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Fri Nov 16 16:54:30 2001 UTC (11 years, 6 months ago) by lange
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finish release 2.2.3
1 fai (2.2.3) 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 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
7 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
8 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
9 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
10 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
11 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
12 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
13 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
14 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
15 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
16 * nfs-user-server support for woody
17 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
18 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
19 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
20 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
21 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
22 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
23 * added class NOGETTY
24 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
25
26 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
27
28 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
29
30 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
31 * added jmon to BEOWULF
32
33 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
34
35 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
36
37 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
38 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
39 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
40 * echo device before BOOTP request
41 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
42
43 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
44
45 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
46
47 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
48 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
49 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
50 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
51 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
52 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
53 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
54 * unused subroutine myyes removed
55 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
56 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
57 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
58 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
59 via variable $netdevices
60 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
61 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
62 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
63 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
64 * bug in list_disks() fixed
65 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
66 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
67 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
68 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
69 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
70 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
71 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
72 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
73 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
74 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
75
76 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
77
78 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
79
80 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
81 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
82 check if it's a primary partition
83 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
84 defined (closes: #100914)
85 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
86 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
87 not change the output
88 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
89 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
90 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
91 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
92 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
93 classes in reversed order
94 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
95 if two additional terminals will be available
96 * debhelper compatability level now 2
97 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
98 * added class DISKLESS
99 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
100 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
101 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
102 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
103 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
104 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
105 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
106
107 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
108
109 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
110
111 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
112 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
113
114 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
115
116 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
117
118 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
119 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
120 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
121 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
122 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
123 (closes: #101899)
124 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
125 (closes: #101820)
126 * Bug fix. Check if immgen executable is available.
127
128 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
129
130 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
131
132 * first upload to Debian archive
133 * kernel-2.2.19 support
134 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
135 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
136 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
137 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
138 * new description of all classes
139 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
140 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
141 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
142 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
143 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
144 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
145 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
146 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
147 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
148 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
149 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
150 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
151 supports multiple network interface cards
152 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
153 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
154 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
155 boot sector
156 * make many variables local
157 * better debugging of shell scripts
158 * remote login has all subroutines available
159 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
160 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
161 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
162 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
163 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
164 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
165 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
166 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
167 only at the beginning of a line
168 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
169 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
170 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
171 * modprobe displays less errors
172 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
173 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
174 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
175 these are the correct release dates:
176 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
177 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
178 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
179 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
180 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
181 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
182 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
183
184 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
185
186 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
187
188 * add wget to suggests list
189 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
190 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
191 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
192 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
193 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
194 keymap now called correctly
195 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
196 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
197
198 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
199
200 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
201
202 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
203 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
204 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
205 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
206 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
207 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
208 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
209 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
210 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
211 mostly segfaults dpkg
212 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
213 * bug fixed: setup_harddisk don't mount preserved partitions if mount
214 point is not in root directory
215 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
216
217 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
218
219 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
220
221 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
222 * package depends on nfs-server
223 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
224 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
225 * first version of the FAI Guide included
226 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
227 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
228 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
229 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
230 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
231 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
232 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
233 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
234 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
235
236 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
237
238 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
239
240 * loopback device is set up during installation
241 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
242 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
243 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
244 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
245
246 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
247
248 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
249
250 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
251 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
252 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
253 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
254 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
255 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
256 * add support for expect scripts
257 * add nfs-kernel-server support
258 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
259 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
260
261 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
262
263 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
264
265 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
266
267 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
268 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
269 flag verbose controls output level
270 nfsroot is created without any interaction
271 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget, if it's not found in /tmp
272
273 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
274
275 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
276
277 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
278 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
279 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
280
281 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
282
283 * cvs repository available
284
285 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
286
287 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
288
289 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
290
291 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
292
293 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
294
295 * Initial Release.
296
297 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200
298
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