+as possible)
+
+For further information see next section.
+
+[[X8]]
+[[current_state]]
+Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+To make it easier to track problems this section documents current state of
+grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools / squashfs-lzma-tools (for
+building the compressed file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this
+section is up2date by 02nd of december 2008, please report any bugs you
+encounter.
+
+System
+~~~~~~
+
+* grml-live, version 0.9.6
+
+* building grml-medium (Debian/unstable)
+
+* software versions used in the ISO (being installed automatically, recorded
+just as a reference):
+
+ ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems
+ ii initramfs-tools 0.92f.grml01 tools for generating an initramfs
+ ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot
+ ii live-initramfs 1.139.1-4grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook
+ ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager
+ ii mdadm 2.6.7.1-1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
+ ii udev 0.125-6grml0 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
+
+Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-lzma-tools from the grml repository supports kernel 2.6.26-grml[64]
+(version >=grml.05) using both lzma and zlib (-nolzma) compression. It's the
+recommended package for building ISOs with grml-live currently!
+
+The packages can be downloaded from
+link:http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma/[http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/s/squashfs-lzma/].
+
+[NOTE]
+Please use squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 if you want to remaster release 2008.11 of grml.
+
+Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 is available via Debian/unstable and Debian/testing
+(lenny) pool running:
+
+ # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.3-7
+
+or directly via downloading the files
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_i386.deb (for x86) or
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_amd64.deb (for amd64) [both build
+on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well].
+
+Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression
+at all (so you won't be able to remaster release 2008.11 for example). The
+-nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even though
+grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). Please use
+squashfs-lzma-tools instead.
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1
+ instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works (without LZMA compression of course!)
+
+Using squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 on the build system
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 is available via the grml-testing repository,
+running:
+
+ # aptitude install squashfs-tools=1:3.2r2-9exp1
+
+or directly via downloading the files
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_i386.deb (for x86) or
+http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.2r2-9exp1_amd64.deb (for amd64).
+
+Versions with ZLIB compression (SQUASHFS_OPTIONS='-nolzma' or -z
+option in grml-live cmdline):
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: works
+
+Versions with LZMA compression:
+
+* Kernel 2.6.23-grml: works
+* Kernel 2.6.26-grml: does NOT work, please use zlib mode instead or switch
+ to Debian package squashfs-lzma-tools (see section above).