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30 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml64 0.2-rc1 - codename <a
31 href="/faq/#releasename">Schwammerlklauber</a> (20070518)</h1>
33 <p><strong>Notice: grml64 0.2-rc1 is a RELEASE CANDIDATE and not
34 yet the stable release!</strong></p>
38 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
39 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators.
40 grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example
41 as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
42 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you
43 don't even need a harddisk to run it, unless you want to (use grml2hd
44 for this). Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1GB
45 of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
47 <p>Whereas grml is meant for use on 32 bit systems, grml64
48 provides support for 64 bit platforms. It is based on the amd64
49 port of Debian. Take a look at the '<a
50 href="/files/#debian">Debian-Information'-section</a> if you are
51 searching for the package list.</p>
53 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
57 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
58 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.1">grml64_0.1 @
64 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
66 <h4>New grml-scripts (some selected ones):</h4>
69 <li><strong>arename.pl</strong>: rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging
72 <li><a href="/grml-live/"><strong>grml-live</strong></a>: build
74 href="http://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> for generating
75 a grml and Debian based Linux Live system (CD/ISO)</li>
79 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes:</h4>
83 <li><strong>micvol</strong>: configure mixer/ volume settings of
84 microphone channel; usage: micvol=$number
86 <li><strong>noconsolefont</strong>: skip setting console font via
89 <li><strong>nogrmlacpi</strong>: disable acpi stuff inside
90 grml-autoconfig without having to boot using noacpi (which triggers
93 <li><strong>lvm</strong>: activate present Logical Volumes (LVM)
95 <li><strong>nolvm</strong>: completely disable LVM code/checks; by
96 default (so without using a special bootoption) grml runs 'lvdisplay'
97 and if something can be found the user gets a hint to execute 'Start
102 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
106 <li>use --insecure for passwordbox so user gets feedback when typing
107 password (it's '***' of course and not plaintext).
109 <li>check for dmraid signatures
111 <li>support installation on LVM devices. Usage example:
112 'LVM=/dev/mapper/grml2hd-lvm grml2hd'</li>
116 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more
117 details regarding grml2hd.</p>
119 <h4><a href="/terminalserver/">grml-terminalserver</a> (boot
120 grml via network)</h4>
124 <li>updated initrd generation for use with live-initramfs, providing a
125 reworked initial bootprocess</li>
129 <p>See <a href="/terminalserver/">grml.org/terminalserver/</a>
130 for more details regarding grml-terminalserver.</p>
132 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
136 <li>all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new <a
137 href="/grml-live/">grml-live framework</a></li>
139 <li>completely reworked initial bootprocess, based on live-initramfs
143 href="http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/">LZMA
146 <li>optimised the system to have as few wakeups as possibel (<25
147 wakeups/s in default startup)</li>
149 <li>updated to X.org 7.3</li>
151 <li>updated to libc6 2.7</li>
153 <li>the lang=-bootoption supports dvorak keyboard layouts (using
154 parameters dvorak, dvorak-iso or dvorak-utf8)</li>
157 <li>support for Virtualbox guest additions</li>
164 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.23.11 including <a
165 href="/kernel/">several patches</a> and additional modules:</p>
169 acx100 at76-usb atl2 aufs drbd8 exmap gspca ipw3945 ivtv
170 kqemu loop-aes lzma madwifi ndiswrapper nozomi openafs
171 qc-usb realtime-lsm rt2400 rt2500 squashfs sysprof
176 <p>Notice: some more modules
179 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
180 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>)
183 are not pre-installed but available through the <a
184 href="http://deb.grml.org/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
186 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details
187 regarding the grml-kernel.</p>
189 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
191 <p>The bootoption <strong>expert</strong> has been dropped. It is
192 deprecated nowadays. The bootoption <strong>splash</strong> has been
193 renamed into <em>textsplash</em> to avoid clashes with graphical
196 <p>Due to the new initial bootprocess (which is based on
197 live-initramfs) some <strong>bootoptions</strong> might not work as
198 expected or changed its behaviour. The grml team is working on merging
199 outstanding features. If you think you found a bootoption that does not
200 work as expected/documented please <a
201 href="http://grml.org/bugs/">report it</a>.</p>
203 <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
205 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are
206 available at the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. See <a
207 href="/files/release-0.2-grml64/dpkg_get_selections">dpkg_get_selections</a>
208 for a main package listing and <a
209 href="/files/release-0.2-grml64/dpkg_list">dpkg_list</a> for a more detailed
210 list of packages shipped with grml 1.1.</p>
214 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20071225.</p>
216 <p>Removed 91 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
217 different names/in different packages]:</p>
222 airsnort artwiz-cursor attacker autofs bandwidthd-pgsql
223 centericq centericq-common checkinstall clvm cogito
224 crywrap dbengine ddd debtags defrag discover discover-data
225 dnsdoctor dvgrab emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common
226 emelfm fbgetty findimagedupes flac123 fvwm-crystal gnuplot
227 gnuplot-nox gnuplot-x11 gnus gnus-bonus-el grep-dctrl gs
228 gs-common gs-esp gs-gpl gscanbus ia32-libs idn
229 installation-report ion3 ion3-mod-xinerama ion3-scripts
230 irssi-text jail kiss lckdo linux-kernel-headers
231 linux-kernel-headers-grml linux32 lshw-common mobilemesh
232 modutils mozilla-firefox msort ncftp2 nessus netdude
233 netpipes nmapfe openbsd-inetd pdns python-mode
234 python-semanage rhapsody rt2400 rt2500 schedutils
235 sound-recorder sqlrelay sqlrelay-postgresql
236 sqlrelay-sqlite surfraw tdb-dev tinysnmp-tools twin
237 unison2.9.1 user-de uswsusp valgrind vde vifm vncommand
238 w3-el-e21 w3-url-e21 xdebconfigurator xfonts-artwiz
243 <p>Added 221 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.23-grml64*):</p>
247 2vcard 3ware-cli-binary aamath ack-grep acpi-support-base
248 acpitail afflib aggregate amap aosd-cat
249 apt-transport-https ascii asql awesome balance base64
250 bittwist bochsbios bsd-mailx catdvi centerim-common
251 centerim-utf8 cereal cpp-4.2 ctioga ctorrent dcfldd detox
252 dir2ogg dns2tcp dpkg-ruby duplicity dupmerge dvipng dzen2
253 edac-utils elfkickers emacs22 emacs22-bin-common
254 emacs22-common espeak espeak-data etckeeper exifprobe
255 exmap fai-client fai-doc fai-server fatsort
256 firmware-iwlwifi firmware-ralink flashrom fuseiso g++-4.2
257 gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base gcc-4.2-multilib gcc-multilib gconf2
258 gconf2-common ghostscript ghostscript-x git-svn gitpkg
259 gksu gnome-keyring gnu-fdisk gnupg-pkcs11-scd gparted
260 grml-debian-keyring grml-live grml-paste gzrt haproxy
261 hdaps-utils hdapsd heirloom-sh hfsprogs hgsvn hplip
262 hplip-data iceweasel-webdeveloper ifupdown-extra
263 inoticoming iodine ipw-firmware irqbalance
264 irssi-plugin-xmpp iscsitarget itop jp2a kanif kpartx
265 latex-beamer latex-xcolor latexmk lcdtest ldnsutils
266 linux-libc-dev linux-wlan-ng live-initramfs logapp
267 loop-aes-testsuite lzma mailplate metastore minised
268 mkelfimage mlocate mr nat-traverse nessusclient netrw
269 netsurf nttcp nvclock obconf olsrd-plugins op open-iscsi
270 open-vm-tools openafs-client openafs-krb5 openbios-sparc
271 openbox openhackware packeth pamusb-tools paperkey
272 paris-traceroute pcaputils pdfjam pekwm pgf pip pm-utils
273 pmailq pngtools polipo poppler-utils preview-latex-style
274 prism54-firmware pristine-tar privbind proll pssh
275 python-dbus python-gnupginterface python-gobject
276 python-pycallgraph python-setuptools python-urlgrabber
277 qemu rainbowcrack rcov rinse rofs runit rutilt s3cmd
278 scamper scanmem shorewall-common shorewall-shell sitar sl
279 sm smap snort-common-libraries splint-data supercat
280 svgalibg1 sysutils taktuk tasksel tasksel-data tetex-base
281 tetex-bin tex-common texlive texlive-base texlive-base-bin
282 texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended
283 texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-base
284 texlive-latex-recommended texpower tgt thinkfinger-tools
285 timelimit ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra uml-utilities
286 unhide uniutils vgabios vim-tiny wacom-tools wamerican
287 wapiti x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils
288 x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xar xauth xbacklight
289 xdelta3 xdg-utils xinit xrestop
290 xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd xsteg yatm yeahconsole
295 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
297 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
298 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at <a
299 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=upgrading">the upgrading webpage in
300 the grml-wiki</a> as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive
301 environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to
302 subscribe to <a href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user
305 <h3>Changes since release 1.0 (20070518)</h3>
309 <li>Alexander Steinboeck joined <a href="/team/">the grml-team</a>.</li>
311 <li>Daily builds available: <a
312 href="http://grml.supersized.org/archives/269-Daily-grml-snapshots.html">automatically
313 generated ISOs of grml</a> (using <a href="/grml-live/">the
314 grml-live framework</a>) are available at <a
315 href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</li>
317 <li>Results of the <a
318 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=survey07">grml user survey
319 are available</a>.</li>
323 <h3>Known issues</h3>
326 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2">grml64_0.2 @ grml-wiki</a>.
327 Please report problems using information on <a
328 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
330 <h3>Download grml64 0.2-rc1</h3>
332 <p>grml64 0.2-rc1 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
333 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
337 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
338 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
339 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2">grml64_0.2 @
340 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
341 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback, feature
342 requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
345 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
346 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
351 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Henning
352 Sprang, Thomas Lange, Michael Schmitt, Daniel
353 Baumann, Karl Voit, Norbert Tretkowski, Jan-Pieter
354 Jacobs, Wolfgang Karall and Darshaka Pathirana for
355 their contributions. Many thanks also to the ones
356 of you who <a href="/donations/">donated something
357 to the grml-team</a> and of course to all those
358 who have sent feedback since the last release!</p>
360 <h3>More Information</h3>
362 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
363 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
365 <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
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