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31 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml 0.9 - codename <a
32 href="/faq/#releasename">dioptrienotto</a> (20061206)</h1>
36 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
37 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml
38 provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a
39 rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It
40 is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a
41 harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1
42 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
44 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
48 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
49 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.8">grml_0.8 @
54 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
56 <h4>New grml-scripts (some selected ones):</h4>
60 <li>getsf: download project from sourceforge.net
62 <li>grml-ap: set up your box as access point
64 <li>grml-bridge: set up your box as bridge
66 <li>grml-debootstrap: wrapper around debootstrap for
67 installing plain Debian via grml
69 <li>grml-router: set up your box as NAT-router
71 <li>qma: quick manual access, speeds up access for reading manpages
73 <li>random-hostname: print random hostname to stdout
75 <li>reread_partition_table: re-read partition table of specific disk
79 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes:</h4>
83 <li>dos: boot into FreeDOS 1.0 from <a
84 href="http://www.finnix.org/Balder">the Balder project</a></li>
86 <li>noswraid: disable search for software RAID arrays</li>
88 <li>lang=$LANG-utf: unicode support, usage example:
93 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
97 <li>support customization of grml2hd through
98 /etc/grml2hd/customization</li>
100 <li>allow installation of lilo into MBR of the first disk on the system.
101 (Feature based on patch contributed by Alexander Bernauer.)</li>
103 <li>adjust /etc/default/rcS according to bootoption utc/gmt
104 and /etc/localtime according to bootoption tz</li>
106 <li>integration of random-hostname</li>
110 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more details regarding
113 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
117 <li>updated to X.org 7.1.1</li>
119 <li>unicode support through bootoption lang=$LANG-utf8
121 <li>added FreeDOS 1.0 from the <a
122 href="http://www.finnix.org/Balder">Balder project</a>; boot into it using the bootoption 'dos'
124 <li>new handling for added/removed devices: /etc/fstab is
125 rebuild automatically if new block devices are added or
126 removed; mounting usb devices is possible through /mnt/usb-sd*
128 <li>grml-rebuildfstab (that's a shell command now as well, just run
129 'grml-rebuildfstab' to rebuild /etc/fstab) supports fs-LABELs and UUIDs;
130 see 'man rebuildfstab' for details
132 <li>split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the
133 latter one provides the core configuration files for e.g. zsh,
136 <li>bootoption 'grub' boots into <a
137 href="http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/bootdisk/">The All In One
138 Boot Floppy</a> (which provides Grub), contributed by Michael
145 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.18.3 including <a
146 href="/kernel/">several patches</a> (Speakup, Squashfs,...) and
147 additional modules:</p>
150 acerhk, acx100, adp94xx, arcmsr, bcm5700, cowloop, drbd8, et131x,
151 exmap, ipw3945, ivtv, kqemu, kvm, linux-wlan-ng, madwifi, misdn,
152 ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, qc-usb, r1000, realtime-lsm,
153 rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt2x00, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx,
154 sysprof, tidev, tpm_emulator, truecrypt, unionfs
157 <p>Notice: some more modules (for example <a
158 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
159 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>) are not
160 pre-installed but available through the <a
161 href="http://deb.grml.org/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
163 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details regarding
166 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
168 <p><strong>swap partitions:</strong> by default grml does
169 <strong>not</strong> automatically use swap partitions anymore.
170 Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot using 'grml swap'
171 for enabling all detected and usable swap partitions.</p>
173 <p><strong>software raid:</strong> starting with grml 0.9
174 booting the system searches for present software raid arrays.
175 The configuration file /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf will be generated
176 by default, to disable this feature use the bootopion noswraid.
177 The arrays are <strong>not</strong> autoassembled by default.
178 Either boot using the bootoption swraid or run 'Start
179 mdadm-raid' when running grml already to assemble present
180 software raid arrays.</p>
182 <p><strong>zsh global aliases:</strong> the global aliases
183 setup has been changed; now the global aliases (like: 'G' is
184 same '|grep') are not enabled by default any more, instead a
185 new setup named 'powerful abbreviation expansion' is available.
186 Usage example: type 'N' and press ',.' to expand the 'N' into
187 '&>/dev/null'. Take a look at <a
188 href="/zsh/#grmlzshrefcard">the grml zsh refcard</a> for more
191 <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
193 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are available at
194 the <a href="http://grml.org/files/#debian">Debian section</a>.</p>
198 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20061203.</p>
200 <p>Removed 62 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
201 different names/in different packages]:</p>
206 apache2-common apt-index-watcher bluez-pin bookmarkbridge camgrab cdw
207 cdw-common cthumb divine dnotify drbd0.7-utils duplicity
208 euro-support-console euro-support-x firefox firefox-webdeveloper
209 flashplugin-nonfree gcj-4.1-base gconf2-common giflib-bin giflib3g
210 gnupg2 grml-kerneladdons grml-reportbug gtkrecover ipchains ipmasqadm
211 ipw3945-ucode jaxml lout-doc lpr mime-codecs mozilla-mplayer
212 mplayer-nogui mtop ndiswrapper-utils-1.7 ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
213 netkit-inetd open-iscsi pnpbios-tools ppmtofb python-gnupginterface
214 python2.3-pymad python2.3-pyopenssl python2.3-pyparsing
215 python2.3-twisted-bin python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage scanerrlog
216 stunnel tex-refs thc-ipv6 thc-pptp-bruter truecrypt turkey update
217 x-window-system-core xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi-transcoded
218 xfonts-konsole xlibs xorg
221 <p>Added 113 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.18-grml*):</p>
225 aamath ace-of-penguins afflib apache2.2-common apf-client apf-server
226 aria2 asused automake avahi-daemon ccontrol cdrskin classpath-gtkpeer
227 conntrack cupsys-bsd ddccontrol ddccontrol-db diakonos diction dov4l
228 drbd8-utils dsbltesters dwm-tools dynafont dynamic-disk emacs emelfm
229 firmware-ipw3945 firmware-qlogic glipper-nognome gpgv grml-debootstrap
230 grml-etc-core grml-kerneladdons-2.6.18 grml-network guessnet histring
231 hoz ht iceweasel ink inotail inotify-tools iwatch konwert
232 konwert-filters latex-ucs mathomatic medusa misdn-utils molly-guard
233 mpg123-alsa mplayer mplayer-skin-blue ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ne
234 obexpushd openbsd-inetd pax-utils ptfinder pwman3 pxfw pydb
235 python-crypto python-jaxml python-pymad python-pysqlite2
236 python-selinux python-semanage python-twisted-bin python2.5
237 python2.5-minimal qtparted rake rdoc rdoc1.8 reniced reportbug
238 resolvconf retty ruby-prof sic smap ssdeep stealth stunnel4 synergy
239 sysvinit-utils tesseract-ocr toilet toilet-fonts update-inetd
240 upstreamdev videogen vim-python vim-ruby webcam-server wikipedia2text
241 wodim xen-utils-common xmlindent xmms2 xmms2-client-cli xmms2-core
242 xmms2-plugin-alsa xmms2-plugin-id3v2 xmms2-plugin-jack
243 xmms2-plugin-mad xmms2-plugin-vorbis xsel xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
244 xserver-xorg-video-ivtv youtube-dl
247 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
249 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
250 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at <a
251 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=upgrading">the upgrading webpage in
252 the grml-wiki</a> as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive
253 environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to
254 subscribe to <a href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user
257 <h3>Changes since release 0.8 (20060413)</h3>
260 <li><a href="http://lists.mur.at/pipermail/grml/2006-December/001159.html">new Debian repository</a> available.
261 <li><a href="http://ml.grml.org/list/hg-commits.en.html">grml repository commits mailinglist</a> available.
262 <li>Updated <a href="/zsh/#grmlzshrefcard">grml-zsh-refcard</a>.
263 <li>Public mercurial repositories available at <a
264 href="http://hg.grml.org/">hg.grml.org</a>.
265 <li>Ulrich Dangel joined <a href="/team/">the grml-team</a>.
268 <h3>Known issues</h3>
271 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.9">grml_0.9 @ grml-wiki</a>.
272 Please report problems using information on <a
273 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
275 <h3>Download grml 0.9</h3>
277 <p>grml 0.9 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
278 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
282 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
283 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
284 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.9">grml_0.9 @
285 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
286 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback, feature
287 requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
290 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
291 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
296 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Wolfgang Karall, Frank
297 Terbeck, Alexander Bernauer, Moritz Augsburger, Arnt Karlsen
298 and Marc Haber for their contributions. Many thanks also to the
299 ones of you who <a href="/donations/">donated something to the
300 grml-team</a> and of course to all those who have sent feedback
301 since the last release!</p>
303 <h3>More Information</h3>
305 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
306 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
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309 href="http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml-announce"> grml's
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