1 grml2usb (0.9.28) unstable; urgency=low
4 * [7b4fa5c] Some code cleanup.
5 * [2a93d92] Copy bootloader files from /usr/lib/syslinux/
7 * [c0fd54e] Run grub-install without and with --force option.
8 * [1a5a6cd] bsd4grml was not copied correctly to the target device.
10 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
11 * [875b62b] Rename variables in update_grml_versions to be less
13 * [791485b] Properly update grml-versions when updating a grml
17 * [91529cc] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
19 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:57:16 +0200
21 grml2usb (0.9.27) unstable; urgency=low
24 * [3836a71] Check for precense of grub/syslinux at startup time.
25 Thanks to Eduard Bloch for reporting. [Closes: issue855]
26 * [bde7012] Mention --force switch of grub-install in debug log.
27 * [1c1c18c] Doc: fix documentation regarding default bootmanager.
28 (thanks Martin Krafft).
29 * [bae5bfb] Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.0.
32 * [b79a4cc] Fix error message for unintialized partition.
34 * [cd204ee] Fix user feedback about default flavour and
37 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:10:09 +0200
39 grml2usb (0.9.26) unstable; urgency=low
43 * Support expanding bootoptions variables.
44 * Fix string concatenation and string formatting error.
47 * Document grub option in manpage (thanks Andrey Rahmatulli).
49 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 01:16:35 +0200
51 grml2usb (0.9.25) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Fix typo in option handling.
55 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:10:35 +0200
57 grml2usb (0.9.24) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Add support for isos containing multiple grml flavours.
61 * Copy all {sys,iso}linux *.c32 files, like ifcpu64.c32.
64 * Use --force option for grub-install to support installation to PBR
65 again. Grub2 starting with version 1.98 supports installation to
66 PBR again iff using the --force option.
67 * Update documentation regarding grub and PBR vs. MBR.
69 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:54:51 +0200
71 grml2usb (0.9.23) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Only ask questions if options.force is not set. [Closes: issue833]
76 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:32:25 +0200
78 grml2usb (0.9.22) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Use GRML_{FLAVOURS,DEFAULT}, PROG_VERSION from global scope.
82 grml2usb was aborted when using --bootloader-only --skip-grub-config
83 as parameters. This fixes the behaviour and declares correctly the
84 correct scope for these variables. Thanks to Daniel Tiefnig for
88 * grml2usb-compat: drop duplicated boot=live bootoptions.
89 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
90 * Add syslinux additionally to recommends so people should have
91 syslinux by available by default though don't explicitly require it.
93 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:52:23 +0100
95 grml2usb (0.9.21) unstable; urgency=low
98 * Document the Boot error issue regarding USB-ZIP.
101 * Support bootid bootoption.
103 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:56:56 +0100
105 grml2usb (0.9.20) unstable; urgency=low
107 * tarball.sh: do not use $UID but use $(id -u) instead so it proberly
108 works with dash and make sure to escape "$0". Thanks to Stefan Weiss!
110 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:47:36 +0100
112 grml2usb (0.9.19) unstable; urgency=low
115 * check_for_fat always check for fat device.
116 * Unset option.syslinux if grub option is set.
117 * Mount vfat devices with explicit iocharset option.
120 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:34:56 +0100
122 grml2usb (0.9.18) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Also set GRML_DEFAULT when running with --dry-run. Thanks to Moritz
126 Augsburger for the bug report.
127 * Make sure that --grub-mbr requires --grub. Thanks to Moritz
128 Augsburger and mika for the bug report.
130 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:24 +0100
132 grml2usb (0.9.17) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Depend on rsync (thanks for the bugreport, Andras Korn).
138 * Adjust labels in {grml,default}.cfg if necessary.
139 * Always copy grub files.
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:06:12 +0100
143 grml2usb (0.9.16) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Dynamic check for addons as grml-small is nowadays shipped with addons.
146 * Copy gpxe.lkrn from addons.
147 * Modified grml2usb to be able to run on a generated grml2usb iso/directory.
149 -- Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:41:07 +0100
151 grml2usb (0.9.15) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Support new addon menu file layout from grml-live.
155 -- Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:32:27 +0100
157 grml2usb (0.9.14) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Do not use '-' in the directory name for the linux kernel to allow
161 creating iso image from generated directory layout.
162 * Introduced --remove-bootoption in grml2usb to delete existing
163 default boot entries.
164 * Added -c option to grml2iso for copying the contents of specified
165 directory to the generated iso image.
166 * Added -b option to grml2iso for specifying additional default
170 * Sync and add grml2usb-compat to grml2usb package. This simplifies
171 installation as well as use for developers and users.
172 * Drop unnecessary header line from grml2usb script.
174 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:29:46 +0200
176 grml2usb (0.9.13) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Modified syslinux configuration handling to generate new vesa
181 * Support adding additional isos to existing grml2usb installation.
182 * grml2iso supports new grml2usb using syslinux now.
185 * Update documentation regarding syslinux and FAT32 (thanks to
186 Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com> for the hint).
187 * Changes with regards to Ulrich's work:
188 - Add a check to identify old ISOs which do not ship
189 a default.cfg file and abort then. We have to break
190 backward compatibility, otherwise the isolinux/syslinux
191 code would become worse than it's already nowadays.
192 - Search for isolinux files in /boot/isolinux/ so the
193 correct grml.png is used.
194 - Support setting bootoptions in syslinux.cfg
195 * Drop duplicated boot=live references in kernel cmdline.
196 * Apply patch from Thorsten Glaser which prepares code for
198 * Raise CriticalException if filesystem.module, kernel or
199 initrd are not present.
200 * Avoid the "file is read only, overwrite anyway (y/n) ?"
201 question of mtools by syslinux.
202 * Inform user when using grub as bootloader.
203 * Make syslinux the default bootloader (drop --syslinux,
204 add --grub instead). Grub fails just too often.
206 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:25:57 +0200
208 grml2usb (0.9.12) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Replace 'logging.*("%s" % foo)' with 'logging.*("%s", foo)'
211 so the logging works with python2.6 as well.
213 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:06 +0200
215 grml2usb (0.9.11) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Improve handling the 'No space left on device' situation through
218 using an according rsync handler function.
220 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:05:30 +0200
222 grml2usb (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low
224 * Support the directory where the grml2usb script resides as base
225 directory so /usr/share/grml2usb isn't necessarily needed.
226 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
227 * Make sure grub.conf isn't a symlink but a plain file instead,
228 otherwise it will break on FAT16 filesystems. This works around
229 grub-install of (at least) Fedora 10.
230 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
231 * Use 'pci=nomsi' in failsafe bootoption. Thanks to Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt.
232 * Mention the --syslinux option if grub-install fails.
233 * Fix usage of --force in combination with --fat16. Thanks to
234 Johannes Endres and Reiko Kaps for the bugreport.
235 * Replace hint to '--grub' with 'grub'.
236 * New option --grub-mbr which allows installation of grub in MBR instead
237 of installation into a partition (PBR) which is necessary when using grub2.
239 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:12:54 +0200
241 grml2usb (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Use ascii.pf2 as grub2 font, since grub2 (1.96+20090307-1)
244 the old ascii.pff isn't available anymore.
245 * Use terminal_output if available, otherwise fallback to old
246 older 'terminal'-command (thanks to Felix Zielcke for helping).
247 * Document the 'grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB
248 to a partition instead of the MBR' issue.
249 * Use "set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024x768" instead of vga=791 in
250 grub2 configuration. This requires a recent version of the linux
251 loader as the new linux loader loads the kernel at 32bit entry point
252 and not at 16 bit anymore so it has to be translated for the Linux
253 kernel (as the kernel parses vga= in 16 bit code). In the long run
254 we don't seem to have another option, so let's change it.
255 Thanks to Felix Zielcke and Robert Millan for first hand information.
256 * Increase timeout from 5 to 10 seconds in grub2 configuration.
257 * Load memtest86+ binary via 'linux16' in grub2 (otherwise it fails).
258 * Drop the serial boot entry from grub2 (I assume users with usb
259 pens don't need that option).
260 * Change the way MirOS bsd4grml is loaded (use the fallback method
262 * Improve descriptions of grml's grub2 entries.
263 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
264 * Fix creation and installation of grub1's configuration file (menu.lst).
265 Thanks to Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe.
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:53:51 +0200
269 grml2usb (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
272 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
273 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
274 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
275 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
277 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
278 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
279 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
280 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
281 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
282 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
284 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
285 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
286 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
287 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
288 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
289 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
291 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
292 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
293 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
294 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
295 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
296 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
298 * Update documentation:
299 - mention the dd approach
301 - improve section link names for the online version
302 - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
303 * Support use with python version 2.4.
304 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
305 * Depend on debhelper >=5 (using compat version 5).
307 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:50 +0200
309 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
312 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
313 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
314 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
316 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
318 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
321 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
322 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
324 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
326 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
330 * Display program version during execution.
331 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
332 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
333 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
334 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
335 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
336 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
337 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
339 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
341 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
344 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
346 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
348 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
351 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
352 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
353 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
354 * Update failsafe bootoption.
355 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
356 Alexander Steinböck).
357 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
358 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
359 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
360 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
361 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
362 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
363 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
364 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
365 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
366 code example, Karl Voit!
367 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
368 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
370 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
372 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
374 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
375 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
376 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
377 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
378 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
379 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
380 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
381 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
383 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
384 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
385 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
387 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
388 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
389 * Update debian stuff:
390 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
391 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
392 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
393 - drop mtools from depends
394 - slightly improve long description
395 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
396 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
398 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
400 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
403 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
404 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
406 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
408 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
411 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
413 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
415 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
418 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
420 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
422 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
426 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
428 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
430 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
432 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
434 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
436 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
437 * Added fs check via vol_id.
438 * Improved error handling.
439 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
441 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
443 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
445 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
447 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
449 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
452 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
454 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
456 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
458 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
459 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
461 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
463 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
466 package on non-x86 as well.
467 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
469 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
471 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
474 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
475 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
477 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
479 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
483 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
485 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
487 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
489 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
491 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
494 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
496 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
498 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Added uninstall option.
501 * Improved error handling and its output.
502 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
504 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
506 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Improved usage information.
510 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
512 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
515 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
517 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
519 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
523 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
525 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
529 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200