 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
222
223 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
224 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
225 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
226 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
227 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
228 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
229 * add support for expect scripts
230 * add kernel-nfs-server support
231 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
232 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
233
234 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
235
236 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
237
238 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
239
240 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
241 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
242 flag verbose controls output level
243 nfsroot is created without any interaction
244 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
245
246 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
247
248 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
249
250 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
251 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
252 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
253
254 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
255
256 * cvs repository available
257
258 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
259
260 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
261
262 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
263
264 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
265
266 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
267
268 * Initial Release.
269
270 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200
271
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