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