Finnix 86.1 release notes

Vitals

• Packages: x86 (346 packages), PowerPC (336 packages)
• Build: 1435 (x86), 40 (PowerPC)

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Finnix pre-releases do not include an optimized CD layout; files needed by the init scripts are not arranged at the beginning of the physical CD. As such, the CD may perform slightly slower. Final versions are optimized.

Known Issues

• When running Finnix-on-Finnix, detaching from the screen session kills networking to the guest. This was fixed in Finnix 86.2.
• When booting from a USB thumb drive, Finnix does not attempt to mount /dev/sd?4, and cannot find the Finnix image. This was fixed in Finnix 86.2. As a workaround, add "bootscsi" to the syslinux.cfg append lines, even if you do not have a SCSI system.

Changes

86.1-pre1 -> 86.1

• Added /proc/cmdline and lspci -vvn to finnix-hwsubmit
• finnix-hwsubmit now runs in UML without warning
• Changed "squashroot=..." to "root=... squashroot" on UML initrd
• Modified "User-Mode Linux" -> "User Mode Linux" in autoconfig
• Changed initrds to proper dual "/linuxrc" / "/sbin/init"
• Removed popularity-contest
• Removed SELinux warning before init

86.0 -> 86.1-pre1

• CD now reliably ejects before shutdown
• / itself is now writable (mkdir /foo)
• Fixed bug where /etc dpkg files remained after mastering
• Made /tmp writable by non-superuser
• apt-get -u dist-upgrade
• Approx 1MB more memory is now available after boot
• Added ability to do "finnix toram testcd"
• Upgraded Linux kernel to 2.6.14.2
• Added debug breakpoint immediately before shutdown
• Added spinners to TERM/KILL messages during shutdown
• Replaced autoconfigure "progress bar" with simple spinner
• Added dvdrtools, vsftpd, lm-sensors
• Upgraded unionfs to 1.1.1
• Added Finnix-specific deb repository
• Cleaned up files in /var
• Moved /mnt and /selinux from unionfs to ramdisk
• Changed clock configuration "UTC" to "local"
• Added finnix-hwsubmit program
• dmesg is now dumped to /var/log/dmesg on bootup
• Switched from pump to dhclient; output goes to/var/log/dhclient.ethX
• Added "finnix sshd" for automatic ssh startup
• Added fix for properly detecting 3ware 9000 cards
• Added /proc/config.gz kernel option
• Unionfs is now compiled directly into the kernel
• Modified init scripts for UML/Xen, added "uml"/"xen" params
• Added UML SKAS patches and UML client config ("finnix create")
• Added PowerPC port