fai (6.0) unstable; urgency=low * enhance disk_config format for partition label support * support partition labels and partition uuids in fstab * support for Alpine Linux and Arch Linux package managers * use zstd instead of gzip * add support for release specification in PACKAGES line via release= * fai-chboot: variable substitution for $IP and $HOST when coping a template * all customization scripts now write to scripts.log. The old behaviour can be enable by setting $FAI_USE_OLD_SCRIPT_LOGS * drop support of .asc signatures of your repository, use .gpg instead * add support for NVme devices in fai-kvm * rename CENTOS classes to ROCKY * add ssh key for root remote access using classes -- Thomas Lange Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:17:41 +0100 fai (5.10) unstable; urgency=low * fai-sed: change exit value if file was changed, add options -E, -n -- Thomas Lange Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:46:01 +0100 fai (5.9) unstable; urgency=low * add UEFI support to fai-cd, fai-kvm * add disk configs for UEFI * new scripts fai-sed, fai-link -- Thomas Lange Thu, 02 Jan 2020 22:23:36 +0100 fai (5.8.7) unstable; urgency=low * support apt keys in files called package_config/CLASS.gpg * fai-mirror: new option -V -- Thomas Lange Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:48:21 +0200 fai (5.8) unstable; urgency=low * fcopy: change the precedence of mode handling -- Thomas Lange Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:16:40 +0100 fai (5.7) unstable; urgency=low * The config examples are now in a separate git repo. See README for more infos * Add support for diskless clients in setup-storage * Ubuntu installation now default to 18.04 LTS aka Bionic release -- Thomas Lange Thu, 31 May 2018 22:41:20 +0200 fai (5.6) unstable; urgency=low * When installing the package fai-server, use the repository from fai-project.org by default for building the nfsroot -- Thomas Lange Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:48:16 +0100 fai (5.5.4) unstable; urgency=low * New option -P for fai-make-nfsroot also preserves the ssh host keys * fai-diskimage: add support for raw.xz and raw.zst -- Thomas Lange Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:08:40 +0100 fai (5.5) unstable; urgency=low * New option -S in fcopy for variable substitution, which may replace your preinst scripts * Get rid of the need to have aptitude installed * Change order of package commands in install_packages, aptitude is now called after apt-get -- Thomas Lange Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:47:20 +0200 fai (5.4) unstable; urgency=low * FAI can now build cross-architecture disk images and chroot environments for foreign architectures * Add support for eMMC storages * Disk images can use LVM partitions even if the host also uses LVM * Use http://deb.debian.org as default for Debian package repositories -- Thomas Lange Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:57:00 +0200 fai (5.2) unstable; urgency=low * new command fai-diskimage creates bootable disk images for your VM -- Thomas Lange Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:33:47 +0200 fai (5.0) unstable; urgency=low * major rewrite of the FAI guide * new autodiscover function, the client is searching the network for a FAI server * FAI profiles extend the FAI class concept * FAI shows a curses based menu for selecting a profile on demand * ready-to-go setup of the FAI server using the FAI CD or USB stick * ready-to-go FAI profile for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 * Cloning machines using an image (hook debconf.IMAGE) * action sysinfo now also mounts lvm and RAID devices * use httpredir.debian.org as default * fai-cd now uses dracut instead of live-boot, use of squashfs creates smaller CD images, fai-cd replaces fai-nfsroot2image * files *.source are renamed to .sh * dnf support for rpm based distributions * improved btrfs support * new command fai-kvm for starting a virtual machine * new command fai-mk-network for setting up different test networks * fai-cd: no networking for the rescue boot entry by default -- Thomas Lange Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:16:31 +0200 fai (4.3) unstable; urgency=low * add btrfs support to setup-storage -- Thomas Lange Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:33:21 +0200 fai (4.2) unstable; urgency=low - fai-cd now builds a hybrid ISO image -- Thomas Lange Fri, 23 May 2014 13:46:47 +0200 fai (4.0) unstable; urgency=low - New script names: faimond -> fai-monitor faimond-gui -> fai-monitor-gui make-fai-nfsroot -> fai-make-nfsroot disk-info -> fai-disk-info - make-fai-nfsroot.conf renamed to nfsroot.conf - task prepareapt renamed to repository - task mirror was removed and is now part of task repository - add task tests to action dirinstall and softupdate - old tool setup_harddisks removed. Use setup-storage instead - new script fai-nfsroot2image - new script fai-new-mac - new variables $FAI_BASEFILEURL adds support for receiving basefile via ftp and http - multicore support in fai-make-nfsroot (rm and xz compression is done in the background - huge speedup in fai-make-nfsroot using ramdisk (package installation is twice as fast) - ifclass new options -a and -o - fai-make-nfsroot new option -a, -g, -l, remove -U, -r - fai-make-nfsroot dracut is now the default initramfs creator inside the nfsroot which replaces live-boot and initramfs-tools - fai-monitor-gui: add option -s - *.asc files are loaded by class names - the variable $FAI does not need to be set in fai.conf, since all scripts use the default value of /var/lib/fai/config - add support for python, ruby and zsh scripts to fai-do-scripts - fai-chboot must specify the config space URL - fai-chboot: new option -E - FAI supports NFS v4 using dracut - install apt keys from /etc/fai/apt/keys into nfsroot - fcopy can copy symlinks using -H - FAI can work without any NFS access - action softupdates now calls task repository - add dracut support - new FAI_FLAG halt - add variable AINSL_TARGET - new log file fai-monitor.log on the install client -- Thomas Lange Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:48:33 +0200 fai (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low - This stable release is targeted towards Debian/squeeze but continues to provide support for older Debian releases as well. If you want to deploy the Debian lenny release please see /usr/share/doc/fai-doc/lenny-instructions.txt for instructions. - Please note that due to Debian's switch from /bin/bash to /bin/dash as default /bin/sh shell your scripts/hooks/... should use /bin/bash in the shebang line if you're using the environment of FAI. Otherwise you might notice problems like "ifclass" not being defined. - FAI project homepage moved to its own domain http://fai-project.org/ Along with the new web home also the wiki moved. If your sources.list configuration includes something like: deb http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/download lenny koeln please change it to the new URL accordingly, like: deb http://fai-project.org/download lenny koeln -- Michael Prokop Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:29:35 +0200 fai (3.3) unstable; urgency=low - variable FAI_CONFIGDIR moved from fai.conf to make-fai-nfsroot.conf - automatic tests are now supported - dirinstall now uses FAI_CONFIG_SRC instead of FAI_CONFIGDIR - files named package_config/*.asc are added to the list of apt keys - cvs, bootpc, expect and mdetect are not installed by default into the nfsroot -- Thomas Lange Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:35:06 +0100 fai (3.2.8) unstable; urgency=low - new partition tool setup-storage added -- Thomas Lange Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:16 +0200 fai (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low - LOGDIR is now /var/log/fai/$HOSTNAME/$FAI_ACTION_date+time - LOGDIR is /tmp/fai during an installation (not dirinstall), and will be copied to the path above at the end of an installation -- Thomas Lange Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:46:49 +0100 fai (3.2) unstable; urgency=low - replace special fai-kernels with plain Debian kernel and an initrd build by initramfs ($KERNELPACKAGE removed) - FAI uses live-initramfs for booting, the whole nfsroot is now writeable for the clients (by using unionfs) - fai-cd can create bootable USB sticks - major update to the fai guide - scp/ssh are now the default methods instead of rcp/rsh when contacting the install server - faimond can now call fai-chboot (instead of rsh/ssh call) - Task extrbase can also extract files from directory ../basefiles/ - /tmp/target is now /target -- Thomas Lange Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:43:30 +0200 fai (3.1) unstable; urgency=medium - rename action dirinst to dirinstall - fai: add option -u,--hostname -- Thomas Lange Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:18:36 +0200 fai (3.0) unstable; urgency=low - WARNING: the fai-guide does not yet reflect the changes from FAI 2 to FAI 3 - rename NEWS to NEWS.Debian - /etc/fai/sources.list moved to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list - lots of new pathes: use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt - changed file names variables.sh is now variables.log - new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list for the nfsroot - changes in variables remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP from fai.conf, use FAI_LOGPROTO instead remove $installserver and $mirrorhost in fai.conf replace FAI_LOCATION by FAI_CONFIG_SRC, use default if undefined: "nfs://`hostname`$FAI_CONFIGDIR" LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed from fai.conf, set them in the config space MNTPOINT now set to /media/mirror SERVERINTERFACE not needed by default in make-fai-nfsroot.conf NFSROOT moved to make-fai-nfsroot.conf FAICLIENTS, NFSROOT_PACKAGES removed from make-fai-nfsroot.conf $terror renamed to $task_error all flags from FAI_FLAGS are now defined as $flag_xxx $time_zone renamed to $TIMEZONE $videodrv renamed to $VIDEODRIVER $FAI_CONSOLEFONT renamed to $CONSOLEFONT $FAI_KEYMAP renamed to $KEYMAP $rootpw renamed to $ROOTPW $moduleslist renamed to $MODULESLIST new variable FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED - task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any more - task_updatebase now logs to fai.log - all IP addresses of the install server are added to $NFSROOT/etc/hosts - automatic reboot if no errors are found (if error.log is empty) - new task dirinst for creating a chroot environment - try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting base.tgz - install_packages: new option -p (see man install_packages) - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -V (see man make-fai-nfsroot) - fai-chboot: change in options, -d is now -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more - add policy-rc.d support - move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting $FAI_ETC_DIR does the same - fai-cd can now eject the CD after installation - fai-mirror remove option -a (now default), add -B - default is kernel 2.6.17 - convert cfengine (version 1) scripts to cfengine2 - rename class XFREE to XORG - new script ainsl, implements AppendIfNoSuchLine from cfeninge in Perl - config space can be checked out from a subversion repository -- Thomas Lange Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:41:11 +0200 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low - minor fix in fai-chboot - packages in /files/packages are not supported any more - fai-mirror: add option -C - fai-cd: add option -C, grub menu now shows FAI version - after the installation you can leave the FAI-CD in the drive, since it now boot from local disk by default - FAI_FLAG syslogd was removed, syslogd is now started by default -- Thomas Lange Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low - add option -n to fcopy - several new listing options for fai-chboot, add option -c for copying PXE configurations - verbose output when defining variables - add urpmi and yum support to install_packages - add new subroutine mkrw(), which makes read-only directories writeable. Very cool and usefull thing until we can use unionfs - When booting from fai-cd the config space /fai is now writeable - class FAISERVER sets up an apt-proxy -- Thomas Lange Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low - new class FAISERVER can install the fai install server from CD - new command fai-statoverride - some bug fixes -- Thomas Lange Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low - lots of bug fixes - splitting the FAI package into more packages: fai-server, fai-client, fai-nfsroot, fai-doc, fai-quickstart - use a 2.6 kernel by default - Config scripts named S[0-9][0-9]* are not executed any more. Rename them to match [0-9][0-9]*. - fcopy now supports a preinst script, add option -U, ignore .svn directories - new option -I for make-fai-bootfloppy can specify default interface, new option -B creates 2.88M floppy - use md5 hash for passwords - backticks and variables can't be used in package_config any more - root-path does not need to be defined in dhcpd.conf any more (fai-chboot does it for you) - fai-cd's El Torito boot image is not limited to 2.88M any more -- Thomas Lange Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high - small but important bug fix: remove non-US entry -- Thomas Lange Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high - remove debconf support for package itself, debconf support for the installation was not removed -- Thomas Lange Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high - close some bugs, which occured when using softupdates -- Thomas Lange Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low - minor bug fixes - added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO which is off unless doing initial installations - added german and french translation of the debconf templates - task sysinfo mounts the local partitions read only - move some classes from 10-base-classes to the new script 50-host-classes - fixed a lot of typos in the fai guide -- Thomas Lange Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high - rename rcS_fai to fai, add manual page fai.8 - new simple examples using class FAIBASE - add debconf support for the package itself - new action softupdates, update a system without reinstallation - fai-do-scripts now executes scripts matching [0-9][0-9]* - rcS.log is now fai.log - major updates in fai-guide (softupdate, fai on other archs) - add task prepareapt - variable $addpackages removed from examples scripts -- Thomas Lange Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high - closes grave and important bugs - add fai-cd(8) script for creating a bootable FAI CD image - add option -a to fai-mirror - add option -d to install_packages -- Thomas Lange Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low - add task debconf and new script fai-debconf for preseeding - minor updates in the fai guide -- Thomas Lange Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium - new command fai-mirror(1) to create a partial Debian mirror - setup_harddisks: bug fix: error redefined mountpoint is wrongly reported, allow space before keywords primary and logical - install_packages: add option -f - task_sysinfo calls hwinfo if available (very nice hardware info) - 06hwdetect.source: SCSI detect code for 2.6 kernel - new variable FAICLIENTS in make-fai-nfsroot.conf. Used by fai-setup for exporting the nfsroot and the config space via NFS - create a list of all packages in base.tgz (for fai CD) - ftar: test if directory is / before removing files recursively - enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples - save files FAI_CLASSES, variables.sh and disk_var.sh to /var/log/fai not to /etc/fai - add supprt for booting from CD - other bug fixes -- Thomas Lange Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium - fcopy now handles svn and arch subdirectories, added option -I - install_packages does not remove unknown package names when using aptitude, so aptitude's search patterns can be used -- Thomas Lange Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium - bug fixes - install_packages and files in package_config/ have now support for aptitude -- Thomas Lange Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high - make $rootpw not readable for users - use default kernel 2.4.27 - fai-setup: add option -e - make-fai-nfsroot: add option -K - add xfs support into the nfsroot - define kernel parameters using $kappend -- Thomas Lange Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high - Workaround to support new tasksel behaviour - fix broken grub entry when using class FAI_BOOTPART - fai-chboot: add option -e -- Thomas Lange Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium - new option -k for make-fai-nfroot only installs a new kernel - catnc() greps now through multiple files - when logging in with ssh all variables for FAI are defined by sourcing /tmp/fai/variables.sh - faireboot sends message to fai monitor daemon - install_packages now supports taskrm (which calls tasksel remove), default number of packages that are install with one command is set to 99 - better support for installing a client with a different hostname than during installaion -- Thomas Lange Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low - make FAI ready-to-use for sarge - make the examples much easier, remove a lot of unused stuff - fai.conf is split into two files, make-fai-nfsroot specific variables are moved to /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf - make-fai-nfsroot: more packages for hardware detection included, write a warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is used - rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored logo and let scroll region unchanged - 06hwdetect.source: better hardware detection uses discover2, load all pci IDE drivers, enables DMA mode for disks, include code of 11modules.source - task_sysinfo: show serial numbers of hard disks, show usb information - tasks can set return code ($terror) so faimond receives it - faimond receives more messages - fai-chboot: new options -d, can use localboot, so we need not copy the kernel image and initrd to the install server - grub-install does not probe floppy drive (which can hang the system for a long time) - install_packages: add option -L, new code for detecting unknown package names which uses perl module AptPkg - mkdebmirror: mirrors now woody and sarge in one directory -- Thomas Lange Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low - fix bug in make-fai-bootfloppy when using -f - make-fai-bootfloppy: added option -i that creates a bootable ISO9960 cdrom image - some sparc and PowerPC adjustments -- Thomas Lange Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low - default kernel is 2.4.24 - add option -c to make-fai-{nfsroot,bootfloppy} to define a different configuration directory than /etc/fai - make-fai-bootfloppy: add option -c and -F, now DHCP is the default protocol when -d is not used - fai.conf: exclude more packages from debootstrap adjust KERNELPACKAGE to new name (since fai-kernels_1.6) put important variables to the top remove some comments - fai-chboot: new option -S sets FAI_ACTION=sysinfo - The variable FAI_SOURCES_LIST is now obsolete, use /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list instead - new examples for sources.list in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/etc/sources.list - remove some packages that are not needed and not available in sarge - utility chkdebnames mostly rewritten - package recommends mknbi, and does not work with netboot package when using BOOTP -- Thomas Lange Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low - fai monitor daemon added, see faimond(8) - colored copyright message on console - variable hdparm included again; can be used if the kernel does not enables DMA for brand new IDE controllers by default - package names can contain pinning information - preferences file is copied from /etc/fai if it exists - default kernel version is 2.4.22 - bug fixes -- Thomas Lange Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low - minor bug fixes - added chapter to the fai guide how to receive the configuration space using CVS - initrd support when booting new kernel via network -- Thomas Lange Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low - a new section in the manual which describes a simple installation example. Read the chapter 'For the impatient user' - old templates now split into simple and advanced examples. They are located in /usr/share/doc/fai/examples/{simple,advanced} - added script fai-chboot which manages the network boot configuration files for PXE boot - the installation time is printed in seconds - menu entries for grub now works also if /boot is a separate partition - number of packages installed at a time can be limited (use $MAXPACKAGES) - log files can be saved using FTP protocol - the files in /fai/class that are list of classes can contain comment lines. All lines starting with a hash are ignored - syslogd now works during installation - add an grub entry for memtest86 if installed - do not fsck ext3 partitions - add -M option to fcopy - make-fai-nfsroot: new option -f; print error message if it fails - a new example configuration for a demo host using GNOME, DHCP - added XFS support to setup_harddisks - files class/*.mod and modules.log removed, use 11modules.source instead - packages for xfree server now in file/class XFREE - added SunOS support; you can install Solaris using FAI - bug fixes as always -- Thomas Lange Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low - use dhcp3, dhcp support was broken in FAI 2.4 - disk_config examples are using ext3 file systems - add SERVERINTERFACE to fai.conf - add FAI_BOOT to fai.conf; the list of boot protocols to set up (boot or dhcp or both) - DHCP install kernel file /boot/fai/installkernel renamed to vmlinuz-install - new script fai-do-scripts; include the functions from do_script and task_configure, this makes the Solaris port easier - some bug fixes -- Thomas Lange Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low - Era Erikson did some great work on proofreading all manuals and script comments. Great work Era! - lots of updates in the fai guide - use the script fai-class for defining classes; scripts in class/ must not have prefix S; the following command renames your existing scripts so they will work with the new command: rename 's/S(\d\d.+)(\.sh|\.pl)/$1/' S* the order of scripts executed has slightly changed; all classes from the file $HOSTNAME are defined after the scripts in class/ are executed; the suffix .sh or .pl is not needed any more, fai-class has a manual page - kernel 2.4.20 is the default kernel during installation - USB keyboard support during installation - make-fai-bootfloppy creates a more generic boot floppy which uses grub or lilo as boot loader, it supports more than one boot protocol, more disk space is available on the floppy - the exit status of every hook and script is written to status.log - the hook faiend.LAST parses all log files for warnings and errors and writes them to error.log - variable.sh lists all variables defined after task defvar has finished - FAI_LOCATION is now defined in fai.conf, FAI_ACTION is defined in LAST.var, do not use T170 and T171 via a BOOTP or DHCP server (but it is still possible) - hooks can make their tasks to be skipped (as in fai 2.2) - templates scripts and config files has been rewritten and added (eg. WWWKIOSK, a notebook with Windows and Linux) - a new default location for the Debian mirror (in mkdebmirror and fai.conf) - much of reorganizing the code, but this does not change the user visible behavior - some functions that were defined as shell subroutines are now separate scripts in /usr/lib/fai (fai-class, create_ramdisk, prepare_apt, fai-divert, fai-savelog, task_sysinfo, ...), they are not standalone script, most of them only work in the fai environment, this should solve the problems with a too big environment (when using xargs) - PATH always starts with /usr/local/{sbin,bin} - new FAI_FLAG syslogd starts log daemons (syslogd and klogd) only on demand - save log files to host $LOGSERVER if defined, otherwise use $SERVER - make-fai-nfsroot always does setup for dhcp and bootp, and uses following sources to create the file sources.list for the nfsroot: the variable $FAI_SOURCES_LIST or the files /etc/fai/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list - you can add a list of classes after the PACKAGE command in files in package_config, so the following packages will only be installed for this class (Please only use this in the file package_config/DEFAULT) - fcopy has new option -i and -B - the variable addpackages can contain a list of packages without their version number, therefore /fai/files/packages should be a simple repository - a lot of bug fixes -- Thomas Lange Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low - the default name for fai kernel-image package has changed to kernel-image-2.2.20_fai1_i386.deb, since the package fai-kernel >=1.4 contains install kernels which support both the BOOTP and DHCP protocol -- Thomas Lange Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium - important bug fix (wrong symlink for rcS_fai) - copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot - use strict enabled in perl scripts - add "append ip=dhcp" in pxelinux.cfg/default - minor changes in package_config files - setup_harddisks default fs type changed from auto to ext2 -- Thomas Lange Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low - minor bug fixes - minor changes in package_config files - use discover command for hardware detection and loading of scsi kernel modules in class/S03hwdetect.source - use swap partitions during installation if available -- Thomas Lange Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low - some minor bug fixes - add variable $addpackages to DEFAULT.var - $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR (fai.conf) - changes in package_config files - additional method to determine all ethernet devices - manual updates for woody - added a lot of comments into shell script - add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy -- Thomas Lange Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low - all default configurations are for Debian 3.0 aka woody - /etc/fai.conf moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf - moved some variables from fai.conf to class/*.var - add FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS to fai.conf - temporary files are stored to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai/), can be set in fai.conf using mktemp if desired - log files for every new run are stored in a separate directory, last-$FAI_ACTION is pointing to the last log directory - if a task is skipped, also all its hooks are skipped - uname -s in uppercase is also a default class - all class/S[0-9]*.source scripts are sourced - hooks that end in .source are sourced (formerly .sh), so they can define variables - new adddivert routine; make a diversion for a file and add it to the list of all diversions; you need not care about removing the diversion; the finish task will do this for you - class/*.mod files can now define variables - new examples class/S30menu.source (was hook/install.MENU) - /fai can be a different location using $FAI in fai.conf - /fai can be retrieved from a CVS repository: (see variables FAI_LOCATION, FAI_CVSROOT, FAI_CVSMODULE) and create a /etc/fai/.cvspass - /etc/apt/preferences will be copied to nfsroot - additional manual pages for fai-setup, make-fai-nfsroot, make-fai-bootfloppy, install_packages - setup_harddisks: called with option -d (DOS alignment) support for ext3 and disk controllers using /dev/ida/, /dev/rd/ and /dev/cciss (Compaq SMART2 raid array and Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controller) - make-fai-bootfloppy can write to a file, creates environment for DHCP using pxelinux, does not copy System.map to floppy (now more space left for the kernel image), new option -s - bootpc and dhcp request will use only active network devices ($netdevices_up determined by netdevice_info()) by default, which can be overwritten with $netdevices - add a hint how to set up the kernel automounter for scratch partitions - fcopy skips CVS directories, executes postinst script if file was copied, new options -L and -P - added prtnetgr script which prints a flat list of all hosts belonging to a netgroup - execute all /fai/scripts/$class/S[0-9]* scripts if this directory exists, so it's possible to execute multiple scripts for one class; see examples in scripts/NETWORK/ and scripts/DEFAULT/ - use shm (was tmpfs) for ramdisk if available - mkdebmirror uses passive ftp mode - task sysinfo calls kudzu - added THANKS file -- Thomas Lange Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low - woody support improved, but the default configuration is still for potato - added disk configuration for Beowulf nodes - Wake on LAN section added to FAI guide - reiserfs support in setup_harddisks (thanks to Diane Trout) - make-fai-nfsroot -v output can be redirected to a file - sysinfo also uses detect and discover to probe for hardware - utilities moved to /usr/share/fai/utils - install_packages checks all package names. If a package name is misspelled, it will be removed from the installation list - added class NOGETTY - package_config: new action "hold", PRELOAD can use a file: url -- Thomas Lange Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low - bug fix: getting dhcp information - added jmon to BEOWULF -- Thomas Lange Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low - FAI_FLAGS can be space or comma separated. They must be space separated in bootptab. Use a comma to separate them as additional kernel parameters. - bootp requests on multiple ethernet devices show device name (Thanks to Geert Stappers) - script all_hosts doesn't use hardcoded list of hosts any more; now it uses the netgroup allhosts -- Thomas Lange Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low - the fai guide has a new chapter about building a Beowulf cluster - new utilities for Beowulf cluster: all_hosts and rshall - new utility softupdate for updating packages on a running system - improved example for diskless hook - major reorganization of the rcS_fai code; most parts are moved to the subroutines file - source /fai/hooks/subroutines if file exists; here you can define your own subroutines or redefine FAIs subroutines - most tasks are now executed via task() and the name of the task as option. This subroutine looks for a hook with the given name and executes it. Hooks can skip the default task of FAI (called task_) by using skiptask(). So, hooks can replace the default behavior, and not only add functions to the installation process - hooks can define classes by writing class names to /tmp/additional-classes and variable by writing line to /tmp/additional.var - new hooks/tasks added - classes and variables are now defined in the very beginning before task_action is called and $FAI_ACTION is evaluated - FAI_ACTION can be any user defined value. FAI is looking for a command in /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION and executes it. - log file prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log - debian-non-US in local mirror script (mkdebmirror) has new location - new type "PACKAGE taskinst" in package_config can install new task packages (for Debian 3.0 and later releases) - get_bootp_inf() and get_dhcp_info() support multiple ethernet devices via $netdevices - $netdevices can be set or automaticly determined to the list of ethernet devices - make-fai-bootfloppy: handle symlinks of lilo 21.5 and newer - tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai - new classes NOSECURETTY, BEOWULF, NOTCPD -- Thomas Lange Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low - NEWS file added (you found it already ;-), which contains the user visible changes; changelog file is for developers - woody support - define $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP for using debootstrap - you can add your own functions using hooks (read the manual) - /fai/fai_config not used anymore, replaced by a hook - setup_harddisk does not complain when root partition is not in the first 8GB, do not complain if not a primary partition - no more problems when using other locales - support for diskless clients - grub support, new class LILO and GRUB - new flag createvt; add this to FAI_FLAGS to get two additional terminals and ctrl-c will interrupt the installation process. Otherwise ctrl-c will reboot and no terminals are available. In the past, this function was enabled by default. Add createvt to FAI_FLAGS to get the old behavior. - before any classes are defined using the scripts in /fai/class, the classes DEFAULT, $HOSTNAME and LAST are defined - new utility chkdebnames can check package names for a certain distribution -- Thomas Lange Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200