Release Notes:
grml-small 0.4 - codename Springinckerl (20070518)
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, unless you want to (use grml2hd for this). 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_0.3 @ grml-wiki.
New features
Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.
Synced all grml-packages with the ones used in grml 1.0, providing several new and improved features.
Kernel
Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.20.11 including several patches. See grml.org/kernel/ for more details.
Packages / Software
Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are available at the Debian section. See dpkg_get_selections for a main package listing and dpkg_list for a more detailed list of packages shipped with grml-small 0.4.
Updates
Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20070517.
Removed 9 packages [please notice that some of them are available under a different name]:
*2.6.18-grml* lib* fdisk-udeb grml-fixes grml-sysvinit hotplug-utils kbdconfig lvm-common nparted sh-lib slang1a-utf8
Added 12 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.20-grml*):
bridge-utils bsdmainutils deborphan grml-debootstrap grml-shlib grml-small grml2usb most mtools syslinux vlock wipe
Known issues
Take a look at grml_0.4-small @ grml-wiki. Please report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/.
Download grml-small 0.4
grml-small 0.4 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_0.4-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 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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