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+ <h1>Release Notes for grml64 2009.10 - codename <a
+ href="/faq/#releasename">Hello-Wien</a></h1>
+
+ <h3>About</h3>
+
+ <p>Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. It
+ includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system
+ administrators and users of texttools. Grml provides automatic hardware
+ detection. You can use Grml (for example) as a rescue system, for
+ analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It is not
+ necessary to install anything to a harddisk; you don't even need a
+ harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about
+ 2 GB of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
+
+ <p>Whereas grml is meant for use on 32 bit systems, grml64 provides
+ support for 64 bit platforms. It is based on the amd64 port of Debian.
+ Take a look at the '<a
+ href="/files/#debian">Debian-Information</a>'-section if you are
+ searching for the package list.</p>
+
+ <h3>New features</h3>
+
+ <h4>Special new features:</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><strong>vesamenu bootsplash</strong>: this graphical bootsplash
+ version (see screenshot on the right) provides an easy to use boot
+ selection menu.</li>
+
+ <a href="/screenshots/vesamenu.png"><img style="margin-left: 20px;
+ margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border: 0" align="right"
+ src="/screenshots/vesamenu.jpg" alt="*" /></a>
+
+ <li><strong>dd-able ISO</strong>: the ISO can be installed to a device
+ directly using dd(1). This means you can run (warning: overwrites any
+ existing data) 'dd if=grml.iso of=/dev/sdX' on your USB pen and will
+ get a bootable grml system. This method isn't as flexible as the <a
+ href="/grml2usb/">grml2usb</a> approach but might be useful if you
+ don't have a working grml2usb setup.</li>
+
+ <li>Integration of <strong>Etherboot/gPXE</strong>. In the Addons
+ submenu of the bootsplash you can directly invoke Etherboot/gPXE.</li>
+
+ <li>Integration of <strong>Grub</strong>. In the Addons submenu of
+ the bootsplash you can directly invoke Grub1 and Grub2.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>bootoption nostartx</strong>: if using startx as
+ default bootoption the bootoption 'nostartx' disables automatic
+ startup of X.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>bootoption ethdevice</strong>: use specified network
+ device for network booting (PXE) instead of default (being eth0).
+ Feature contributed by Helge Wagner.
+ Usage example: ethdevice=eth1</li>
+
+ <li><strong>bootoption netscript</strong>: use this parameter to
+ download and run a script from a specific location. Supports variables
+ like $HOSTNAME, $ARCH, $KERNEL to download host specific software.
+ Usage example: 'netscript=example.org/$HOSTNAME/startup-script'
+ 'netconfig' has been adjusted to also support this variables.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>DNS info as hostname</strong>: the hostname of the live
+ system will be automatically set to the information retrieved via
+ DHCP/DNS (if present). This feature can be disabled using the
+ <strong>nodhcphostname</strong> bootoption. Feature contributed by
+ Andreas Thienemann.</li>
+
+ <li>reworked <strong>configuration framework</strong>: the so called
+ DCS feature (debs, configuration and scripts) provides a more
+ consistent configuration for bootoptions like scripts, netconfig,
+ debs,.... The DCS directory defaults to the root directory of the live
+ image. If a file system labeled GRMLCFG is found, the DCS directory is
+ the root directory of that file system. Alternatively, the myconfig
+ boot parameter can be used to directly specify a device which is then
+ taken as DCS directory (myconfig=/dev/sda1, for example). The <a
+ href="http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-autoconfig.git;a=blob;f=doc/grml-autoconfig.200905.txt;hb=HEAD">
+ documentation of the behavior up to Grml 2009.05 is documented</a> as
+ well as <a href="
+ http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-autoconfig.git;a=blob;f=doc/grml-autoconfig.current.txt;hb=HEAD">the
+ behavior in current Grml versions</a>. Special thanks to Marc Haber
+ for his work.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>grml-autconfig configuration</strong>: support for
+ overwriting values via /etc/grml/autoconfig.local has been added, so
+ configuration changes are possible without running into file conflicts
+ on upgrade.</li>
+
+ </li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4>New features in Grml's Zsh</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><strong>grml zsh documentation</strong>: <a
+ href="/zsh/#grmlzshrc">grmlzshrc(5)</a> is a manpage providing
+ detailled information about grml's zsh configuration. On the grml
+ system it is available offline via 'man grmlzshrc'. An <a
+ href="http://grml.org/zsh/#grmlzshrc">online version is available</a>
+ as well. Special thanks to Joerg Woelke for his work.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>Directory specific shell configuration with Zsh</strong>:
+ based on directories you can set your own profiles. Further details <a
+ href="http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/30/directory-specific-shell-configuration-with-zsh/">available
+ online</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>Using <strong>history-incremental-pattern-search-*</strong> for
+ incremental history searches per default (via ^r and ^s). Press ctrl-r
+ to search in the history using the specified pattern. For example you
+ can type 'cd*grml' for searching command lines containing 'cd
+ ~/devel/grml2usb' or 'cd ~/git/grml-live. You can iterate through the
+ results as usual too retyping ^r or ^s. </li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4>New grml-scripts:</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><strong>grml-exec-wrapper</strong>: simple but smart program
+ execution wrapper. This script is for executing commands but check
+ whether the specified program is available at all. If the command is
+ not available an error message is displayed either on the command line
+ (if $DISPLAY is empty) or as graphical version (if $DISPLAY is
+ set).</li>
+
+ <li><strong>grml-sniff</strong>: script for configuring a network
+ sniffing setup.</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4><a href="/grml2usb/">grml2usb</a> (install grml ISO(s) on usb device for booting):</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>using syslinux as default bootmanager (grub available only as
+ option using --grub)</li>
+
+ <li>support for new vesamenu bootsplash, including support for
+ multi-ISO setup</li>
+
+ <li>adding additional ISOs to an existing grml2usb installation
+ is possible (specifying different default boot options is possible as
+ well)</li>
+
+ <li>grml2iso (tool to create a multiboot grml ISO using grml2usb)
+ supports vesamenu bootsplash, altering of bootoptions and removing
+ existing boot parameters. grml2iso also supports copying files to the
+ generated iso (easy remastering for common usecases).</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Visit <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb">the usb webpage
+ in the grml wiki</a> and <a href="/grml2usb/">grml.org/grml2usb</a> for
+ more details regarding grml2usb.</p>
+
+ <h4><a href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a> (wrapper around debootstrap for installing plain Debian via grml):</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>new cmdline option for specifying target architecture
+ (--arch)</li>
+
+ <li>use cdn.debian.net as default mirror</li>
+
+ <li>several bugfixes and more updates... check out the <a
+ href="http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-debootstrap.git;a=blob;f=debian/changelog;hb=HEAD">Debian
+ changelog</a> for details</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Visit <a href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml.org/grml-debootstrap/</a> for more
+ details regarding grml-debootstrap.</p>
+
+ <h4><a href="/grml-live/">grml-live</a> (build system for creating a
+ Grml (based) Linux live system):</h4>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>integrate grub2 for hybrid boot (special thanks to Thorsten
+ Glaser)</li>
+
+ <li>provide information about grml-live version and Debian/suite
+ through /etc/grml_live_version in the generated ISO</li>
+
+ <li>new graphical boot menu. Can be disabled via
+ ISOLINUX_METHOD=console</li>
+
+ <li>new configuration variables DISTRI_NAME and DISTRI_INFO which
+ should allow easier rebranding of grml-live based distributions</li>
+
+ <li>support installation of local files (not being part of any Debian
+ package) through $CHROOT_INSTALL</li>
+
+ <li>display path of FAI logs during execution of grml-live</li>
+
+ <li>replace all references to ftp.de.debian.org with
+ cdn.debian.net</li>
+
+ <li>new cmdline option: "-n" skips generation of the ISO file</li>
+
+ <li>add check for valid Debian suite name to avoid breakage of
+ sources.list if someone calls grml-live with a typo in the -s
+ option</li>
+
+ <li>split the single /etc/apt/sources.list file into structured files
+ in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/</li>
+
+ <li>buildd scripts support building Debian/squeeze based ISOs</li>
+
+ <li>... and several further improvements, bugfixes and software
+ updates. Check out <a
+ href="http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob;f=debian/changelog;hb=HEAD">the
+ changelog</a> for all the details.</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Visit <a href="/grml-live/">grml.org/grml-live</a> for
+ more details regarding grml-live.</p>
+
+ <h3>Kernel</h3>
+
+ <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.31.5 including <a
+ href="/kernel/">several patches</a> and additional modules:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ aufs drbd8 kqemu loop-aes lzma ndiswrapper speakup squashfs sysprof xtables-addons
+</pre>
+
+ <p>Visit <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details
+ regarding the grml-kernel.</p>
+
+ <h3>Bugfixes</h3>
+
+ <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_2009.05">grml64_2009.05 @
+ grml-wiki</a> and in the <a href="http://bts.grml.org/grml/">bug
+ tracking system</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Important Changes</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li><strong>LaTeX packages have been dropped.</strong> Due to space
+ limitations and the big amount of disk space needed by the LaTeX
+ packages it was decided to drop LaTeX. Visit the <a
+ href="http://doodle.com/3dnzvhv43tmhpcpn">Removal of LaTeX on
+ grml</a> poll for details about the descision.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>Use of Debian Geo Mirror</strong>: Grml uses
+ cdn.debian.net as Debian mirror in the sources.list setup nowadays.
+ This should select a mirror near to the location of the user, so the
+ default Debian mirror in Grml is no longer a server from Germany
+ only. Visit <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGeoMirror">the
+ Debian Wiki</a> for further information.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>Use of sources.list.d</strong>: the Debian mirror
+ configuration moved from /etc/apt/sources.list to the directory
+ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. The Grml mirror configuration can be found
+ in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list and the Debian mirror
+ configuration is located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list.</li>
+
+ <li><strong>Removal of grml-nessus</strong>: the grml-nessus script
+ has been dropped because Nessus isn't present anymore. Please take a
+ look at 'grml-tips nessus' or 'grml-tips openvas' (OpenVAS is the
+ successor of Nessus) for instructions how to set up OpenVAS.</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
+
+ <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are
+ available at the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. Visit <a
+ href="/files/release-2009.10-grml64/dpkg_get_selections">dpkg_get_selections</a>
+ for a main package listing and <a
+ href="/files/release-2009.10-grml64/dpkg_list">dpkg_list</a> for a more
+ detailed list of packages shipped with grml64 2009.10.</p>
+
+ <h3>Updates</h3>
+
+ <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 22nd of october
+ 2009 (plus some further selected updates).</p>
+
+ <p>Removed 81 packages (excluding lib* and *2.6.28-grml64*) - please
+ notice that some of them are available under
+ different names/in different packages:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ *2.6.28-grml64* lib*
+
+ ash auctex catdvi cpp-4.1 ctioga debsig-verify diff docbook2odf dog dvi2tty
+ dvipng edac-utils euro-support ext2resize fakechroot fcoretools
+ foomatic-filters gcc-4.1-base geoip-database gmailfs gnuhtml2latex
+ grml-saveconfig grml-terminalserver-data harden-remoteaudit hping2 htcheck
+ icedax jikes lacheck lanmap latex-beamer latex-mk latex-xcolor latexmk
+ latextug ld.so.preload-manager mailx mktemp mysql-client-5.0 nessus-plugins
+ nessusclient nessusd paketto pdfjam pgf podracer preview-latex-style
+ python-clientform python-libgmail python-mechanize rgpsp secvpn slat snoopy
+ snort snort-common snort-common-libraries snort-rules-default tetex-bin
+ tex-common texify texlive texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-common
+ texlive-doc-base texlive-extra-utils texlive-fonts-recommended
+ texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texpower
+ timeout tor-geoipdb tthsum vim-latexsuite webcpp weechat-common windowlab
+ workbone xulrunner-1.9
+</pre>
+
+ <p>Added 61 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.31-grml*):</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ apache2.2-bin aumix-common bluetooth bluez bluez-alsa bluez-gstreamer
+ btrfs-tools comgt conkeror dd-rhelp diffutils dvb-apps emacs23
+ emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common ewf-tools fatattr fio gcc-4.2-base
+ gconf2-common git-email gnupg-curl gnupg2 gptsync grub-pc guymager
+ heirloom-mailx honeyd i810switch install-info libsmbios-bin mysql-client-5.1
+ netsurf-gtk nfswatch nilfs-tools nilfs2-tools odbcinst open-vm-tools pigz
+ postgresql-client postgresql-client-8.4 postmark qla-tools read-edid
+ rpm-common rpm2cpio safecopy samba-common-bin shorewall squid-langpack
+ stressapptest tableau-parm tcl tk weechat-core xmms2-icon xmount
+ xserver-xorg-input-evtouch xserver-xorg-video-ivtv xul-ext-webdeveloper
+ xulrunner-1.9.1
+</pre>
+
+ <h3>Major changes since release 2009.05 (20090531)</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>Poll: <a href="http://doodle.com/3dnzvhv43tmhpcpn">Removal of LaTeX on grml</a>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Known issues</h3>
+
+ <p>Take a look at <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_2009.10">grml64_2009.10 @ grml-wiki</a>.
+ Please report problems using information on <a
+ href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Download grml64 2009.10</h3>
+
+ <p>grml64 2009.10 can be downloaded from the mirrors listed on <a
+ href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Feedback</h3>
+
+ <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help
+ fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with
+ the release please check <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_2009.10">grml64_2009.10 @
+ grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
+ href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback and
+ feature requests <a href="/contact/">to the grml-team</a>!</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
+ <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Thanks</h3>
+
+ <p>Many thanks (alphabetically) in this release go to
+ Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth,
+ Al Sten-Clanton,
+ Andras Korn,
+ Andreas Thienemann,
+ António P. P. Almeida,
+ Axel Beckert,
+ Christian Bricart,
+ Christian Hofstaedtler,
+ Christian Vogel,
+ Daniel Tiefnig,
+ Daniel Weuthen,
+ Ernesto Domato,
+ Frank Prochnow,
+ Helge Wagner,
+ Joerg Woelke,
+ Julian Langschädel,
+ Marcel Meckel,
+ Marc Haber,
+ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt,
+ Markus Schimpf,
+ Michael Schierl,
+ Michael Whapples,
+ Moritz Wilhelmy,
+ Peter Palfrader,
+ Ralf Moll,
+ Sedat Dilek,
+ Stefan Traby,
+ Thomas Koehler,
+ Thorsten Glaser,
+ Ulrich Zehl,
+ Walter Haidinger,
+ Wernfried Haas and
+ Zoran Dzelajlija
+ for their contributions.</p>
+
+ <h3>More Information</h3>
+
+ <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
+ href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
+
+ <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
+ href="http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml-announce"> grml's
+ announcement list</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are interested in development releases grab the daily ISOs
+ from <a href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3>Further Questions?</h3>
+
+ <p>Please feel free to <a href="http://grml.org/contact/">contact us.</a></p>
+
+ <h3>Credits</h3>
+
+ <p style="text-align: center">
+ <img src="/img/grml-hellowien.jpg" alt="Credits: Developed by: Michael 'Maniac' Prokop, Ulrich 'Dangerous' Dangel, Frank 'Enstein' Ter-ror-beck, Alexander 'Igor' Wirt,... and many more" />
+ </p>
+
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