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Thu Nov 8 16:01:39 2001 UTC (11 years, 6 months ago) by lange
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make 2.2.3pre version
1 fai (2.2.3pre) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
4 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
5 available
6 * make-fai-bootfloppy is ash compatible (closes: #117431)
7 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
8 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
9 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
10 * make-fai-nfsroot: clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
11 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
12 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
13 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
14 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
15 * nfs-user-server support for woody
16 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
17
18 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
19
20 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
21
22 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
23 * added jmon to BEOWULF
24
25 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
26
27 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
28
29 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
30 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
31 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
32 * echo device before BOOTP request
33 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
34
35 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
36
37 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
38
39 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
40 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
41 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
42 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
43 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
44 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
45 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
46 * unused subroutine myyes removed
47 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
48 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
49 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
50 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
51 via variable $netdevices
52 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
53 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
54 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
55 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
56 * bug in list_disks() fixed
57 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
58 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
59 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
60 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
61 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
62 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
63 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
64 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
65 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
66 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
67
68 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
69
70 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
71
72 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
73 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
74 check if it's a primary partition
75 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
76 defined (closes: #100914)
77 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
78 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
79 not change the output
80 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
81 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
82 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
83 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
84 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
85 classes in reversed order
86 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
87 if two additional terminals will be available
88 * debhelper compatability level now 2
89 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
90 * added class DISKLESS
91 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
92 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
93 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
94 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
95 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
96 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
97 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
98
99 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
100
101 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
102
103 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
104 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
105
106 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
107
108 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
109
110 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
111 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
112 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
113 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
114 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
115 (closes: #101899)
116 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
117 (closes: #101820)
118 * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
119
120 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
121
122 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
123
124 * first upload to Debian archive
125 * kernel-2.2.19 support
126 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
127 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
128 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
129 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
130 * new description of all classes
131 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
132 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
133 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
134 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
135 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
136 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
137 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
138 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
139 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
140 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
141 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
142 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
143 supports multiple network interface cards
144 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
145 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
146 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
147 boot sector
148 * make many variables local
149 * better debugging of shell scripts
150 * remote login has all subroutines available
151 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
152 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
153 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
154 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
155 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
156 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
157 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
158 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
159 only at the beginning of a line
160 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
161 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
162 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
163 * modprobe displays less errors
164 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
165 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
166 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
167 these are the correct release dates:
168 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
169 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
170 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
171 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
172 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
173 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
174 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
175
176 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
177
178 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
179
180 * add wget to suggests list
181 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
182 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
183 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
184 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
185 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
186 keymap now called correctly
187 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
188 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
189
190 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
191
192 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
193
194 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
195 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
196 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
197 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
198 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
199 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
200 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
201 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
202 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
203 mostly segfaults dpkg
204 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
205 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
206 point is not in root directory
207 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
208
209 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
210
211 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
212
213 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
214 * package depends on nfs-server
215 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
216 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
217 * first version of the FAI Guide included
218 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
219 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
220 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
221 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
222 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
223 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
224 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
225 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
226 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
227
228 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
229
230 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
231
232 * loopback device is set up during installation
233 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
234 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
235 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
236 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
237
238 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
239
240 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
241
242 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
243 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
244 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
245 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
246 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
247 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
248 * add support for expect scripts
249 * add nfs-kernel-server support
250 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
251 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
252
253 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
254
255 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
256
257 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
258
259 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
260 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
261 flag verbose controls output level
262 nfsroot is created without any interaction
263 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
264
265 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
266
267 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
268
269 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
270 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
271 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
272
273 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
274
275 * cvs repository available
276
277 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
278
279 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
280
281 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
282
283 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
284
285 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
286
287 * Initial Release.
288
289 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200
290
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