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 5.5.0

 * fixed another bug in cleanup script
   - created ls symlink to eject the right CD
 * added older version of unionctl which works better then the newer one
 * boot by using loadlin now includes vga=769 boot argument
 * boot by using loadlin and syslinux now includes probeusb argument
 * probeusb now waits 5 seconds instead of 3
 * probeusb accepts value (in seconds), eg. probeusb=10 will wait 10 seconds
 * fixed problem with some missing partitions which should be added to fstab


 5.4.9

 * bugfix: /etc/fstab is deleted before update_fstab is called from linuxrc,
   this makes sure there are no old lines (from original distro)
 * bugfix: cleanup script now ejects CD properly


 5.4.8

 * added busybox 1.1.3 with $((arith)) support in ash
 * added noswap boot parameter to disable autoloading of a swap parition
 * fixed egrep_o function which caused fromiso to disallow /dev/... paths
 * fixed comma and semicolon replacement in load= and noload= params
 * fixed bug in list_partition_devices (liblinuxlive)
 * fixed linuxrc searching for data (dirname), thanks to Niels Endres
 * load= and noload= are now case-insensitive, thanks to Niels Endres
 * probeusb moved at the top (even before the first debug prompt)
 * added MKMOD variable to 'config' so user can specify which directories
   will be included in liveCD.
 * added -f option to syslinux in make_disk.bat, which allows user to install
   LiveCD to any disk, even if it's not removable
 * added |sort| to list_modules to preserve correct order even after copy2ram
 * patched unsquashfs to return zero value if everything is OK. Patch sent to Phillip
 * important variables moved from linuxrc to liblinuxlive, all paths are now relative
 * added 'cleanup' script for safe shutdown procedures (you must patch your distro
   in order to call /mnt/live/cleanup at the end of your distro's shutdown scripts)


 5.4.7

 * finding livecd.sgn rewritten, now it doesn't search in subdirectories
 * implemented fromiso cheatcode, use eg. fromiso=/dev/sda1/slax.iso
   or eg. fromiso=/dev/sda1/slaxcd/
 * changes= cheatcode modified to accept device names with path,
   eg. changes=/dev/sda1/changes.ch
 * removed default squashfs.ko and unionfs.ko kernel modules.
   People don't read documentation and are confused that my *.ko modules
   don't work with their kernels.
 * added 'noauto' boot argument, to disable automounting of disks


 5.4.6

 * modified unsquashfs to force overwrite of existing files
   (added -f option and sent patch to Phillip - unsquashfs author)
 * mo2dir now uses unsquashfs -f, so it works even without squashfs support in kernel!
 * modified mo2dir dir2mo and other scripts to work from ./tools/ directory
   even without installing the scripts and even if ./tools/ is not current directory
 * fixed some typos in error messages
 * fixed load= parameter which were broken by changes made in 5.4.5
 * modules are now found in /base /modules and /optional directories
   and all its subdirectories!
 * load= and noload= now officially work as regexp, you may use * which
   is translated to '.*'. Moreover if you have subdirectories of modules,
   you may load or noload all the trees by a single argument


 5.4.5

 * fixed list_modules function to properly handle noload parameter
 * fixed fstab_update_line to skip commented lines (starting with #)
 * copy both zlib_deflate and zlib_inflate kernel modules to initrd


 5.4.4

 * added noload cheatcode, to disable loading specified modules (even those from /base/ and /modules)
 * added ramsize= cheatcode, to specify how much RAM is used to store changes (defaults to ramsize=60%)
 * added make_disk.sh script to create bootable Live disk (eg. for USB devices)


 5.4.3

 * forced ntfs to be mounted with ro option in all circumstances
 * added iocharset boot option, to mount VFAT and NTFS drives
   for example, if you have Central European Windows, use iocharset=iso8859-2
 * fixed listing swap partitions in fstab
 * fixed make_disk.bat and tested by few friends


 5.4.2

 * updated blkid libraries
 * updated busybox, this fixes several issues with mount
 * added make_disk.bat script to create bootable disk in Windows
   (eg. to install the LiveCD to USB stick or any FAT32 partition in win)
 * updated to latest unionfs snapshot (fix hardlinks count)
 * updated mksquashfs and unsquashfs binaries in tools directory
 * mo2dir shows correct error message if we try to use it on module inside union
 * added iocharset boot option


 5.4.1

 * uselivemod starts ldconfig only if ld.so.conf is found in the module
 * copy2ram now copies /rootcopy/ dir too.
 * fixed list_modules() function, so only modules from
   /base /modules and /optional are used during boot
 * The changes= boot argument now stores all modules used with uselivemod
   (only if the module has been moved to changes directory, for example by using
    uselivemod /root/module.mo)
 * mo2dir: added error message when trying to mount module from unioned fs.
 * busybox compiled with mountpoint support
 * If module already exists, don't add it to live filesystem anymore.
   In the past, it was mounted to module.mo.x.x.x but now it just ignores it.
   This allows us to never uselivemod any module with the same name like before.


 5.4.0

 * fixed some very important bug in unionfs (by Junjiro Okajima, sponsored by SLAX)
   that's the reason for the significant version number increase
 * added deb2mo script, thanks to Peter Chabada
 * changed tmpfs size from 80% to 60%, I agree that it's better and safer
   (if there is a lot of RAM, 60% is big enough, if there is not much RAM
    then 60% is safe, better not enough free space instead of silent hang)
 * modified copy2ram feature to preserve directory structure for modules
 * fixed a typo in linuxrc (properly setup /etc/filesystems)
 * added glibc libraries to initrd, busybox is not statically compiled anymore.
   - now we can include dynamically compiled binaries in initrd, cool!
 * added blkid binary
 * fstab_update rebuilded. We don't need to mount partitions to discover
   filesystem, blkid is good in this. Also minor fixes applied
 * uselivemod tries to find out whether our module is stored inside the union.
   If so, then we can't insert it, it has to be copied to memory first. So is done.
 * uselivemod now installs (unpacks) the module to filesystem if union is not in /


 5.2.0

 * added unionfs.ko CVS 20060210-1338
 * fixed nohd boot option to exclude also swap devices
 * fixed #autoremove label for swap devices detected during boot
 * added new syslinux and isolinux binaries, fixed isolinux.bi_
 * added better mkisofs.exe binary, doesn't work in DOS anymore,
   only in Windows 9x/me/nt/xp. This fixes make_iso.bat.
 * include kernel version number in error message when modprobe_module fails
 * better error message if squashfs and unionfs kernel modules are not found
 * added /etc/filesystems with vfat and ext3 entries, to prevent msdos and ext2
   from mounting prior these ones.
 * probe usb modules if probeusb boot parameter is present
   (useful in combination with "changes=" parameter to store changes to USB)
 * ask for kernel during runme.sh - so always correct kernel is used


 5.1.9

 * added debug=0 to mount union parameters to force zero debug.


 5.1.8

 * fix isolinux.cfg to display correct splash
 * updated unionfs.html documentation


 5.1.7

 * added support for 2.6.13.2 linux kernel, using test26 config from Slackware
 * added memtest v1.60
 * liblinuxlive: added a special #comment to activate_fstab
 * liblinuxlive: copy only usable files when copy2ram is used


 5.1.6

 * modified error message if no CD DATA are found.
 * added support for 2.6.12.5 linux kernel
 * default log file is now created in /tmp/linux-live-debug.log
 * fixed uselivemod script (it didn't start rc.d scripts)
 * updated mksquashfs to version 2.2
 * added ifconfig and dmesg support to busybox


 5.1.4

 * uselivemod: requires unionfs to be compiled with -DSETUP_BROKEN_LOSETUP=1
 * uselivemod: show all error messages now (eg. if squashfs is inconsistent
               because of broken download of the module)
 * uselivemod: call ldconfig at the end to update ld cache
 * uselivemod: run ALL scripts from the module, which are located in /etc/rc.d/ BUT symlinks.
               Note: scripts from /var/log/setup/... are not executed anymore
 * uselivemod, img2mo, mo2dir, uselivemod: only root can use it
 * liblinuxlive: added allow_only_root function
 * liblinuxlive: echo mounted module and destination to /tmp/_mounts
 * linuxrc: wait more than 30 seconds for USB devices. and raise the delay.
 * liblinuxlive: union_insert_module now prints module basename dir
 * updated isolinux.bin to newest version available today
 * initrd_create: use new config options to disable compressing kernel modules
                  and to redirect debug output to some file or /dev/null
 * added some documentation to "!info" directory
 * added latest CVS snapshot of unionfs module compiled for 2.6.12.2 kernel
   (this one is the more stable unionfs ever)


 5.1.3

 * bugfix: precompiled kernel modules weren't gzipped


 5.1.2

 * added squashfs kernel modules for 2.6.12.2
 * added unionfs unionfs-063005-2217
 * released 2.6.12.2 precompiled kernel for lazy people
 * added mkisofs which works in MS DOS too!


 5.1.1

 * mo2dir now calls /sbin/ldconfig at the end
 * added modprobe loop to initrd_create
 * uninstall script
 * removed editiso script. Use make_iso instead...
 * fixed make_iso.bat and added mkisofs.exe for DOS!
 * added uniondbg binary


 5.1.0
 5.0.16

 * mnt entries are marked as _cdrom and _removable
 * uselivemod updated to workaround unionfs bug, wasn't able to mount -o loop
 * updated kernel modules for 2.6.11.8, updated unionctl and mksquashfs
 * cd directory tree is changed to be more simple
 * create_bootdisk renamed to make_iso.sh and make_iso.bat


 5.0.15

 * added unionfs from 27th of April 2005
 * fixed uselivemod bug
 * new unionfs allows us to mount .mo modules from unioned dir too!
 * added precompiled modules (squashfs, unionfs) for Linux 2.6.11.8


 5.0.14

 * I don't like 5.0.13
 * Autoeject is set to 0 in /proc/.... at the end of copy2ram feature
 * added changes=/dev/device boot parameter. This device will be mounted
   to /memory/changes instead of tmpfs so changes can be stored on the disk!
   (or, for example, on removable USB media)
 * fixed USB mass storage driver? Remove ub driver from kernel, it's slow! :(
 * removed scsi modules from initrd
 * added mkisofs.exe and written create_bootiso.cmd script for Windows!
 * rootcopy content is now copied with cp -a instead of cp -R


 5.0.12

 * added NLS (native language support) kernel modules to initrd, allowing
   us to autodetect and automount FAT filesystems too
 * usb modules are probed too, so USB storage devices are added to fstab
 * added /sbin/modprobe script to initrd so Kernel can modprobe automatically
   (I found it's useless because actually kernel doesn't use it. But I will leave it there)


 5.0.11

 * added rootcopy directory to Live CD, it's content is copied directly to /
 * added missing vfat support
 * copy2ram copies the whole CD to RAM now
 * added new isolinux.bin


 5.0.10

 * added unionfs version which has many important bugs fixed
 * patched unionctl to skip stat() function
 * added support for Linux 2.6.11.6
 * added sample kernel configuration to kernel-modules/*/config.gz
 * added a lot of text to requirements file
 * fixed uselivemod script


 5.0.9

 * added precompiled version of mksquashfs to ./tools
 * added new unionfs (CVS snapshot unionfs-022205-1641)
 * liblinuxlive: added error message to modprobe_module function,
     so errors are displayed in the case if insmod didn't work.
     Some modprobe fixes added
 * busybox: added some more plugins (commands)
 * busybox: patched to support more than 8 loop devices
 * each directory of root filesystem is now packed separately


 5.0.8

 * fix chroot again
 * added Linux 2.6.10 support (precompiled modules)
 * removed Linux 2.6.9 modules
 * all kernel modules in initrd are compressed by gzip


 5.0.7

 * linuxrc: umount /sys before chroot, because Slackware won't moot /sys
   if it's mounted somewhere and it's a good idea to umount it anyway.
 * linuxrc: chroot is called from /usr/bin/chroot at first, if there is
   no such executable then linux-live scripts try /usr/sbin/chroot


 5.0.6

 * added img2mo tool to convert old format module to new one
 * initrd size changed to 4444KB


 5.0.5

 * updated unionfs.ko kernel module and unionctl binary


 5.0.4

 * added toram boot parameter (copy2ram is an alias for toram and can be used too)


 5.0.3

 * small bugfixes in shell scripts


 5.0.2

 * linuxrc and liblinuxlive rewritten from the scratch
 * busybox recompiled, it contains vi editor now.
 * added nohd boot option to disable mounting harddiscs at all

 * moduse renamed to uselivemod and rewritten
 * dir2img renamed to dir2mo and rewritten
 * img2dir renamed to mo2dir and rewritten
 * tgz2img renamed to tgz2mo and rewritten

 * when no live data found, try to modprobe USB storage modules
 * when no live data found, modprobe ALL scsi modules, I hope it won't hang

 * not implemented yet: tohd and fromhd boot options
 * not implemented yet: toram (and copy2ram) boot option


 5.0.0

 * added Linux 2.6 support !!!!
 * added unionfs support
 * added squashfs support
 * added BusyBox binary, which reduces the size of initrd and makes
   linux-live scripts more flexible; removed bash, added ash
 * modinsert renamed to editiso and rewritten
 * added nodma boot option, to disable DMA support upon request for all cdroms and disks
 * create_bootdisk.sh fixed incorrect error message about LILO not installed
 * removed nolock boot parameter
 not yet:* fixed tohd boot option (--test?)


 4.2.4

 * added installimg script to /tools/
 * added toram boot option, a synonym for copy2ram
 * /home directory is compressed like /root now...
 * fixed list_libs() function in liblinuxlive which could return uncomplete
   list of library dependencies (important bug!)


 4.2.3

 * mount_img() function - use return instead of exit


 4.2.2

 * added isolinux 2.11 to bootfiles


 4.2.1

 * mount_img() function produces more usefull error messages now
 * initrd_create: don't fail while copying nonexistent kernel modules (except ovl)


 4.2

 * modified dir2img to properly handle third parameter.
   It defaults to /data for tree without /data
   and it defaults to / for tree with /data
 * initrd size changed to 9999 KB
 * fixed echolog calling from /mnt/tmp/init
 * don't copy ext3, ntfs or reiserfs kernel modules to initrd if they doesn't exist
   (this caused fatal errors during initrd_create)


 4.1.4

 * added some more requirements to be accurate
 * don't export variables to profile.d if it doesn't exist
 * added 2.6 kernels todo
 * added isolinux 2.10
 * modified create_bootiso.sh to allow creating ISO from ro CD
 * added devfsd package to /packages directory


 4.1.3

 * this version number was skipped, I don't like it, it seems unstable


 4.1.2

 * fixed create_bootdisk.sh (adding | head -n 1)
 * added mv command to initrd
 * added cut command to initrd
 * implemented tohd and fromhd boot options


 4.1.1

 * added documentation DOC_MODULES


 4.0.7

 * fixed moduse script, added calling of "manual" module script if exists
 * liblinuxlive: added -n to mount calls
 * third argument for dir2img is optional now, it defaults to "/"


 4.0.5

 * tar.gz packs are extracted before inserting modules, to allow modules
   to contain /etc and /root settings too.
 * fixed "eject" boot parameter:
   /boot is mounted only if eject is not specified
 * create_bootdisk.sh: fixed lilo (forced to trash old boot record)
 * added memtest v 1.11 (it's finaly working now)
 * fixed ide-scsi - added the missing kernel module


 4.0.4

 * modified F1 boot help text
 * removed lang= functionality
 * removed lang directory from the CD and replaced it by "optional" directory
 * added "load=" boot parameter to insert specified images from "optional" directory
   (for example load=wine,vmware.img,lang_cs will insert optional/wine* optional/vmware.img* and optional/lang_cs*)
 * ./tools/moduse script sets $MANUAL variable to non-null value. This way it's possible
   to know (inside preinsert and postinsert script) if it's inserted manually by
   modinsert ($MANUAL!=""), or automatically during the LiveCD startup (before
   chrooting /mnt as a root filesystem).
 * devfs for /mnt/dev (real /dev) is mounted very soon to allow modules to
   contain device files
 * added memtest boot parameter starting memtest 3.1
 * liveCD path is mounted by --rbind option to /boot
 * mkciso removes the RAW img file imediately after compressing it
   to free some important part of disk space
 * added livecd-check to ./moduse script to disable using modules from hd-installed livecd


 4.0.3

  * linuxrc creates /etc/profile.d/slax.(csh,sh) to export $LIVECD_SUBDIR and $LIVECD_MOUNT
    environment variables
  * added Smart Boot Manager floppy image to FLOPPY/ directory (in bootfiles/)
  * initrd doesn't include SCSI kernel modules any more, seems like it didn't work


 4.0.2

  * scripts from /tools look for liblinuxlive functions in two directories now, ./ and /usr/lib


 4.0.1

  * fixed copying symlinks to initrd (copy link's target too w/ absolute pathname)
  * created own tempfile function
  * updated error message for mkzftree
  * removed nocopy2ram boot parameter. copy2ram parameter now implifies copy2ram=all
    so it's not possible (it didn't make any sense) to copy/not-copy individual modules
  * All SCSI modules are copied to initrd. This shoudl allow SLAX to boot
    from a cdrom drive connected to SCSI interface! I don't know if the kernel
    can insert apropriate module automatically (without hotplug for example)
    but I believe that it should. If there is someone who could test it,
    let me know please.


 3.0.28

  * Floppy automounting disabled (it caused alot of problems on some hw)
  * Floppy is automounted only with "floppy" boot parameter
  * USB modules for linuxrc are loaded only with "usbdisk" boot parameter
  * Fixed -a (AND) in linuxrc (there was && instead of -a which caused to
    fail loading USB modules at all)
  * Added script to copy&install SLAX to USB Mastorage device (flashdisk)!
    (./bootfiles/create_bootflashdisk.sh, untested but should work)

 3.0.27

  * USB support added back, it's possible to start slax from USB mastorage device
    (only if you know how to boot from it, or by using floppy)
  * added nousb kernel boot parameter again
  * added tools/modinsert.sh script (to insert downloaded modules to LiveCD ISO)


 3.0.26

   mkciso: mkzftree seems unable to compress files >2GB, added a check
   runme.sh: added a check for directories existence (eg. /opt doesn't need to be there)
   accidentaly removed ide-scsi modloading, cd burning doesn't work


 3.0.25

   fixed mouse autoconfig, it should finaly work now!
   filesystem modules for ext3 and reiserfs added to initrd
   partitions are mounted "ro" in linuxrc, but "default" entry is writed to fstab
   added "lang=" kernel parameter to insert all modules from language cpecific directory cd/lang/$1/*
   fixed loadlin (dos) parameters
   added floppy automounting
   removed usb kernel modules from initrd
   isolinux timeout changed to 2 seconds


 3.0.24

   fixed nohotplug kernel parameter to disable usb modules probing
   fixed img modules with filenames with a dot at the begining in some name
   added passwd=ask kernel parameter to change root password during the boot
   added eject kernel parameter to eject the CD if possible (when copy2ram=all)
   added nolock kernel parameter to disable CD locking
   added devfs and ovlfs checking, print useful error messages if error
   added touch /{etc,root,tmp,var/run}/something to avoid overmounting by ovlfs
   /var is packed by tar+gz like root or etc.
   mouse autodetecting (create /dev/mouse)
   changed module format. It's ISO->COMPRESS->ISO2 now, needs 2 loops to mount
   the final ISO is _not_ compressed. Allows to copy files from CD to RAM / FAT
   debug parameter without =bash will cat /proc/mounts and /proc/self/environ


 3.0.23

   the whole phylosophy completely changed, the LiveCD is modularized now
   cramfs replaced by transparent iso decompression
   autoexec script removed
   added tgz2img.sh script to convert .tgz files into .img
   added dir2img.sh script to convert directory tree into .img
   added img2dir.sh script to convert all back


 2.9.0.22

   changelog for all older versions is lost