Fwd: [eReuse/device-inventory] Version 7.1 alpha 8

[David Franquesa]

Hi refurbishers,

Please find an stable release of eReuse Device Diagnostic and Inventory tool, please I appreciate any trouble you get.

Best Regards,
David Franquesa

eReuse.org

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Subject:	[eReuse/device-inventory] Version 7.1 alpha 8
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2016 03:53:41 -0800
From:	Ivan Vilata-i-Balaguer <notifi...@github.com>
Reply-To:	eReuse/device-inventory <nor...@github.com>
To:	eReuse/device-inventory <device-i...@noreply.github.com>

Version 7.1 alpha 8

This version is functionally stable; main features are not expected to change in the following releases. No changes are needed for the PXE server, so you may use the previous server image.

Release news

• Installation support: besides diagnosing and performing an inventory, this release enables two ways of installing an operating system into the computer. The first one is based on Reciclanet's scripts (with a few enhancements) and supports installing a complete system image captured from a real installation. The second one allows booting an installation ISO provided by the server. See docs/PXE_Register.md for more information (#34).
• An optional stress test can be run on CPU and memory to check for flaky components (disabled by default, you may enable it in config.ini) (#40).
• Add optional questions during diagnostics for computer visual and functional conditions (#41).
• Documentation of config.ini options has been moved to the file itself as comments, so that no access to external resources is needed while editing options in the PXE server (#46).
• JSON file names are now based on the provided label (#56)
• Support pip-based installation: software requirements have been updated, cleaned up and put into requirements.txt and requirements-full.txt. When preparing the eReuseOS ISO, the normal installation is done since it doesn't depend on platform-dependent packages (no build environment needed). For development, the [full] extra dependencies may be installed (#42).

Release fixes

• Enable booting correctly on computers with several network cards (#38).
• Force the use of PAE on old Pentium M and Celeron M computers (#39).
• Avoid hanging on SMART test and follow its actual progress (#58).
• Disable swap enabled by Casper to avoid using the disk (#51).

Guides

• Configuration file options
• How to use the virtual PXE server
• Create your own PXE server

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Fixes

• Fix paths in ChaletOS's PXELINUX configuration.
• Several clarifications and minor fixes to documentation.
• Better interaction (choice numbers, ask for comments at the end).

New functions

• Show progress bar while stress test is running (for #40).
• Print some help commands after running inventory process (#44).

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