Release Notes:
grml-small 0.3 - codename Zwergenaufstand (20061206)
About
grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. 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 2.1 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.
Whereas grml provides about 2.1 GB of software on a 700 MB ISO, grml-small is a flavor with only ~58 MB ISO-size (~170 MB uncompressed). It does not provide a lot of software but the essential stuff for being a rescue system on a business card CD-ROM or a small USB device. You can use the Debian package management system to install software on the fly (assuming you have network access to a Debian mirror). Take a look at the 'Debian-Information'-section if you are searching for the package list.
Bugfixes
Fixed several bugs and and issues reported on grml-small_0.2 @ grml-wiki.
New features
Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.
Synched all grml-packages with the ones used in grml 0.9, providing several new and improved features.
Kernel
Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.18.3 including several patches. See grml.org/kernel/ for more details.
Important Changes
swap partitions: by default grml does not automatically use swap partitions anymore. Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot using 'grml swap' for enabling all detected and usable swap partitions.
software raid: starting with grml-small 0.3 booting the system searches for present software raid arrays. The configuration file /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf will be generated by default, to disable this feature use the bootopion noswraid. The arrays are not autoassembled by default. Either boot using the bootoption swraid or run 'Start mdadm-raid' when running grml already to assemble present software raid arrays.
zsh global aliases: the global aliases setup has been changed; now the global aliases (like: 'G' is same '|grep') are not enabled by default any more, instead a new setup named 'powerful abbreviation expansion' is available. Usage example: type 'N' and press ',.' to expand the 'N' into '&>/dev/null'. Take a look at the grml zsh refcard for more details.
Packages / Software
Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are available at the Debian section.
Updates
Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20061203.
Removed 5 packages [please notice that some of them are available under a different name]:
*2.6.15-grml* lib* gcc-4.0-base netkit-inetd ssh sysutils yaird
Added 33 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.18-grml*):
busybox chntpw console-terminus cryptsetup dmsetup dosfstools firmware-ipw3945 fuse-utils gcc-4.1-base grml-etc-core grml-network guessnet ifplugd inetutils-inetd initramfs-tools ipw-firmware ipw3945d klibc-utils knockd mbr memtester mktemp ntpdate prism54-firmware procinfo sysvinit-utils tofrodos tzdata update-inetd vlan wireless-tools wpasupplicant xfsprogs
Known issues
Take a look at grml_0.3-small @ grml-wiki. Please report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/.
Download grml-small 0.3
grml-small 0.3 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on grml.org/download/.
Feedback
Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please check grml_0.3-small @ grml-wiki and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the grml-team!
Thanks
Many thanks in this release go to Frank Terbeck and Marc Haber for their contributions. Many thanks also to the ones of you who donated something to the grml-team and of course to all those who have sent feedback since the last release!
More Information
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