summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/NEWS
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
-rw-r--r--NEWS17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cec8d27..5cc9c2b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
-0.1.2
+0.2.0
-New PXE features
+** New dhcp.conf templating and IA64 PXE features **
Cobbler now contains an experimental dhcpd.conf templating feature.
Read the manpage, and if you want to use it, back up your existing
-dhcpd.conf before enabling that feature. It is off by default.
+dhcpd.conf before enabling that feature. It is *OFF* by default.
When using that feature, dhcpd.conf can associate MAC addresses
with hostnames (as defined from cobbler), and cobbler can
-also differentiate between IA64 and x86/x86_64 network boots.
+also differentiate between IA64 and x86/x86_64 network boots. Each
+time cobbler sync is run, it will build a new dhcpd.conf based on
+/etc/cobbler/dhcpd.template.
+
+Cobbler is now packaging ELILO to enable IA64 booting.
+
+Since I do *NOT* currently have access to an IA64 machine, IA64 PXE support
+is largely untested, therefore there may be some issues with the way
+elilo's *.conf files are formatted in /tftpboot after running a "cobbler sync".
+Bug reports and patches from IA64 users are greatly appreciated.