1 grml2usb (0.9.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
4 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
5 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
6 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
7 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
9 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
10 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
11 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
12 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
13 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
14 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
16 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
17 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
18 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
19 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
20 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
21 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
23 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
24 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
25 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
26 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
27 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
28 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
30 * Update documentation:
31 - mention the dd approach
33 - improve section link names for the online version
35 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:27:30 +0200
37 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
40 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
41 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
42 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
44 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
46 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
49 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
50 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
52 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
54 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
58 * Display program version during execution.
59 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
60 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
61 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
62 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
63 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
64 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
65 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
67 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
69 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
72 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
74 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
76 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
79 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
80 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
81 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
82 * Update failsafe bootoption.
83 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
84 Alexander Steinböck).
85 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
86 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
87 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
88 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
89 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
90 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
91 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
92 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
93 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
94 code example, Karl Voit!
95 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
96 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
98 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
100 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
103 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
104 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
105 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
106 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
107 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
108 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
109 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
111 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
112 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
113 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
115 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
116 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
117 * Update debian stuff:
118 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
119 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
120 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
121 - drop mtools from depends
122 - slightly improve long description
123 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
124 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
126 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
128 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
131 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
132 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
134 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
136 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
139 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
141 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
143 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
146 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
148 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
150 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
154 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
156 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
160 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
162 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
164 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
165 * Added fs check via vol_id.
166 * Improved error handling.
167 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
169 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
171 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
173 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
175 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
177 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
180 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
182 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
184 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
186 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
187 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
189 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
191 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
194 package on non-x86 as well.
195 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
197 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
199 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
202 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
203 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
205 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
207 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
211 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
213 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
215 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
217 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
219 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
222 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
224 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
226 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Added uninstall option.
229 * Improved error handling and its output.
230 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
232 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
234 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Improved usage information.
238 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
240 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
243 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
245 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
247 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
251 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
253 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
257 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200