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