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31 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml 1.1 - codename <a
32 href="/faq/#releasename">Skunk</a> (20080224)</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.
38 grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example
39 as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
40 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you
41 don't even need a harddisk to run it, unless you want to (use grml2hd
42 for this). Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1GB
43 of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
47 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
48 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.0">grml_1.0 @
53 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
55 <h4>New grml-scripts:</h4>
59 <li><strong>arename.pl</strong>: rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging
62 <li><a href="/grml-live/"><strong>grml-live</strong></a>: build
64 href="http://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> for generating
65 a grml and Debian based Linux Live system (CD/ISO)</li>
67 <li><strong>grml-paste</strong>: command line interface for <a
68 href="http://paste.grml.org/">paste.grml.org</a></li>
70 <li><strong>grml-vnet</strong>: create persistent tun/tap devices with
75 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes:</h4>
79 <li><strong>micvol</strong>: configure mixer/ volume settings of
80 microphone channel; usage: micvol=$number
82 <li><strong>noconsolefont</strong>: skip setting console font via
85 <li><strong>nogrmlacpi</strong>: disable acpi stuff inside
86 grml-autoconfig without having to boot using noacpi (which triggers
89 <li><strong>lvm</strong>: activate present Logical Volumes (LVM)
91 <li><strong>nolvm</strong>: completely disable LVM code/checks; by
92 default (so without using a special bootoption) grml runs 'lvdisplay'
93 and if something can be found the user gets a hint to execute 'Start
98 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
102 <li>use --insecure for passwordbox so user gets feedback when typing
103 password (it's '***' of course and not plaintext).
105 <li>check for dmraid signatures
107 <li>support installation on LVM devices. Usage example:
108 'LVM=/dev/mapper/grml2hd-lvm grml2hd'</li>
112 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more
113 details regarding grml2hd.</p>
115 <h4><a href="/terminalserver/">grml-terminalserver</a> (boot
116 grml via network)</h4>
120 <li>updated initrd generation for use with live-initramfs, providing a
121 reworked initial bootprocess</li>
125 <p>See <a href="/terminalserver/">grml.org/terminalserver/</a>
126 for more details regarding grml-terminalserver.</p>
128 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
132 <li>all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new <a
133 href="/grml-live/">grml-live framework</a></li>
135 <li>completely reworked initial bootprocess, based on live-initramfs
139 href="http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/">LZMA
142 <li>optimised the system to have as few wakeups as possible (<25
143 wakeups/s in default startup)</li>
145 <li>updated to X.org 7.3</li>
147 <li>updated to libc6 2.7</li>
149 <li>added support for loop-aes</li>
151 <li>the lang=-bootoption supports dvorak keyboard layouts (using
152 parameters dvorak, dvorak-iso or dvorak-utf8)</li>
154 <li>support for Virtualbox guest additions</li>
160 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.23.16 including <a
161 href="/kernel/">several patches</a> and additional modules:</p>
165 acerhk acx100 at76-usb atl2 aufs bcm5700 drbd8 exmap
166 gspca ipw3945 iscsitarget ivtv kqemu linux-wlan-ng
167 loop-aes lzma madwifi ndiswrapper nozomi openafs pcan
168 qc-usb r1000 r5u870 r6040 realtime-lsm rt2400 rt2500 rt73
169 sdricoh_cs sl-modem squashfs sysprof tp-smapi truecrypt
173 <p>Notice: some more modules (like <a
174 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
175 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>) are not
176 pre-installed but available through the <a
177 href="http://deb.grml.org/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
179 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details
180 regarding the grml-kernel.</p>
182 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
184 <p>To avoid problems with isolinux/syslinux on older hardware (see <a
185 href="http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2008-February/009401.html">
186 syslinux mailinglist</a>) we decided to put several files like kernel
187 and initrd from /boot/isolinux/ into a new directory named
188 /boot/$GRML_FLAVOUR/. This should improve the possibility for
189 supporting multiboot in the future as well.</p>
191 <p>Due to the new initial bootprocess (which is based on
192 live-initramfs) some <strong>bootoptions</strong> might not work as
193 expected or changed its behaviour. The grml team is working on merging
194 outstanding features. If you think you found a bootoption that does not
195 work as expected/documented please <a
196 href="http://grml.org/bugs/">report it</a>.</p>
198 <p>The bootoption <strong>expert</strong> has been dropped. It is
199 deprecated nowadays. The bootoption <strong>splash</strong> has been
200 renamed into <em>textsplash</em> to avoid clashes with graphical
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-1.1/dpkg_get_selections">dpkg_get_selections</a>
208 for a main package listing and <a
209 href="/files/release-1.1/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 (plus some further selected updates).</p>
216 <p>Removed 82 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
217 different names/in different packages]:</p>
222 3ware-3dm2-binary airsnort artwiz-cursor attacker autofs
223 bandwidthd-pgsql centericq centericq-common check clvm
224 cogito cpp-2.95 crywrap dbengine debtags defrag discover
225 discover-data dnsdoctor dvgrab emacs21 emacs21-bin-common
226 emacs21-common fbgetty findimagedupes flac123 gnuplot
227 gnuplot-nox gnuplot-x11 gnus gnus-bonus-el grep-dctrl
228 grml-kerneladdons-2.6.20 gs gs-common hwtools idn
229 ation-report ion3 ion3-mod-xinerama ion3-scripts
230 irssi-text jail kiss lckdo lshw-common modutils
231 mozilla-firefox ncftp2 nessus netdude netpipes
232 openbsd-inetd pdns python-mode python-semanage rhapsody
233 rt2400 rt2500 schedutils scsi-idle sqlrelay
234 sqlrelay-postgresql sqlrelay-sqlite squashfs surfraw
235 tdb-dev thinkpad-base tinysnmp-tools tpctl trapdoor2 twin
236 unison2.9.1 user-de vncommand w3-el-e21 w3-url-e21
237 xdebconfigurator xfonts-artwiz xpdf-utils xtla xzgv
241 <p>Added 176 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.23-grml*):</p>
245 2vcard ack-grep acpi-support-base acpitail aggregate
246 aosd-cat apt-transport-https asql awesome balance bittwist
247 bluez-audio bsd-mailx centerim-common centerim-utf8 cereal
248 conky cpp-4.2 ctorrent dns2tcp doc-base docbook-xml
249 duplicity dzen2 ecryptfs-utils edac-utils elfkickers
250 emacs22 emacs22-bin-common emacs22-common epdfview
251 etckeeper exifprobe fai-client fai-doc fai-server fatsort
252 firmware-iwlwifi firmware-ralink flashrom fuseiso
253 fuseiso9660 g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base gconf2
254 gconf2-common ghostscript ghostscript-x git-svn gitpkg
255 gksu gnome-keyring gnupg-pkcs11-scd gparted
256 grml-debian-keyring grml-kerneladdons-2.6.23 grml-live
257 grml-paste gzrt haproxy hdaps-utils hdapsd hfsprogs hgsvn
258 hplip hplip-data iceweasel-webdeveloper ifupdown-extra
259 inoticoming iodine irqbalance irssi-plugin-xmpp
260 iscsitarget itop jp2a kanif kpartx ldnsutils linux-wlan-ng
261 live-initramfs logapp loop-aes-testsuite lsb-release
262 luvcview lzma mailplate metastore mkelfimage mlocate mr
263 nessusclient netrw netsurf nscd nvclock obconf op
264 open-iscsi open-vm-tools openbox opencryptoki packeth
265 paperkey paris-traceroute pcaputils pm-utils pmailq
266 pngtools polipo poppler-utils pristine-tar privbind pssh
267 python-dbus python-gnupginterface python-pycallgraph
268 python-setuptools python-urlgrabber rinse rofs rt73-common
269 runit rutilt s3cmd scamper scanmem scrollkeeper
270 shorewall-common shorewall-shell sl sm
271 snort-common-libraries splint-data squashfs-tools supercat
272 svgalibg1 sysutils taktuk tasksel tasksel-data tetex-base
273 tetex-bin texlive tgt thinkfinger-tools timelimit tra
274 ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra uml-utilities unhide
275 uniutils unsort vim-tiny virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
276 wacom-tools wamerican wapiti x11-apps x11-session-utils
277 x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils
278 xar xauth xbacklight xdelta3 xdg-utils xinit xrestop
279 xserver-xorg-video-amd xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd yatm
284 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
286 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
287 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at <a
288 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=upgrading">the upgrading webpage in
289 the grml-wiki</a> as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive
290 environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to
291 subscribe to <a href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user
294 <h3>Changes since release 1.0 (20070518)</h3>
298 <li>Alexander Steinböck joined <a href="/team/">the grml-team</a>.</li>
300 <li>Daily builds available: <a
301 href="http://grml.supersized.org/archives/269-Daily-grml-snapshots.html">automatically
302 generated ISOs of grml</a> (using <a href="/grml-live/">the
303 grml-live framework</a>) are available at <a
304 href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</li>
306 <li>Results of the <a
307 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=survey07">grml user survey
308 are available</a>.</li>
312 <h3>Known issues</h3>
315 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.1">grml_1.1 @ grml-wiki</a>.
316 Please report problems using information on <a
317 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
319 <h3>Download grml 1.1</h3>
321 <p>grml 1.1 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
322 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
326 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
327 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
328 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.1">grml_1.1 @
329 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
330 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback, feature
331 requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
334 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
335 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
340 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Henning Sprang, Thomas Lange,
341 Michael Schmitt, Daniel Baumann, Karl Voit, Norbert Tretkowski,
342 Jan-Pieter Jacobs, Wolfgang Karall, Darshaka Pathirana, Andrea Mayr and
343 Wernfried Haas for their contributions. Many thanks also to the ones of
344 you who <a href="/donations/">donated something to the grml-team</a>
345 and of course to all those who have sent feedback since the last
348 <h3>More Information</h3>
350 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
351 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
353 <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
354 href="http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml-announce"> grml's
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