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30 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml 0.7 - codename <a
31 href="/faq/#releasename">Bootenschnitzl</a> (20060410)</h1>
35 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
36 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml
37 provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a
38 rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It
39 is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a
40 harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1
41 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
43 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
47 <p>Fixed several bugs, including:</p>
50 <li><a href="http://bugs.grml.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19">#19</a> grml-0.6: gkrellmd and battery status [wishlist]
51 <li><a href="http://bugs.grml.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20">#20</a> grml-0.6: GRMLCFG does not work with floppy disk
52 <li><a href="http://bugs.grml.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21">#21</a> hgrep: hgrep returns always success
55 <p>and issues reported on <a
56 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.6">grml_0.6 @
61 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
63 <h4>New grml-scripts (some selected ones):</h4>
66 <li>bt-audio: script to connect bluetooth headset to computer
67 <li>get_tw_cli: get 3ware RAID controller command line interface tool (tw_cli)
68 <li>event-viewer: program to see all fork/exec/exit/uid/gid events on a
69 running system using the new netlink/fork connector interface from linux
73 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes (some selected ones):</h4>
76 <li>vmware: disable usb/firewire detection during bootprocess, load some SCSI-modules instead
79 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
82 <li>check for given mbr option and prompt for activating it if not set
83 <li>changed initrd/initramfs generator from yaird to initramfs: now booting via firewire is also possible
84 <li>added resume, brltty, speakup_synth and swspeak to list of grml2hd-bootparams so it's easier to use out of the box
85 <li>changed logic in grml2hd dialog for package removal: now select packages which should be kept
88 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more details.</p>
90 <h4><a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb">grml2usb</a> (install grml
94 <li>improved error handling and its output
95 <li>activate bootoption usb by default in syslinux.cfg
96 <li>added uninstall option
99 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
103 <li>/bin/sh now points to /bin/bash; reason: Debian does not support zsh as
104 /bin/sh, zsh is used as interactive shell anyway of course
106 <li>reworked zsh completion (no error correction on rm and mv commands)
108 <li>grub can be called from bootmenu (in isolinux) through running 'grub'
109 now; thanks a lot to Rafael Steiner!
111 <li>reworked 'swspeak' bootoption: sound output during startup, start
112 software synthesizer when booting finished via running 'swspeak'
114 <li>rebuildfstab (generate /etc/fstab): partitions have new mount-options:
115 'noauto,nouser,dev,suid,exec'; improved partition detection (e.g. reiser4
122 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.16.1 including several patches (Reiser4,
123 Speakup, Squashfs,...) and additional modules:</p>
126 acerhk, acx100, at76c503a, bcm5700, cowloop, dazuko, drbd0.7, eagle-usb,
127 et131x, exmap, ivtv, kqemu, linux-wlan-ng, lufs, madwifi, madwifi-ng,
128 ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, pwc, qc-usb, realtime-lsm, rt2400, rt2500,
129 sdhci, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx, sysprof, thinkpad, tidev, truecrypt,
133 <p>Notice: madwifi-ng is available in /usr/src as debian package but not
134 pre-installed because of conflicts with madwifi. Some more modules (for
135 example <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
136 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>) are not
137 pre-installed but available through the <a
138 href="http://grml.org/repos/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
140 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details
141 regarding the grml-kernel.</p>
145 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20060407 plus some minor
146 updates until 20060409.</p>
148 <p>Removed 34 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
149 different names/in different packages]:</p>
154 bzrtools cryptsetup-luks fam fonts-ttf-decoratives gkrellm-common grml-fixes
155 ivtv0.4-utils jikes jikes-kaffe ldaptor-common mirror mozilla-firefox-adblock
156 multiseat munin mysql-server mysql-server-4.1 pdns-backend-mysql pgpool php5
157 php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite pmx postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-policyd
158 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-contrib-8.1 preview-latex python2.3-subversion schroot
159 sqlrelay-mysql tpb wacom-tools
162 <p>Added 48 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.16-grml*):</p>
165 3270-common apt-index-watcher array-util arrayprobe bar bcrelay brltty-flite btsco
166 bwm-ng c3270 cryptsetup cvsconnect cw cwcp dbconfig-common devio ecj-bootstrap
167 fontconfig-config gamin gcc-4.1-base gcj-4.1-base gcom gij-4.0 glimpse i855crt
168 ivtv-utils lanmap latex-mk linux-wlan-ng-firmware lomoco moreutils mpt-status
169 nbsmtp o3read openipmi p7zip pfqueue postgresql-client-common python-subversion
170 python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage qpxtool rkhunter tcptraceroute tct truecrypt
174 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
176 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
177 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Notice: If you are
178 using grml in a productive environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we
179 strongly recommend to subscribe to <a
180 href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user mailinglist</a>!</p>
182 <h3>Download grml 0.7</h3>
184 <p>grml 0.7 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
185 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
187 <h3>Known issues</h3>
189 <p>None reported so far. Take a look at <a
190 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7">grml_0.7 @ grml-wiki</a>
191 and <a href="http://bugs.grml.org/">the grml bug tracking system</a>.</p>
193 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
194 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
195 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7">grml_0.7 @
196 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
197 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
199 <h3>Changes since release 0.6 (20060122)</h3>
202 <li><a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user">grml
203 user mailinglist available on gmane</a></li>
208 <p>Please send your feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the
212 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
213 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
218 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Rafael Steiner for the grub-in-isolinux
219 feature and to all those who have sent feedback since the last release!</p>
221 <h3>More Information</h3>
223 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
224 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
226 <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
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231 <h3>Further Questions?</h3>
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