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- 1.4.0) 2010-03-01:
- Updated the standard kernels to linux-2.6.32.9
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.45
- Updated mozilla-firefox to 3.6
- Added zfs-fuse-0.6.0 filesystem
- Updated fsarchiver to 0.6.8 (fixes archive corruption when saved to smbfs/cifs)
- Updated sys-apps/parted to 2.1 (support for devices with sectors > 512 bytes)
- New boot option "nbdboot=ip:port" to boot sysresccd from NBD (network block device)
- New boot option "nfsboot=ip:/path" to boot sysresccd from NFS (network filesystem)
- New boot option "isoloop=xxx" to boot sysresccd from an ISO on the disk with grub2
- 1.3.5) 2010-01-25:
- Updated the standard kernels to linux-2.6.31.12 with btrfs update from 2.6.32
- Updated fsarchiver to 0.6.5 (bug fixes, progress info, "--exclude" option)
- Updated GParted to version 0.5.1 (with workaround for partition resizing problems)
- Added missing codepages (especially CP850) required by mtools / syslinux
- Implemented boot option dhcphostname=myhostname which is used by the dhcp client
- Updated lvm2 to 2.02.56 (Logical Volume Manager version 2)
- Downgraded mtools to version 3.9.11 to fix problems
- Updated ntfs3g to 2010.01.16 (bug fix release)
- 1.3.4) 2009-12-28:
- Updated the standard kernels to linux-2.6.31.9 with btrfs update from 2.6.32
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.41
- Updated xorg-server to version 1.6.5 (graphical server and drivers)
- Updated ntfs3g from 2009.04.04-AR21 to 2009.11.14 (standard release)
- Updated gdisk to 0.5.1 (gdisk is a GPT partition table manipulator)
- Updated fsarchiver to 0.6.2 (default: stable version)
- Added fsarchiver-0.6.3-beta10 (alternative: beta version)
- Added sys-block/scsiadd which allows to add and remove scsi devices
- Added /usr/sbin/suspend-usb-device script to safely disconnect usb disks
- memtest+ 4.00 is now booted as a kernel to fix issues (thx to argonavis)
- Replaced aida with hdt-0.3.6 (Hardware-Detection-Tool floppy disk image)
- 1.3.3) 2009-12-07:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.31.6 with btrfs update from 2.6.32
- Added Grub2-beta (version 1.97.1), Grub-legacy (0.97) is still there anyway
- Patched parted-1.9.0 to fix multiple problems (GParted bug 601574)
- Updated gparted to version 0.5.0 (adds support for Linux software RAID)
- dmraid-1.0.0-rc16 fixes (Gentoo bug #275451)
- 1.3.2) 2009-11-09:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.31.5 with btrfs update from 2.6.32
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.38
- Updated dmraid to 1.0.0-rc16 and mdadm to 3.0.2 (hardware and software raid)
- Updated lvm2 to 2.02.51 (Logical Volume Manager version 2)
- Updated xorg-server to version 1.6.3.901 (graphical server and drivers)
- Support for framebuffer video in the standard kernels (boot option "vga=xxx")
- Replaced Xvesafb with Xfbdev (run "wizard" to use this graphical mode)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR21 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated gparted to 0.4.8 (Graphical Partitionning tool)
- Added Super Grub Disk version 1.21 (includes GRUB-1.96)
- 1.3.1) 2009-10-04:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.31.1
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.35
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR19 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated the memtest86+ floppy disk image to 4.00 (memtestp boot entry)
- Updated partimage to 0.6.8 (ssl can now be disabled at runtime)
- Updated sys-block/gdisk to 0.5.0 (gdisk is a GPT partition table manipulator)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.6.1 (crypto is now based on libgcrypt)
- Replaced tightvnc with tigervnc-1.0.0 and fixed the vnc server configuration
- Fixed dns in the initramfs (required to boot from an url using an hostname)
- Added app-benchmarks/iozone-3.242 (filesystem benchmarking program)
- 1.3.0) 2009-09-14:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.31.0
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.5.9 (better ntfs support)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR17 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.9 (ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem tools)
- Linux-2.6.31 and btrfs-progs-0.19 are using a new btrfs format
- Added sys-block/gdisk-0.3.1 (gdisk is a GPT partition table manipulator)
- Updated the xfce environment to 4.6.1
- Updated python to version 2.6.2
- Updated mozilla-firefox to 3.5.2
- 1.2.3) 2009-08-10:
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.29
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.8 (ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem tools)
- Updated app-arch/dump to 0.4b42 (better support for ext4)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR16 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Added missing firmwares (package sys-kernel/linux-firmware)
- Initial support for sys-block/partclone-0.1.1
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.4.6
- Updated sys-apps/parted to 1.9.0
- 1.2.2) 2009-07-13:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.29.6
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.25
- Updated the sysresccd-cleansys script with the new packages list
- Updated aufs to aufs2-git-20090622 for linux-2.6.29 (standard kernels)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.5.8 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.7 (ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem tools)
- Added sys-fs/mtd-utils-20080907 (contains the tools related to ubifs)
- Added net-analyzer/macchanger-1.5.0 (change the mac address of an interface)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR12 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- pxe boot fix: allow thttpd to send files with the execution permission
- Added mdadm support in the initial boot process
- 1.2.1) 2009-06-15:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.29.4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.24
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.6 (ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem tools)
- Updated lvm2 (Logical Volume Manager) to 2.02.45 (comes with devmapper)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4-AR10 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.5.7 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated sys-apps/parted to 1.8.8-git-20080324
- Added cowloop-3.1 (Copy On Write block device)
- 1.2.0) 2009-05-12:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.29.3 (more drivers and new btrfs)
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.22 with reiser4 and ext4
- Changed the default desktop environment to xfce4 (it was jwm before)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.5.4 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated app-admin/testdisk to 6.11 (testdisk-6.11 and photorec-6.11)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.4.4 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated Xorg-server to 1.5.3 (graphical server, drivers, environment)
- Updated GNU tar archiver to 1.22 (adds option -J to compress with lzma)
- GParted-0.4.5 with better dmraid and crypt-luks support (special thanks to Curtis)
- 1.1.7) 2009-04-06:
- Updated the kernels (standard and alternative) to Linux-2.6.27.21
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.3.8 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.4.7 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Added gpxe-0.9.6 (Etherboot images boot from network using an image on the cdrom)
- Updated the intel gigabit e1000/e1000e network driver in the standard kernel
- Fixed boot on dmraid and lsi devices (thanks to luispoo for that fix in linuxrc)
- Fixed a problem related to the bootdisk images in sysresccd-custom (thanks to jtournier)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.4.4
- 1.1.6) 2009-03-02:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.27.19 with reiser4 and ext4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.19 with reiser4 and ext4
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.2.1 (ntfs-3g advanced release)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.4.3 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated the speakup driver to version 3.0.3_p20090222
- Fixed problems with the function keys in Midnight-Commander in terminal
- Added crossdev to make it easier to compile 64bit programs or kernels
- Added lxde-terminal and xarchiver (graphical file archiver)
- Added xfburn-0.4.0 (simple CD/DVD burning software, still in development)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.4.3
- 1.1.5) 2009-02-09:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.27.14 with reiser4 and ext4
- Recent ext4 kernel updates backported from linux-2.6.29-rc
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.4.1 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated sys-boot/grub to 0.97-r9 (support boot from ext4 filesystems)
- Updated the btrfs filesystem support to 0.18 (kernel module and utils)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to version 2009.1.1 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.4 (important ext4 fixes)
- Updated GParted to version 0.4.2 (add support for ext4, detection of LVM pv)
- Patched app-arch/tar to add support for xattr/acl/selinux (patch from fedora)
- Fix: autorun scripts copied in the root of the cdrom were not executed
- Created the whatis / locate databases (useful to find a file quickly and help)
- Repaired sysresccd-cleansys which was broken on portage-2.2
- 1.1.4) 2009-01-05:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.27.10 with Reiser4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.09 with Reiser4
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.2.3 (filesystems backup/deployment tool)
- Updated the memtest86+ floppy disk image to 2.11 (memtestp boot entry)
- New script to help installing sysresccd on an usb stick: sysresccd-usbstick
- Updated grub to sys-boot/grub-0.97-r8 (boot manager)
- Updated sys-apps/portage to version 2.2_rc20
- Updated mozilla-firefox web browser to version 3.0.5
- Added sys-process/atop-1.21 to monitor processes
- Added support for floppy disks in the kernel
- 1.1.3) 2008-12-08:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.27.7 with Reiser4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.27.7 with Reiser4
- Updated squashfs with lzma support (kernel driver and tools) to 3.4
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.4.1
- Updated the memtest86+ floppy disk image to 2.10 (memtest boot entry)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.5130 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated sys-fs/fsarchiver to 0.1.6 (tool to backup linux filesystems)
- Backported ext4 filesystem support from linux-2.6.28-rc
- Added sys-block/iscsitarget and core-iscsi-tools-3.5
- Fixed bug with the permissions which prevents thttpd from working
- Fixed bug in the pxe network boot to get a dynamic address
- 1.1.2) 2008-11-17:
- Fixed the boot failure impacting sysresccd-1.1.1 on some hardware
- Added FSArchiver-0.1.2 (filesystem backup tool)
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.26.08 with Reiser4
- Ability to uninstall all the graphical tools using sysresccd-cleansys
- 1.1.1) 2008-11-10:
- Updated the standard kernels to Linux-2.6.26.07 with Reiser4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.26.07 with Reiser4
- Updated the speakup kernel modules (thanks to Gregory Nowak)
- Updated truecrpt (encryption program) to 6.0a
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.5012 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.9
- Updated the e1000 network driver (with protection against corruption)
- Updated "Offline NT Password & Registry Editor" ("ntpasswd" boot entry)
- Fixed option "skipmount" which was broken
- The network driver r8169 is back in the standard kernels
- Added support for Firewire-1394 which was missing from the kernel
- Added sys-fs/ntfsreloc-0.7 (deals with moving NTFS filesystems)
- Added network drivers: atl1e, at76_usb
- Added firmware for Ralink rt73-based WiFi USB adapters
- 1.1.0) 2008-09-08:
- Swapped the two kernel sources: standard-kernel and alternative-kernels
- Most drivers are compiled as module in the standard kernels (2.6.25.16)
- Most drivers are built-in the alternative kernels (2.6.25.14)
- Added development tools (gcc, make, ...) and gentoo tools (emerge, equery, ...)
- Added option nameif ("nameif=eth0!00:0C:29:57:D0:6E,eth1!00:0C:29:57:D0:64")
- Added support for backing-store loopback file systems (keep the changes)
- Added support for the speakup (support devices for blind people)
- Ability to install your own packages using the gentoo commands (emerge)
- Script sysresccd-cleansys which removes the optional packages (such as devtools)
- Added dev-util/geany-0.14 (lightweight but powerful text editor based on gtk2)
- Fixed problems with the qla2xxx fiber channel driver (compiled as module)
- Added Realtek network driver (RTL8111B/RTL8168B/RTL8111/RTL8168/RTL8111C)
- Added an alternative driver for realtek rtl8187 wireless devices: r8187.ko
- Changed option "vncserver=x:password" so that display 0 is not used by vnc
- Improved the default configuration of the graphical software in JWM
- Updated sys-fs/e2fsprogs to 1.41.1 (add support for the ext4 filesystem)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2812 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated app-admin/testdisk to 6.10 (testdisk-6.10 and photorec-6.10)
- Updated squashfs with lzma support (kernel driver and tools) to fix a bug
- Updated the btrfs filesystem support to 0.16 (kernel module and utils)
- Updated the python interpreter to dev-lang/python-2.5.2-r5
- Updated lvm2 (Logical Volume Manager) to 2.02.39
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.8
- Updated the freedos bootdisk image
- 1.0.4) 2008-06-30:
- Updated the default kernels to Linux-2.6.25.07 with Reiser4
- Fixed problem with samba due to bad case in the utf8 charset
- Fixed the lvm package: the lvm1 support was broken
- Fixed the lvm service: now it starts after mdadm so that lvm on raid works
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2531 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated the btrfs filesystem support to 0.15 (kernel module and utils)
- Ability to boot linux from an lvm disk: "rescuecd root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00"
- Added option "root=auto" to boot the first linux system found on an hard drive
- Added "mhdd" boot floppy disk image (low-level hard-disk diagnostic tool)
- 1.0.3) 2008-05-26:
- Updated the default kernels to Linux-2.6.25.04 with Reiser4
- Updated the alternative kernels to Linux-2.6.24.07 with Reiser4
- Switched from unionfs to aufs (another union file system)
- Boot from network via PXE or with docache now work with only 256MB of RAM
- Updated the btrfs filesystem support to 0.14 (kernel patch and utils)
- Updated the graphical environment to Xorg-server version 1.4
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2506 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.7
- Improved fonts in the graphical environment (Xorg and Xvesa)
- Added support for 256-byte inode in ext3fs in grub-0.97
- Added a PDF viewer (app-text/epdfview-0.1.6-r1)
- Fixed shell problem with the serial console
- 1.0.2) 2008-04-28:
- Enabled unicode by default (thanks to Melkor for his help)
- Updated the default kernel to Linux-2.6.24.05 with Reiser4
- Updated sys-block/partimage and sys-block/partimage-ssl to 0.6.7
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2412 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Added extra ntfsprogs tools (ntfswipe ntfstruncate ntfsmove ntfsmftalloc)
- Added x11-terms/rxvt-unicode (terminal that supports unicode)
- Added xfce-extra/terminal-0.2.8 (terminal with utf8 support and tabs)
- Added networking tools: openvpn + pptpclient + openswan + vpnc
- Added net-misc/autossh (automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels)
- Rewrote the network boot options implementation (make it simpler)
- Improved the dhcp boot options support (pxeboot and dodhcp option)
- Added network boot options for static addresses on single interfaces
- Fixed boot from and hard disk connected to an HP-Smart-Array (CCISS)
- Added the server mode in tightvnc (vncpasswd + /etc/init.d/vnc start)
- Added the "vncserver=x:password" option (start vncserver with x displays)
- Added the "initscript=service:action" boot option to start/stop services
- Start the portmap initscript by default (required by autorun on nfs)
- Improved the vim configuration (turned on syntax highlighting)
- Added the missing net-dialup/rp-pppoe package (pppoe-setup command)
- Moved the initialization stuff from bashlogin to initscript
- Updated e2fsprogs to 1.40.8 (fix the wrong value for the inode size)
- Added several drivers for 56k modems
- 1.0.1) 2008-03-31:
- Using JWM-2.0.1 as default Window-Manager instead of Window-Maker
- Using unionfs-2.2.4 as the root filesystem (all files are now writable)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.6 (add support for the labels)
- Updated squashfs to 3.3 (with LZMA compression) to save space
- Updated sys-fs/ntfsprogs to 2.0.0 since it's marked as stable in gentoo
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2310 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Updated the Memtest86+ floppy disk image to 2.01
- Updated the btrfs filesystem support to 0.13 (kernel patch and utils)
- Updated the default kernel to Linux-2.6.24.04 with Reiser4 (rescuecd + rescue64)
- Updated app-cdr/cdrkit-1.1.7.1 (Fix for Joliet directory length bug)
- Added sys-apps/ipmitool (Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices)
- Added missing crypto modules in the default kernel (rescuecd + rescue64)
- Added skipmount=/dev/xxx option that prevents the system from mounting a device
- Replaced cryptsetup-luks with cryptsetup-1.0.5
- Autodetect software raid volumes at boot time using 'mdadm --auto-detect'
- Fixed an autorun bug introduced in 1.0.0: no stdout for interactive scripts
- Fixed bugs in the network configuration boot options (ethx, gateway, dns)
- Fixed problems with udhcpc client when multiple ethernet interfaces exists
- Prevents multiple setkmap when "sysresccd-custom setkmap" used several times
- 1.0.0) 2008-03-03:
- A processor >= i686 is not required anymore (programs are now compiled for i486)
- Added Xvesa to fix problems with the graphical environment on some hardware
- Added a 64bits alternative kernel (altker64)
- The alternative kernel (known as vmlinuz2) has been renamed altker32
- Merged all the old initramfs igz files into a single initram.igz file
- The PXE boot can now download the sysrcd.dat file using the tftp protocol
- Rewrote autorun with support of the http source (can execute scripts from http)
- Fixed problems with the network configuration boot options (ethx, dodhcp, gateway)
- Updated the default kernel to Linux-2.6.24.02 with Reiser4 (rescuecd + rescue64)
- Updated the alternative kernel to Linux-2.6.22.18 (altker32 + altker64)
- Removed the framebuffer from the default kernel (it can disturb Xorg)
- Updated app-admin/testdisk to 6.9 (testdisk-6.9 and photorec-6.9)
- Updated sys-block/gparted to 0.3.5 (bug fixes and stability release)
- Updated sys-fs/ntfs3g to 1.2216 (ntfs full read-write support)
- Compiled the hard disk controllers support as module in the alternative kernels
- Renamed the 'boothttp=url' and 'boottftp=url' to netboot='url'
- Removed the "cdroot" boot option (from linuxrc, isolinux.cfg, syslinux.cfg)
- Compiled the CCISS driver as built-in to improve the HP Smart Array support
- Improved the wireless network support (drivers and firmwares)
- When options 'docache' and 'lowmem' used together it does not cache the bootdisks
- Added sys-fs/scrounge-ntfs-0.9 (Data recovery program for NTFS file systems)
- Added sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus and sys-apps/sg3_utils (SCSI utils)
- Added sys-block/lsiutil-1.52 (LSI Logic Fusion MPT command line management tool)
- Added the GPT-disklabel support and CCISS support to grub-0.97
- Added sys-block/mbuffer (tool for buffering data streams)
- Added support for btrfs-0.12 (kernel and utils) thanks to Christian Hesse
- Added the atl2-1.0.4 network driver (Attansic/Atheros L2 network driver)
- Added support for loop-aes (encrypted loopback block device driver + utils)
- Fix: process the network boot options before autorun (it may need the network)
- Fixed name resolution that was broken in the pxe boot process due to libc
- Updated the memtest86+ floppy disk image to 2.00 (memtestp boot entry)
