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grml2usb (0.9.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=low

  [ Ulrich Dangel ]
  * Do not use '-' in the directory name for the linux kernel to allow
    creating iso image from generated directory layout.
  * Introduced --remove-bootoption in grml2usb to delete existing
    default boot entries.
  * Added -c option to grml2iso for copying the contents of specified
    directory to the generated iso image.
  * Added -b option to grml2iso for specifing additional default boot entries.

  [ Michael Prokop ]
  * Sync and add grml2usb-compat to grml2usb package. This simplifies
    installation as well as use for developers and users.
  * Drop unnecessary header line from grml2usb script.

 -- Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org>  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:05:34 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.13) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Ulrich Dangel ]
  * Modified syslinux configuration handling to generate new vesa
    menu entries.
  * Support adding additional isos to existing grml2usb installation.
  * grml2iso supports new grml2usb using syslinux now.

  [ Michael Prokop ]
  * Update documentation regarding syslinux and FAT32 (thanks to
    Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com> for the hint).
  * Changes with regards to Ulrich's work:
    - Add a check to identify old ISOs which do not ship
      a default.cfg file and abort then. We have to break
      backward compatibility, otherwise the isolinux/syslinux
      code would become worse than it's already nowadays.
    - Search for isolinux files in /boot/isolinux/ so the
      correct grml.png is used.
    - Support setting bootoptions in syslinux.cfg
  * Drop duplicated boot=live references in kernel cmdline.
  * Apply patch from Thorsten Glaser which prepares code for
    his future[tm] work.
  * Raise CriticalException if filesystem.module, kernel or
    initrd are not present.
  * Avoid the "file is read only, overwrite anyway (y/n) ?"
    question of mtools by syslinux.
  * Inform user when using grub as bootloader.
  * Make syslinux the default bootloader (drop --syslinux,
    add --grub instead). Grub fails just too often.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:25:57 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.12) unstable; urgency=low

  * Replace 'logging.*("%s" % foo)' with 'logging.*("%s", foo)'
    so the logging works with python2.6 as well.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:06 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.11) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improve handling the 'No space left on device' situation through
    using an according rsync handler function.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:05:30 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low

  * Support the directory where the grml2usb script resides as base
    directory so /usr/share/grml2usb isn't necessarily needed.
    Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
  * Make sure grub.conf isn't a symlink but a plain file instead,
    otherwise it will break on FAT16 filesystems. This works around
    grub-install of (at least) Fedora 10.
    Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
  * Use 'pci=nomsi' in failsafe bootoption. Thanks to Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt.
  * Mention the --syslinux option if grub-install fails.
  * Fix usage of --force in combination with --fat16. Thanks to
    Johannes Endres and Reiko Kaps for the bugreport.
  * Replace hint to '--grub' with 'grub'.
  * New option --grub-mbr which allows installation of grub in MBR instead
    of installation into a partition (PBR) which is necessary when using grub2.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:12:54 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low

  * Use ascii.pf2 as grub2 font, since grub2 (1.96+20090307-1)
    the old ascii.pff isn't available anymore.
  * Use terminal_output if available, otherwise fallback to old
    older 'terminal'-command (thanks to Felix Zielcke for helping).
  * Document the 'grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB
    to a partition instead of the MBR' issue.
  * Use "set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024x768" instead of vga=791 in
    grub2 configuration. This requires a recent version of the linux
    loader as the new linux loader loads the kernel at 32bit entry point
    and not at 16 bit anymore so it has to be translated for the Linux
    kernel (as the kernel parses vga= in 16 bit code). In the long run
    we don't seem to have another option, so let's change it.
    Thanks to Felix Zielcke and Robert Millan for first hand information.
  * Increase timeout from 5 to 10 seconds in grub2 configuration.
  * Load memtest86+ binary via 'linux16' in grub2 (otherwise it fails).
  * Drop the serial boot entry from grub2 (I assume users with usb
    pens don't need that option).
  * Change the way MirOS bsd4grml is loaded (use the fallback method
    as default).
  * Improve descriptions of grml's grub2 entries.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
  * Fix creation and installation of grub1's configuration file (menu.lst).
    Thanks to Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:53:51 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
  * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
    matter which bootloader the users chooses.
  * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
    if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
    configuration files.
  * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
  * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
    available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
  * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
    removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
  * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
    [Closes: issue683]
  * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
  * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
  * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
  * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
  * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
    and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
    it's a directory).
  * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
    - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
    - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
      i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
  * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
  * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
    to Peter Palfrader)
  * Update documentation:
    - mention the dd approach
    - mention grml2iso
    - improve section link names for the online version
    - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
  * Support use with python version 2.4.
  * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
  * Depend on debhelper >=5 (using compat version 5).

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:50 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
  * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
    of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
    for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * Support installation of the currently running grml live
    system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
  * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
    Thorsten Glaser).
  * Display program version during execution.
  * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
    to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
  * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
  * Catch exception if copying files fails.
  * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
  * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
    only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
    generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
  * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
  * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
    what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
  * Update failsafe bootoption.
  * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
    Alexander Steinböck).
  * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
    Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
  * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
  * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
    (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
  * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
    file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
  * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
    at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
    code example, Karl Voit!
  * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
  * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
    - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
      directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
    - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
      [Closes: issue501]  [Closes: issue584]
    - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
      --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
    - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
      [Closes: issue466]
    - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
      and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
    - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
      well of course)
    - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
      [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
  * Update debian stuff:
    - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
    - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
      grml's nowadays git repository URLs
    - drop mtools from depends
    - slightly improve long description
    - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
    - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100

grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
    Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
  * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200

grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
  * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100

grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
    itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100

grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low

  * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100

grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200

grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low

  * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
  * Added fs check via vol_id.
  * Improved error handling.
  * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200

grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low

  * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.

 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org>  Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200

grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low

  * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
  * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100

grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
    now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sat,  3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100

grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
    package on non-x86 as well.
  * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100

grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
    $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
  * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon,  6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100

grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Wed,  4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200

grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * bailout if mounting of target device failes.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200

grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
  * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sat,  3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200

grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Added uninstall option.
  * Improved error handling and its output.
  * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100

grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Improved usage information.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100

grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
    get the ownership-permission-warnings.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Fri,  2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200

grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200

grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial release.

 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200