1.Introduction -------------- This file contains the release notes for the Ulitmate Deployment Appliance version 1.4 2.New OS support ---------------- * VMWare ESX 2.5.2 kickstart setup * VMWare ESX 3.0.x kickstart setup * Suse 10.2 ( Download openSUSE-10.2-GM-DVD-i386.iso) * Fedora Core 6 (Download FC-6-i386-DVD.iso) * Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft (Download ubuntu-6.10-dvd-i386.iso) Yes, that's a DVD! 3.New Live CD's --------------- * Damn Small Linux 3.0.1 (dsl-3.0.1.iso) and 3.1 (dsl-3.1.iso) * Gparted 0.3.3.0 (gparted-livecd-0.3.3-0.iso) * Recovery Is possible 1.9 (RIPLinux-X-PXE-1.9.zip) Yes, that's a zipfile! 4.New Features -------------- * Ability to copy your ISO files to a virtual disk in the UDA and keep them there. You'll have to add a second SCSI disk yourself to the configuration * The external filesystems that you specified (both mounts and iso files) will be automatically remounted after uda (re)boot. * Un*x/Linux host OS is now supported, you can now specify either SMB of NFS mounts that contain your iso's. * UDA can now be run on ESX Server (it is based on a SCSI disk now) * Windows hardware negotiation daemon (binl service) has extra features - view log, - add driver, - view database - stop/start * DHCP service has extra features - view status, - modify - startup settings - view logging * TFTP service has extra features - view status - view logging * Templates can now be bound to a specific MAC adress * You can now edit the boot parameters of the templates * Restart and Shutdown UDA function added * DNS setup is now added to Network configuration * Added adialog where you can edit the help text in order to get rid of the 'you're on your own' message. * VMWare tools are added to the appliance now. 5.Bugs Fixed ------------ * Bug in the suse templates that did not specify root user/password, leaving people with a fully installed system but no way to get in... Fixed now! * Kickstart postinstall scripts didn't work because of DOS format (^M characters).