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Release Notes for Grml 2013.02-rc1 - codename Grumpy Grinch

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About

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This release brings the Grml tools towards the upcoming Debian stable + release (AKA wheezy), provides up2date hardware support and fixes known + bugs from the previous Grml release.

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New features

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ssh boot option: display SSH server key fingerprints + +
grml-hwinfo: added support for lsscsi, iscsiadm, + proxmox/libvirt/openvz/vserver information retrieval, swapon, mdadm, + LVM + dmsetup, now using 'lspci -nn' for lspci output + +
grml-live: handling firmware related packages in GRMLBASE, added + uuid-runtime to GRMLBASE + +
grml-network: netcardconfig provides support to scan for available + wireless networks + +
grml-udev-config: Do not set mount options for NTFS partitions to + "ro" any longer + +
grml2usb: verify that the bootflag is enabled + +
grml2iso: ISOs are dd-able by default + +
grml-debootstrap: + +
- Use http.debian.net as default mirror +
- Set wheezy as the new default release +
- Add acpi-support-base + firmware-linux-free to default package selection + +
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Important Changes

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Debian's live-boot changed the path from /live/image to + /lib/live/mount/medium. If you're using /live/image anywhere inside + your own custom scripts please adopt your code to use /lib/live/mount/medium + starting with Grml 2013.02-rc1. + +

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Bits & bolts

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Linux kernel is based on 3.7.6. No additional modules are shipped.
Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system.

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Packages

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Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available at the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2013.02-rc1.

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Updates

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Packages are taken from Debian testing, 11th of February + 2013. 12 packages have been removed, and these 21 new packages + have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):

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+  aptitude-common atmel-firmware bluez-firmware cpp-4.7 cryptsetup-bin epdfview
+  firmware-atheros firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x firmware-intelwimax
+  firmware-libertas firmware-linux ifenslave-2.6 insserv libertas-firmware
+  netsniff-ng ruby1.9.1 ssmping uuid-runtime virt-what zd1211-firmware
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These Grml packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):

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+  arrayprobe consolekit cpp-4.6 fuse-utils gcc-4.5-base gcc-4.6-base
+  grub info linux-sound-base smbfs tasksel tasksel-data
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Known issues

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grml2hd isn't shipped + +
grml-live-remaster doesn't work out-of-the-box because neither + mkisofs nor genisoimage are available + +

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Download Grml 2013.02-rc1

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Grml 2013.02-rc1 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/prerelease/.

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Feedback

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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 the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and + feature requests to the Grml team!

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Thanks

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Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + Andras Korn, + Bernhard Tittelbach, + Charles A. Hewson, + Christian Hesse, + Christian Hesse , + Christian Hofstaedtler, + Christoph Biedl, + Csillag Tamas, + Dominik Schips, + Florian Klien, + frenbu, + Gregor Herrmann, + Lukas Anzinger, + Pawel Sadkowski , + Peter Palfrader, + Pierre Schmitz, + Raoul Raminder Andreas, + Thorsten Glaser and + Ulrich Dangel + for their contributions.

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More Information

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You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. + +

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