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8 :::::::: version 0.7 ::::::
9 : codename Bootenschnitzl :
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13 GRML - Live-CD for sysadmins and users of text tools
14 ====================================================
16 grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) based on Knoppix and Debian. It includes a
17 collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system
18 administrators. grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for
19 example as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
20 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't
21 even need a harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes
22 about 2.1 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.
26 grml 0.7 can be downloaded from http://grml.org/download/
29 Release 0.7 - Codename Bootenschnitzl (20060410)
30 ================================================
32 Fixed several bugs, including:
34 #19 grml-0.6: gkrellmd and battery status [wishlist]
35 #20 grml-0.6: GRMLCFG does not work with floppy disk
36 #21 hgrep: hgrep returns always success
38 and issues reported on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.6
40 Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.
42 New grml-scripts (some selected ones):
44 * bt-audio script to connect bluetooth headset to computer
45 * get_tw_cli get 3ware RAID controller command line interface
47 * event-viewer program to see all fork/exec/exit/uid/gid events on
48 a running system using the new netlink/fork connector
49 interface from linux >=2.6.15
51 New bootparameters/cheatcodes (some selected ones):
53 * vmware disable usb/firewire detection during bootprocess,
54 load some SCSI-modules instead
58 * /bin/sh now points to /bin/bash; reason: Debian does not support zsh
59 as /bin/sh, zsh is used as interactive shell anyway of course
60 * reworked zsh completion (no error correction on rm and mv commands)
61 * grub can be called from bootmenu (in isolinux) through running
62 'grub' now; thanks a lot to Rafael Steiner!
63 * reworked 'swspeak' bootoption: sound output during startup, start
64 software synthesizer when booting finishe via running 'swspeak'
65 * rebuildfstab (generate /etc/fstab):
66 - partitions have new mount-options: 'noauto,nouser,dev,suid,exec'
67 - improved partition detection (e.g. reiser4 is detected now)
71 * Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.16.1 including several patches
72 (Reiser4, Speakup, Squashfs,...) and additional modules:
74 acerhk, acx100, at76c503a, bcm5700, cowloop, dazuko, drbd0.7,
75 eagle-usb, et131x, exmap, ivtv, kqemu, linux-wlan-ng, lufs, madwifi,
76 madwifi-ng, ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, pwc, qc-usb,
77 realtime-lsm, rt2400, rt2500, sdhci, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx,
78 sysprof, thinkpad, tidev, truecrypt, vaiostat, zd1211
80 Notice: madwifi-ng is available in /usr/src as debian package
81 but not pre-installed because of conflicts with madwifi.
82 Some more modules (for example fglrx and nvidia) are not
83 pre-installed but available through the grml-repository.
85 See http://grml.org/kernel/ for more details regarding the grml-kernel.
89 * Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20060402 plus
90 some minor updates until 200604XX.
91 * Updated memtest to Memtest86+ V1.65.
92 * Updated putty-collection to latest version.
93 * grml2hd (install grml to harddisk):
94 - check for given mbr option and prompt for activating it if not set
95 - changed initrd/initramfs generator from yaird to initramfs:
96 now booting via firewire is also possible
97 - added resume, brltty, speakup_synth and swspeak to list of
98 grml2hd-bootparams so it's easier to use out of the box
99 - changed logic in grml2hd dialog for package removal: now select packages
101 -> See http://grml.org/grml2hd/ for more details.
103 Removed 34 packages [please notice that some of them are available
104 under different names/in different packages]:
108 bzrtools cryptsetup-luks fam fonts-ttf-decoratives gkrellm-common grml-fixes
109 ivtv0.4-utils jikes jikes-kaffe ldaptor-common mirror mozilla-firefox-adblock
110 multiseat munin mysql-server mysql-server-4.1 pdns-backend-mysql pgpool php5
111 php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite pmx postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-policyd
112 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-contrib-8.1 preview-latex python2.3-subversion schroot
113 sqlrelay-mysql tpb wacom-tools
115 Added 48 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.16-grml*):
117 3270-common apt-index-watcher array-util arrayprobe bar bcrelay brltty-flite btsco
118 bwm-ng c3270 cryptsetup cvsconnect cw cwcp dbconfig-common devio ecj-bootstrap
119 fontconfig-config gamin gcc-4.1-base gcj-4.1-base gcom gij-4.0 glimpse i855crt
120 ivtv-utils lanmap latex-mk linux-wlan-ng-firmware lomoco moreutils mpt-status
121 nbsmtp o3read openipmi p7zip pfqueue postgresql-client-common python-subversion
122 python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage qpxtool rkhunter tcptraceroute tct truecrypt
125 If you find a problem with the release please check
126 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7
127 and report problems using information on http://grml.org/bugs/
130 Changes since release 0.6 (20060122)
131 ====================================
133 grml user mailinglist available on gmane
134 -------------------------
135 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user
137 Please send your feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the grml-team!
138 http://grml.org/contact/ #grml on irc.freenode.org contact (at) grml.org
140 Many thanks in this release go to Rafael Steiner for the grub-in-isolinux
141 feature and to all those who have sent feedback since the last release!
143 Contact: Michael 'mika' Prokop <mika at grml.org>
148 ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/
149 ( grml.org -ยป Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
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