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28 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml-small 0.3 - codename <a
29 href="/faq/#releasename">Zwergenaufstand</a> (20061206)</h1>
33 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
34 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml
35 provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a
36 rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It
37 is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a
38 harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1
39 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
41 <p>Whereas grml provides about 2.1 GB of software on a 700 MB
42 ISO, grml-small is a flavor with only ~58 MB ISO-size (~170 MB
43 uncompressed). It does not provide a lot of software but the
44 essential stuff for being a rescue system on a business card
45 CD-ROM or a small USB device. You can use the Debian package
46 management system to install software on the fly (assuming you
47 have network access to a Debian mirror). Take a look at the '<a
48 href="/files/">Debian-Information'-section</a> if you are
49 searching for the package list.</p>
51 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
55 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
56 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_0.2">grml-small_0.2
61 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
63 <p>Synched all grml-packages with the ones used in grml 0.9,
64 providing several new and improved features.</p>
68 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.18.3 including <a
69 href="/kernel/">several patches</a>. See <a
70 href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details.</p>
72 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
74 <p><strong>swap partitions:</strong> by default grml does
75 <strong>not</strong> automatically use swap partitions anymore.
76 Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot using 'grml swap'
77 for enabling all detected and usable swap partitions.</p>
79 <p><strong>software raid:</strong> starting with grml-small 0.3
80 booting the system searches for present software raid arrays.
81 The configuration file /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf will be generated
82 by default, to disable this feature use the bootopion noswraid.
83 The arrays are <strong>not</strong> autoassembled by default.
84 Either boot using the bootoption swraid or run 'Start
85 mdadm-raid' when running grml already to assemble present
86 software raid arrays.</p>
88 <p><strong>zsh global aliases:</strong> the global aliases setup
89 has been changed; now the global aliases (like: 'G' is same
90 '|grep') are not enabled by default any more, instead a new
91 setup named 'powerful abbreviation expansion' is available.
92 Usage example: type 'N' and press ',.' to expand the 'N' into
93 '&>/dev/null'. Take a look at <a
94 href="/zsh/#grmlzshrefcard">the grml zsh refcard</a> for more
97 <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
99 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are
100 available at the <a href="http://grml.org/files/#debian">Debian
105 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20061203.</p>
107 <p>Removed 5 packages [please notice that some of them are
108 available under a different name]:</p>
112 gcc-4.0-base netkit-inetd ssh sysutils yaird
115 <p>Added 33 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.18-grml*):</p>
118 busybox chntpw console-terminus cryptsetup dmsetup dosfstools
119 firmware-ipw3945 fuse-utils gcc-4.1-base grml-etc-core grml-network
120 guessnet ifplugd inetutils-inetd initramfs-tools ipw-firmware ipw3945d
121 klibc-utils knockd mbr memtester mktemp ntpdate prism54-firmware
122 procinfo sysvinit-utils tofrodos tzdata update-inetd vlan
123 wireless-tools wpasupplicant xfsprogs
126 <h3>Known issues</h3>
129 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_0.3">grml_0.3-small
130 @ grml-wiki</a>. Please report problems using information on
131 <a href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
133 <h3>Download grml-small 0.3</h3>
135 <p>grml-small 0.3 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
136 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
140 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will
141 help fix bugs and improve future releases. If you find a
142 problem with the release please check <a
143 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_0.3">grml_0.3-small
144 @ grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
145 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback,
146 feature requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
149 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
150 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
155 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Frank Terbeck and Marc
156 Haber for their contributions. Many thanks also to the ones of
157 you who <a href="/donations/">donated something to the
158 grml-team</a> and of course to all those who have sent feedback
159 since the last release!</p>
161 <h3>More Information</h3>
163 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
164 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
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