Changelog
- 2020-10-23: SL 7.9 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2020-04-24: SL 7.8 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2019-11-11: SL 7.7 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2018-12-12: SL 7.6 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2018-08-05: SL 6.10 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2018-05-14: SL 7.5 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2017-07-20: SL 7.4 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2017-04-12: SL 6.9 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2017-01-20: SL 7.3 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2016-07-19: SL 6.8 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2016-02-03: SL 7.2 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2015-08-25: SL 6.7 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2015-04-08: SL 7.1 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2014-11-14: SL 6.6 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2014-10-27: SL 7.0 LiveCD/DVD released
- 2014-02-07: SL 6.5 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2013-04-20: SL 6.4 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2012-08-26: SL 6.3 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2012-08-20: New boot parameter for SL6: eject
- 2012-02-17: SL 6.2 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2011-11-02: SL 5.7 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2011-07-28: SL 6.1 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2011-07-08: Release of SL56 LiveCD/DVD
- 2011-03-18: Most parts of the documentation update for SL6 Live
- 2011-03-08: SL 6.0 LiveCD/DVD officially released
- 2011-02-25: Kickstart files for SL6 LiveCD available from SVN
- 2010-06-19: Build script livecd-3.1.0 released, used for SL55 LiveCD
- 2010-06-18: Release of SL55 LiveCD/DVD
- 2010-06-14: New boot parameters: blacklist, nohotplug
- 2010-05-03: New boot parameters: withx, usbdelay
- 2009-11-24: Release of SL54 LiveCD/DVD
- 2009-11-24: Build script livecd-3.0.2 released, used for SL54 LiveCD
- 2009-11-14: Add boot parameter dhcpdelay
- 2009-08-27: Release of SL48 LiveCD/DVD
- 2009-04-21: Build script livecd-3.0.0 released, used for SL53 LiveCD
- 2009-03-27: Release of SL53 LiveCD/DVD
- 2009-01-19: SL LiveCD webpage has been moved to http://www.livecd.ethz.ch
- 2008-09-20: Release of SL47 LiveCD/DVD
- 2008-09-20: Build script livecd-2.9.3 released, used for SL47 LiveCD
- 2008-08-14: Release of SL52 LiveCD/DVD
- 2008-08-13: Build script livecd-2.9.2 released, used for SL52 LiveCD
- 2008-08-01: Better implementation of changes= boot parameter
- 2008-07-30: New boot paramters: noeject, nokudzu, ntfsopt
- 2008-06-30: Update busybox from 1.6.1 to 1.9.2
- 2008-06-08: Evolution no longer on SL5 LiveCD, use thunderbird instead
- 2008-06-06: Boot per default with rhgb option
- 2008-05-13: Should now work with nvidia kernel modules and dkml
- 2008-05-12: Rewrote autodection of network card - autodetection should now work for all supported cards
- 2008-04-11: Release of SL46 LiveCD/DVD
- 2008-02-18: Build script livecd-2.8.0 released
- 2008-02-03: Release of SL51 LiveCD/DVD
- 2007-10-12: Release of SL45 LiveCD/DVD
- 2007-09-21: Build script livecd-2.7.2 released. Many bug fixes and new features
- 2007-09-21: Support of unionfs 1.x and 2.x and aufs. Use unionfs 1.x for SL4 and aufs for SL5
- 2007-09-21: Improved diskless client (better auto-detection auf network card)
- 2007-09-21: Update to busybox 1.7.1
- 2007-05-25: First release of SL50 LiveCD
- 2007-04-17: Test release of SL50 LiveCD (based on SL50 rc)
- 2007-04-14: Reload sound module twice to enable sound on SL5 LiveCD
- 2007-04-13: SL5 LiveCD uses now gnome (replaces KDE)
- 2007-04-12: Add ntfs-3g: stable read and write support for NTFS
- 2007-04-10: Better Xserver auto configuration on SL5 LiveCD
- 2007-02-22: Add livecd-install-gui
- 2007-02-16: Remove seamonkey from LiveCD, gparted added
- 2007-02-13: Made subversion repository of build scripts public
- 2007-02-13: SL5 LiveCD: unionfs replaced by aufs
- 2007-02-09: Add boot parameter ramsize. Default changed to ramsize=70%
- 2007-02-09: Build script livecd-2.5.4 released. Should run on SL4 and SL5
- 2007-02-01: Add script livecd-install which will allow to install the LiveCD on local harddisk
- 2007-01-15: Testing release of SL5a (SL5 Alpha) LiveCD/DVD
- 2006-12-15: Add SATA CD-ROM support
- 2006-10-27: First release of SL44 LiveCD/DVDs
- 2006-10-21: Update nivdia driver to 1.0-8776
- 2006-10-20: Add boot parameter serviceon/serviceoff
- 2006-10-18: SMP kernel will be included in the next LiveCD release
- 2006-10-16: Squashfs udpated to version 3.1-r2
- 2006-10-16: LiveCD can now be built with the native SL4 kernel (livecd build scripts > 2.0.0)
- 2006-10-14: Add r1000 and ipw3945 kernel modules
- 2006-09-08: Second release of SL43 LiveCDs (build date 2006-09-03/2006-09-04)
- 2006-09-03: Add madwifi driver
- 2006-08-30: Update to unionfs 1.1.5 (patched for RHEL4 kernel)
- 2006-08-25: Update to kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL.livecd. Software updated.
- 2006-08-08: Add support to boot the LiveCD over USB CD-ROM
- 2006-07-13: Some changes in the livecd build scripts
- 2006-07-03: Add boot option nopasswd (= empty passwords)
- 2006-06-30: Add description about how to build own LiveCD
- 2006-05-17: Add ndiswrapper
- 2006-05-16: Add some more packages to LiveDVDs
- 2006-05-15: First release of SL43 LiveCDs
- 2006-05-10: Add testdisk
- 2006-05-02: Add ms-sys and syslinux
- 2006-05-02: Remove boot option load_ramdisk=1 and prompt_ramdisk=0
- 2006-05-01: Add description about installing LiveCD on an USB flash drive.
- 2006-03-22: Update to kernel 2.6.9-34.EL.livecd. Software updated.
- 2006-03-02: Improved Diskless Client
- 2006-02-03: Add 855resolution, turn on sound, boot parameter nosound, start kmix, krandrtray
- 2006-01-27: Update to SL42. All images created after 2006-01-27 come with SL42
- 2006-01-25: Add fuse-kernel-module, ntfsprogs-fuse to write/read mount NTFS filesystems
(writing to NTFS is still very dangerous!!)
- 2006-01-13: Boot parameter to set static IP, gateway
- 2006-01-13: Boot parameter home=..., to choose a local home dir
- 2006-01-12: Update to kernel 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.livecd. Software updated.
- 2006-01-06: Boot parameter kb= to set keyboard.
- 2005-12-09: Software update. Add openoffice.org 2 to Live DVD
- 2005-12-03: Script save-localdata saves /home and config files to an USB stick or harddisk
- 2005-11-28: Update to a patched version of unionfs 1.0.14
- 2005-11-27: Add mountable partitions to /etc/fstab (hdX and sdX)
- 2005-11-18: Software updated.
- 2005-11-14: Mini LiveCD. Ideal as a rescue system
- 2005-11-10: Enable SWAP partition (disable: boot with "linux noswap")
- 2005-10-13: Add nvidia driver (boot with "linux nvidia").
More boot parameter added (many graphical options).
- 2005-10-13: Software updated.
- 2005-09-29: First release of 64bit Scientific Linux Live CD
- 2005-09-17: Add many language related packages to Live DVD.
- 2005-09-13: Add Japanese language support (fonts-ja, ttfonts-ja, kde-18n-Japanese).
- 2005-09-12: Add boot option "simplex".
- 2005-09-10: First build of Scientific Linux Live DVD.
- 2005-09-08: "nox" option added. Improved boot over network.
- 2005-09-06: First release of Scientific Linux Live CD. Based on SL41.
Last modified: Friday, 23-Oct-2020 08:35:38 CEST
by Urs Beyerle