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30 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml 0.9-rc1 - codename <a
31 href="/faq/#releasename">dioptrienotto</a> (20061127)</h1>
33 <p><strong>Notice: grml 0.9-rc1 is a RELEASE CANDIDATE and not
34 yet the stable release!</strong></p>
38 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
39 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml
40 provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a
41 rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It
42 is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a
43 harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1
44 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
46 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
50 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
51 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.8">grml_0.8 @
56 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
58 <h4>New grml-scripts (some selected ones):</h4>
62 <li>fma: fast manual access, speeds up access for reading manpages
64 <li>getsf: download project from sourceforge.net
66 <li>grml-ap: set up your box as access point
68 <li>grml-bridge: set up your box as bridge
70 <li>grml-debootstrap: wrapper around debootstrap for
71 installing plain Debian via grml
73 <li>grml-router: set up your box as NAT-router
75 <li>random-hostname: print random hostname to stdout
77 <li>reread_partition_table: re-read partition table of specific disk
81 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes:</h4>
85 <li>dos: boot into FreeDOS 1.0 from <a
86 href="http://www.finnix.org/Balder">the Balder project</a></li>
88 <li>noraid: disable automatic activation of software RAID
91 <li>lang=$LANG-utf: unicode support, usage example:
96 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
100 <li>support customization of grml2hd through
101 /etc/grml2hd/customization</li>
103 <li>allow installation of lilo into MBR of the first disk on the system.
104 (Feature based on patch contributed by Alexander Bernauer.)</li>
106 <li>adjust /etc/default/rcS according to bootoption utc/gmt
107 and /etc/localtime according to bootoption tz</li>
109 <li>integration of random-hostname</li>
113 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more details regarding
116 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
120 <li>updated to X.org 7.1.1</li>
122 <li>unicode support through bootoption lang=$LANG-utf8
124 <li>added FreeDOS 1.0 from the <a
125 href="http://www.finnix.org/Balder">Balder project</a>; boot into it using the bootoption 'dos'
127 <li>new handling for added/removed devices: /etc/fstab is
128 rebuild automatically if new block devices are added or
129 removed; mounting usb devices is possible through /mnt/usb-sd*
131 <li>grml-rebuildfstab (that's a shell command now as well, just run
132 'grml-rebuildfstab' to rebuild /etc/fstab) supports fs-LABELs and UUIDs;
133 see 'man rebuildfstab' for details
135 <li>split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the
136 latter one provides the core configuration files for e.g. zsh,
139 <li>bootoption 'grub' boots into <a
140 href="http://home.arcor.de/mschierlm/bootdisk/">The All In One
141 Boot Floppy</a> (which provides Grub), contributed by Michael
148 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.18.3 including <a
149 href="/kernel/">several patches</a> (Speakup, Squashfs,...) and
150 additional modules:</p>
153 acerhk, acx100, adp94xx, arcmsr, bcm5700, cowloop, drbd8, et131x,
154 exmap, ipw3945, ivtv, kqemu, kvm, linux-wlan-ng, madwifi, misdn,
155 ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, qc-usb, r1000, realtime-lsm,
156 rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt2x00, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx,
157 sysprof, tidev, tpm_emulator, truecrypt, unionfs
160 <p>Notice: some more modules (for example <a
161 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
162 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>) are not
163 pre-installed but available through the <a
164 href="http://grml.org/repos/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
166 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details regarding
169 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
171 <p><strong>swap partitions:</strong> by default grml does
172 <strong>not</strong> automatically use swap partitions anymore.
173 Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot using 'grml swap'
174 for enabling all detected and usable swap partitions.</p>
176 <p><strong>software raid:</strong> starting with grml 0.9
177 booting the system tries to enable all present software raid
178 arrays. If you do <strong>not</strong> want to enable software
179 raid boot using one of the bootoptions 'noraid', 'forensic' or
180 'raid=noautodetect'.</p>
182 <p><strong>zsh global aliases:</strong> the global aliases
183 setup has been changed; now the global aliases (like: 'G' is
184 same '|grep') are not enabled by default any more, instead a
185 new setup named 'powerful abbreviation expansion' is available.
186 Usage example: type 'N' and press ',.' to expand the 'N' into
187 '&>/dev/null'. Take a look at <a
188 href="/zsh/#grmlzshrefcard">the grml zsh refcard</a> for more
191 <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
193 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are available at
194 the <a href="http://grml.org/files/#debian">Debian section</a>.</p>
198 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 200611xx.</p>
200 <p>Removed 53 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
201 different names/in different packages]:</p>
206 apache2-common apt-index-watcher bluez-pin bookmarkbridge camgrab cdw
207 cdw-common cthumb divine dnotify drbd0.7-utils duplicity
208 euro-support-console euro-support-x firefox firefox-webdeveloper
209 flashplugin-nonfree gcj-4.1-base gconf2-common gnupg2
210 grml-kerneladdons grml-reportbug gtkrecover ipchains ipw3945-ucode
211 jaxml lout-doc lpr mime-codecs mozilla-mplayer mplayer-nogui mtop
212 ndiswrapper-utils-1.7 netkit-inetd ppmtofb python-gnupginterface
213 python2.3-pymad python2.3-pyopenssl python2.3-pyparsing
214 python2.3-twisted-bin python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage scanerrlog
215 stunnel truecrypt turkey update x-window-system-core
216 xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi-transcoded xfonts-konsole xlibs
220 <p>Added 112 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.18-grml*):</p>
224 aamath ace-of-penguins afflib apache2.2-common apf-client apf-server
225 aria2 asused automake avahi-daemon ccontrol cdrskin classpath-gtkpeer
226 conntrack cupsys-bsd ddccontrol ddccontrol-db diakonos diction dov4l
227 drbd8-utils dsbltesters dwm-tools dynafont emacs emelfm
228 firmware-ipw3945 firmware-qlogic glipper-nognome gpgv grml-debootstrap
229 grml-etc-core grml-network guessnet histring hoz ht iceweasel ink
230 inotail inotify-tools iscsitarget-2.6.18-grml iwatch konwert
231 konwert-filters latex-ucs mathomatic medusa misdn-utils molly-guard
232 mpg123-alsa mplayer mplayer-skin-blue ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ne
233 obexpushd openbsd-inetd pax-utils ptfinder pwman3 pxfw pydb
234 python-crypto python-jaxml python-pymad python-pysqlite2
235 python-selinux python-semanage python-twisted-bin python2.5
236 python2.5-minimal qtparted rake rdoc rdoc1.8 reniced reportbug
237 resolvconf retty ruby-prof sic smap ssdeep stealth stunnel4 synergy
238 sysvinit-utils tesseract-ocr toilet toilet-fonts update-inetd
239 upstreamdev vim-python vim-ruby webcam-server wikipedia2text wodim
240 xen-utils-common xmlindent xmms2 xmms2-client-cli xmms2-core
241 xmms2-plugin-alsa xmms2-plugin-id3v2 xmms2-plugin-jack
242 xmms2-plugin-mad xmms2-plugin-vorbis xsel xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
243 xserver-xorg-video-ivtv videogen youtube-dl
247 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
249 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
250 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at <a
251 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=upgrading">the upgrading webpage in
252 the grml-wiki</a> as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive
253 environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to
254 subscribe to <a href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user
257 <h3>Changes since release 0.8 (20060413)</h3>
260 <li><a href="http://ml.grml.org/list/hg-commits.en.html">grml repository commits mailinglist</a> available.
261 <li>Updated <a href="/zsh/#grmlzshrefcard">grml-zsh-refcard</a>.
262 <li>Public mercurial repositories available at <a
263 href="http://hg.grml.org/">hg.grml.org</a>.
264 <li>Ulrich Dangel joined <a href="/team/">the grml-team</a>.
267 <h3>Known issues</h3>
270 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=release_candidate">grml_release
271 candidate @ grml-wiki</a>. Please report problems using
272 information on <a href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
276 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.9">grml_0.9 @ grml-wiki</a>.
277 Please report problems using information on <a
278 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
281 <h3>Download grml 0.9-rc1</h3>
283 <p>grml 0.9-rc1 can be downloaded from the directory named
284 'devel' on the mirrors listed on <a
285 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
288 <h3>Download grml 0.9</h3>
290 <p>grml 0.9 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
291 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
296 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
297 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
298 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.9">grml_0.9 @
299 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
300 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback, feature
301 requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
304 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will
305 help fix bugs and improve the upcoming stable release. If you
306 find a problem with the release candidate please check <a
307 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=release_candidate">grml_release
308 candidate @ grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information
309 on <a href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your
310 feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the
314 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
315 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
320 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Wolfgang Karall, Frank
321 Terbeck, Alexander Bernauer, Moritz Augsburger, Arnt Karlsen
322 and Marc Haber for their contributions. Many thanks also to the
323 ones of you who <a href="/donations/">donated something to the
324 grml-team</a> and of course to all those who have sent feedback
325 since the last release!</p>
327 <h3>More Information</h3>
329 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
330 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
332 <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
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