2007
installation-guide (20070319) unstable; urgency=low
[ Frans Pop ]
* Cleaned up definitions of some entities and removed unused ones.
* Implement infrastructure that allows entities to be translated.
Thanks to Miroslav Kure for providing the patch. Closes: #344048, #406515.
* Disable Korean PDF/PS formats for builds for the website.
* appendix/files: update information about mouse configuration, based on a
patch from Peter Samuelson (for which thanks). Closes: #406290.
* boot-installer, appendix/preseed: document preseed/interactive parameter.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Fix package name for installation-reports, and manual unfuzzy of all
translations. Closes: #408408
[ Frans Pop ]
* welcome:
- make links to FSF and GNU more consistent (closes: #410317)
- we do not necessarily share the ideals of the FSF (closes: #410129)
Thanks to Francesco Poli for suggesting these changes.
* using-d-i: guided partitioning now creates swap inside LVM.
Thanks to Francesco Poli. Closes: #411399.
* Document installs over PPPoE. Based on a text proposed by Eddy Petrisor.
Closes: #408340.
* installation-howto: update for the integration of base-config into D-I.
* appendix/preseed:
- as exim no longer asks any questions during installations, there is no
real need to document it anymore
- add link to Philip Hand's website as it contains many creative examples
- document how to select the ftp protocol during mirror selection
- document how to install from CD/DVD only (and not use a network mirror)
* Update base/standard system and task sizes.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Document debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated.
[ Wouter Verhelst ]
* Update mac68k installation after notes from Finn Thain, upstream mac68k
kernel hacker.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Replace entity in example-preseed.txt file. Thanks to Geert Stappers for
spotting the error. Closes: #413257.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:12 +0100
installation-guide (20070122) unstable; urgency=low
* Enable Catalan, Brazillian, Korean and Spanish again. * Enable new Hungarian translation.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:41:57 +0100
installation-guide (20070115) unstable; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
* Document new pkgsel/include setting.
* Fix incorrect documentation on preseeding additional apt sources.
* Fix typo in hppa hardware support documentation
(https://launchpad.net/bugs/55164).
* Adjust chroot-install guide to take account of debootstrap being
Architecture: all now (https://launchpad.net/bugs/64765).
[ Frans Pop ]
* Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall and Holger Wansing.
Closes: #378404, #370484, #370425.
* Update instructions on how to set module parameters for PLIP installation.
* Update chroot install instructions to use aptitude instead of apt-get.
* Add /srv in overview of directory tree in partitioning appendix.
* Update section on partitioning using LVM to reflect recent changes.
* Apply various patches by or based on suggestions from Nathanael Nerode.
Some of the bigger changes include:
- Update of processor support for the i386 architecture.
- Update information on setting up a RARP server.
* Add variant for the AMD64 architecture. Closes: #305977.
* Suppress warnings about missing IDs for sections and such.
* Reorganize supported hardware table; i386 no longer has flavors.
* Document SMP-alternatives as one of the variants of SMP support.
* Document how to shut down the system. Based on patch from Holger Levsen.
Closes: #248067.
[ Miroslav Kure ]
* Update information about booting with encrypted partitions.
Closes: #378651.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Update preseeding docs to document listing more than one disk for
partman-auto/disk and grub-installer/bootdev
[ Changwoo Ryu ]
* Add support for Korean PDF output. Requires latex-hangul-ucs-hlatex.
Closes: #381657.
[ David Härdeman ]
* Update preseeding documentation for partman-auto.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Correct error for alpha netboot installations. Thanks to Aurélien Géröme.
Closes: #386591.
* Correct number of release arches. Thanks to Holger Wansing. Closes: #384321.
* Minor corrections suggested by Malcolm Parsons. Closes: #388138.
* Document new boot parameters theme and directfb/hw-accel.
* Remove now obsolete distinction between classic and common kpkg.
* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.17.
* Set default value for manual_release in build wrapper scripts.
* Add new section in preseeding appendix on partman-auto-raid. Not included
in preseed text file as it is still somewhat experimental.
* Document changes in guided partitioning and added encrypted LVM support.
* Disable m68k for official builds as it is not a release architecture.
* buildweb.sh: use 'mv -f' to avoid errors during builds on the webserver.
* Minor corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall. Closes: #394413, #394471.
* Update task sizes as per D-I RC1.
* New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems.
* Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot.
* Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Update for recent floppy changes.
* Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh.
* Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it
trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds.
(See #393641)
* Update the installation report template to match current one in
installation-report.
[ Philip Hands ]
* Clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's
bootloader's command line.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved
some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910
* Document auto=true boot parameter.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer.
* Document mouse/left boot parameter.
* Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables
intended for the target system at the boot prompt.
* Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt.
* Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME.
* Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section.
* Minor corrections suggested by Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #397790.
* Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing. Closes: #397974.
[ Martin Michlmayr ]
* Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete.
* Mention Intel IOP32x support.
* Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18.
* Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from
Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588.
* Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues
for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and
for his overview of issues.
* Etch ships with X.Org 7.1.
* Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists.
* General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual.
* Update of installed/download size of tasks.
* Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues.
* Avoid generating XML files multiple times for translations using PO files
when using build.sh or buildweb.sh sripts.
* bookinfo:
- Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch.
* hardware:
- Remove ancient section on parity RAM. Closes: #403035.
- Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov.
Closes: #389516.
- PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table.
- Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table.
- Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches)
and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware.
* preparing:
- Clean out ancient hardware issues.
* boot-installer/parameters:
- Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters.
- Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters.
- Document new option to blacklist kernel modules.
* boot-installer/trouble:
- Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option.
Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439.
- Add a note that installation reports will be published.
* install-methods:
- All architectures that support TFTP booting also support DCHP, so remove
the "supports-dhcp" condition.
- According to the text, Alpha supports BOOTP.
- Use dhcp3-server for examples rather than dhcp (version 2).
- tftpd-hpa does not use /tftpboot by default; allow for this in examples.
Closes: #342076.
* using-d-i:
- Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by
Holger Wansing. Closes: #400263.
* boot-new:
- Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete
debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402492.
- As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser.
- Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser.
- Mention documentation packages.
- Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of
problems.
* post-install:
- Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it
automatically after all. Closes: #402437.
- Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as
exim4 now configures for "local mail only" by default). Closes: #402857.
* appendix/preseed:
- Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen and Holger Wansing.
Closes: #397923.
* appendix/chroot-install:
- Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Prepare for release. This release is mostly for testing purposes, the real
release targeted at Etch will be next week.
* Add and enable amd64 architecture.
* Update control file for dropped m68k and added amd64 architectures.
* Disable Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Brazillian translations as they are
not yet complete.
* Enable Finnish translation.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:10:16 +0100
2006
installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low
[ Joey Hess ]
* Update kernel building section to conditionalise some more 2.4 kernel
stuff.
* Suggest passing --initrd to make-kpkg since the docs say nothing about
compiling disk drivers into the kernel.
* Document new passwd/root-login setting.
* Booting a USB stick via a boot floppy is not supported by current
installer images.
* Update preseeding docs to use task names, not short descriptions, since
that will work now and is more convenient for preseeding.
* Document the kde-desktop and gnome-desktop subtasks.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall.
* chroot-install:
- add /etc/hosts to be created for network configuration (closes: #364517)
- make kernel/linux-image variable (closes: #345482)
* Document -- command line option for passing parameters to boot loader
configuration (closes: #309889).
* Switch Finnish from XML-based to PO-based translation.
* Bring numbering and layout of GPL more in line with original. With thanks
to Holger Wansing.
* Add functionality to include optional paragraphs in translations.
Initially two have been defined:
- a paragraph in bookinfo for information about the translation;
- a note in appendix/gpl.xml required with unofficial GPL translations.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Document new preseed/run setting.
* Prebaseconfig renamed to finish-install, which changes some documentation,
and. notably, renames one of the xml files.
* hd-media size changed to 256 mb.
* Document new aliases added in preseed 1.17 for common debconf boot
parameters: fb, url, file, locale, interface.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Document guided partitioning using LVM and update partitioning section.
[ Martin Michlmayr ]
* The RiscPC flavour is now known as "rpc" rather than "riscpc".
* As of 2.6, r4k-ip22 also rupports r5k machines do the r5k-ip22 flavour
has been dropped.
[ Holger Levsen ]
* Added the remaining suggestions about nubus and non-powerpc macs
(closes: #364546).
* Restructured the chapter about powerpc supported hardware, moved
unsupported machines to the end.
* Updated the information about existing kernel flavours.
[ Miroslav Kure ]
* Document installation to encrypted partitions (partman-crypto).
* Update XOrg to 7.0.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Etch has been assigned version 4.0.
* Update kernel versions to 2.6.16.
* Base languages to be built for website on list of release languages.
* arm, mips and mipsel switched to 2.6 kernels.
* Enable Brazillian Portuguese and Vietnamese translation for release.
* Disable Greek translation as it is too incomplete.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:27:52 +0200
installation-guide (20060427) unstable; urgency=low
[ Joey Hess ]
* Update preseeding docs for base-config removal.
* Add documentation of how to change apt-setup security source with
preseeding.
* Remove the sarge preseeding docs.
* Remove mentions of base-config and move base-config stuff to elsewhere.
* Add documentation of apt-setup, user-setup, clock-setup, tzsetup, and
pkgsel.
* Change some references to tty3 (messages) to instead refer to tty4
(syslog).
* Change references to /var/log/debian-installer to just /var/log/installer.
* Remove docs for baseconfig-udeb; going away with base-config.
* Removed various bits of sarge cruft when it made things easier.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Change default build to Etch.
* Remove all Sarge specific content and make Etch specific content default.
* Delete some obsolete entities.
* Change references from package d-i-manual to package installation-guide.
* Explicitly specify XML declaration as required by openjade 1.4devel1-15
(closes: #360241).
* Update appendix on chroot installs:
- mention that debootstrap also requires basic Unix/Linux commands;
- comment out link to outdated rpm packages of debootstrap.
[ Colin Watson ]
* Add a few more supports-floppy-boot and bootable-usb conditionals to
make it easier to turn all this off in rebuilds of the manual.
* Etch uses X.Org 6.9, and xserver-xorg instead of xserver-xfree86.
* Document how to pick a particular interface with
netcfg/choose_interface, including how to do this before reading a
preseed file.
* Remove obsolete substvar.
* Build-depend on libhtml-parser-perl for build/preseed.pl.
[ Joey Hess ]
* Add docs about preseeding a fallback to a static IP if dhcp fails.
* Update copyright date.
* It's possible to use preseeding to set up LVM now, so remove stuff about
it not working.
* Document DHCP preseeding. Note that this documents it as of netcfg 1.24
and preseed 1.13.
[ Martin Michlmayr ]
* Bring ARM up to date with reality: remove unsupported flavours, add
NSLU2.
* Fix Netwinder/CATS download location.
* Improve the Netwinder TFTP boot instructions.
* The Netwinder firmware is no longer available due to license problems.
* Mention NSLU2 download location.
* Describe how to flash the installer image onto the NSLU2.
* Describe how to boot a Cobalt machine.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Document new option to preseed additional apt sources for target system.
* Document how to create a preconfiguration file.
* Enable Catalan, Italian and Swedish translations for release.
* Disable Brazillian Portuguese translation as it is too incomplete.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:00:32 +0200
installation-guide (20060102) unstable; urgency=low
[ Frans Pop ] * Fix build error caused by description for s390. Closes: #337382. * Update kernel package names and kernel versions per architecture. * Move documentation on preseeding to separate appendix for etch. * Use new, more flexible perl script to extract example preseed file from new appendix. * Set proper POT-Creation-Date when generating new POT files. * New translations started: Polish, Swedish, Vietnamese. * First release of Greek and Korean translations. * Exclude Traditional Chinese translation as it was not updated. * Switch release name to Etch (3.1+δ). [ Joey Hess ] * Update installation report template and instructions for etch.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:44:59 +0100
2005
installation-guide (20051025) unstable; urgency=low
* Mention in copyright that full GPL is included in the manual.
Closes: #334925
* Register installed documents with doc-base.
* Minor updates in English text and translations.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:37:25 +0200
installation-guide (20051019) unstable; urgency=low
[ Joey Hess ]
* Split off from the debian-installer source package.
See the changelog for debian-installer for older changelog entries.
[ Frans Pop ]
* Change over to building arch all packages in section doc. Build separate
packages for each arch containing all translations.
* Change package name to installation-guide.
* Include translations already available on official website.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:12:35 +0200