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Thu Nov 8 16:25:49 2001 UTC (11 years, 7 months ago) by lange
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utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai/utils
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 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
18
19 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
20
21 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
22
23 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
24 * added jmon to BEOWULF
25
26 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
27
28 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
29
30 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
31 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
32 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
33 * echo device before BOOTP request
34 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
35
36 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
37
38 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
39
40 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
41 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
42 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
43 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
44 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
45 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
46 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
47 * unused subroutine myyes removed
48 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
49 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
50 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
51 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
52 via variable $netdevices
53 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
54 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
55 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
56 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
57 * bug in list_disks() fixed
58 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
59 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
60 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
61 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
62 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
63 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
64 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
65 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
66 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
67 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
68
69 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
70
71 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
72
73 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
74 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
75 check if it's a primary partition
76 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
77 defined (closes: #100914)
78 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
79 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
80 not change the output
81 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
82 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
83 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
84 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
85 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
86 classes in reversed order
87 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
88 if two additional terminals will be available
89 * debhelper compatability level now 2
90 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
91 * added class DISKLESS
92 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
93 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
94 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
95 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
96 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
97 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
98 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
99
100 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
101
102 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
103
104 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
105 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
106
107 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
108
109 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
110
111 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
112 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
113 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
114 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
115 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
116 (closes: #101899)
117 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
118 (closes: #101820)
119 * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
120
121 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
122
123 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
124
125 * first upload to Debian archive
126 * kernel-2.2.19 support
127 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
128 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
129 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
130 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
131 * new description of all classes
132 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
133 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
134 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
135 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
136 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
137 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
138 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
139 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
140 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
141 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
142 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
143 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
144 supports multiple network interface cards
145 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
146 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
147 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
148 boot sector
149 * make many variables local
150 * better debugging of shell scripts
151 * remote login has all subroutines available
152 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
153 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
154 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
155 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
156 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
157 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
158 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
159 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
160 only at the beginning of a line
161 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
162 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
163 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
164 * modprobe displays less errors
165 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
166 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
167 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
168 these are the correct release dates:
169 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
170 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
171 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
172 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
173 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
174 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
175 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
176
177 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
178
179 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
180
181 * add wget to suggests list
182 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
183 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
184 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
185 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
186 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
187 keymap now called correctly
188 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
189 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
190
191 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
192
193 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
194
195 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
196 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
197 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
198 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
199 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
200 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
201 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
202 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
203 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
204 mostly segfaults dpkg
205 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
206 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
207 point is not in root directory
208 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
209
210 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
211
212 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
213
214 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
215 * package depends on nfs-server
216 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
217 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
218 * first version of the FAI Guide included
219 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
220 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
221 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
222 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
223 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
224 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
225 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
226 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
227 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
228
229 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
230
231 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
232
233 * loopback device is set up during installation
234 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
235 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
236 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
237 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
238
239 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
240
241 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
242
243 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
244 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
245 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
246 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
247 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
248 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
249 * add support for expect scripts
250 * add nfs-kernel-server support
251 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
252 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
253
254 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
255
256 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
257
258 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
259
260 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
261 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
262 flag verbose controls output level
263 nfsroot is created without any interaction
264 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
265
266 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
267
268 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
269
270 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
271 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
272 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
273
274 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
275
276 * cvs repository available
277
278 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
279
280 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
281
282 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
283
284 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
285
286 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
287
288 * Initial Release.
289
290 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200
291
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293 mode: debian-changelog
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