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30 <h1>Release Notes:<br />grml64 0.2 - codename <a
31 href="/faq/#releasename">Schwammerlklauber</a> (20080224)</h1>
35 <p>grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux
36 software especially for users of texttools and system administrators.
37 grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example
38 as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
39 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you
40 don't even need a harddisk to run it, unless you want to (use grml2hd
41 for this). Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1GB
42 of software and documentation on the CD.</p>
44 <p>Whereas grml is meant for use on 32 bit systems, grml64
45 provides support for 64 bit platforms. It is based on the amd64
46 port of Debian. Take a look at the '<a
47 href="/files/#debian">Debian-Information'-section</a> if you are
48 searching for the package list.</p>
50 <p><strong><a href="/donations/">We do need your help!</a></strong></p>
54 <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported on <a
55 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.1">grml64_0.1 @
61 <p>Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.</p>
63 <h4>New grml-scripts:</h4>
66 <li><strong>arename.pl</strong>: rename audio files by looking at a file's tagging
69 <li><a href="/grml-live/"><strong>grml-live</strong></a>: build
71 href="http://fai-project.org/">FAI</a> for generating
72 a grml and Debian based Linux Live system (CD/ISO)</li>
74 <li><strong>grml-paste</strong>: command line interface for <a
75 href="http://paste.grml.org/">paste.grml.org</a></li>
77 <li><strong>grml-vnet</strong>: create persistent tun/tap devices with
83 <h4>New bootparameters/cheatcodes:</h4>
87 <li><strong>micvol</strong>: configure mixer/ volume settings of
88 microphone channel; usage: micvol=$number
90 <li><strong>noconsolefont</strong>: skip setting console font via
93 <li><strong>nogrmlacpi</strong>: disable acpi stuff inside
94 grml-autoconfig without having to boot using noacpi (which triggers
97 <li><strong>lvm</strong>: activate present Logical Volumes (LVM)
99 <li><strong>nolvm</strong>: completely disable LVM code/checks; by
100 default (so without using a special bootoption) grml runs 'lvdisplay'
101 and if something can be found the user gets a hint to execute 'Start
106 <h4><a href="/grml2hd/">grml2hd</a> (install grml to harddisk):</h4>
110 <li>use --insecure for passwordbox so user gets feedback when typing
111 password (it's '***' of course and not plaintext).
113 <li>check for dmraid signatures
115 <li>support installation on LVM devices. Usage example:
116 'LVM=/dev/mapper/grml2hd-lvm grml2hd'</li>
120 <p>See <a href="/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a> for more
121 details regarding grml2hd.</p>
123 <h4><a href="/terminalserver/">grml-terminalserver</a> (boot
124 grml via network)</h4>
128 <li>updated initrd generation for use with live-initramfs, providing a
129 reworked initial bootprocess</li>
133 <p>See <a href="/terminalserver/">grml.org/terminalserver/</a>
134 for more details regarding grml-terminalserver.</p>
136 <h4>Special new features:</h4>
140 <li>all grml ISOs are automatically generated using the new <a
141 href="/grml-live/">grml-live framework</a></li>
143 <li>completely reworked initial bootprocess, based on live-initramfs
147 href="http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/">LZMA
150 <li>optimised the system to have as few wakeups as possible (<25
151 wakeups/s in default startup)</li>
153 <li>updated to X.org 7.3</li>
155 <li>updated to libc6 2.7</li>
157 <li>added support for loop-aes</li>
159 <li>the lang=-bootoption supports dvorak keyboard layouts (using
160 parameters dvorak, dvorak-iso or dvorak-utf8)</li>
166 <p>Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.23.16 including <a
167 href="/kernel/">several patches</a> and additional modules:</p>
171 acx100 at76-usb atl2 aufs drbd8 exmap gspca ipw3945
172 iscsitarget ivtv kqemu loop-aes lzma madwifi ndiswrapper
173 nozomi openafs qc-usb realtime-lsm rt2400 rt2500 squashfs
178 <p>Notice: some more modules (like <a
179 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=ati">fglrx</a> and <a
180 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=nvidia">nvidia</a>) are not
181 pre-installed but available through the <a
182 href="http://deb.grml.org/">grml-repository</a>.</p>
184 <p>See <a href="/kernel/">grml.org/kernel/</a> for more details
185 regarding the grml-kernel.</p>
187 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
189 <p>To avoid problems with isolinux/syslinux on older hardware (see <a
190 href="http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2008-February/009401.html">
191 syslinux mailinglist</a>) we decided to put several files like kernel
192 and initrd from /boot/isolinux/ into a new directory named
193 /boot/$GRML_FLAVOUR/. This should improve the possibility for
194 supporting multiboot in the future as well.</p>
196 <p>Due to the new initial bootprocess (which is based on
197 live-initramfs) some <strong>bootoptions</strong> might not work as
198 expected or changed its behaviour. The grml team is working on merging
199 outstanding features. If you think you found a bootoption that does not
200 work as expected/documented please <a
201 href="http://grml.org/bugs/">report it</a>.</p>
203 <p>The bootoption <strong>expert</strong> has been dropped. It is
204 deprecated nowadays. The bootoption <strong>splash</strong> has been
205 renamed into <em>textsplash</em> to avoid clashes with graphical
208 <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
210 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are
211 available at the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. See <a
212 href="/files/release-0.2-grml64/dpkg_get_selections">dpkg_get_selections</a>
213 for a main package listing and <a
214 href="/files/release-0.2-grml64/dpkg_list">dpkg_list</a> for a more detailed
215 list of packages shipped with grml 1.1.</p>
219 <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20071225 (plus some further selected updates).</p>
221 <p>Removed 91 packages [please notice that some of them are available under
222 different names/in different packages]:</p>
227 airsnort artwiz-cursor attacker autofs bandwidthd-pgsql
228 centericq centericq-common check clvm cogito crywrap
229 dbengine ddd debtags defrag discover discover-data
230 dnsdoctor dvgrab emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common
231 emelfm fbgetty findimagedupes flac123 fvwm-crystal gnuplot
232 gnuplot-nox gnuplot-x11 gnus gnus-bonus-el grep-dctrl gs
233 gs-common gs-esp gs-gpl gscanbus ia32-libs idn
234 ation-report ion3 ion3-mod-xinerama ion3-scripts
235 irssi-text jail kiss lckdo linux-kernel-headers
236 linux-kernel-headers-grml linux32 lshw-common mobilemesh
237 modutils mozilla-firefox msort ncftp2 nessus netdude
238 netpipes nmapfe openbsd-inetd pdns python-mode
239 python-semanage rhapsody rt2400 rt2500 schedutils
240 sound-recorder sqlrelay sqlrelay-postgresql
241 sqlrelay-sqlite surfraw tdb-dev tinysnmp-tools twin
242 unison2.9.1 user-de uswsusp valgrind vde vifm vncommand
243 w3-el-e21 w3-url-e21 xdebconfigurator xfonts-artwiz
248 <p>Added 229 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.23-grml64*):</p>
252 2vcard 3ware-cli-binary aamath ack-grep acpi-support-base
253 acpitail afflib aggregate amap aosd-cat
254 apt-transport-https ascii asql auctex awesome balance
255 base64 bittwist bochsbios bsd-mailx catdvi centerim-common
256 centerim-utf8 cereal conky cpp-4.2 ctioga ctorrent dcfldd
257 detox dir2ogg dns2tcp doc-base docbook-xml dpkg-ruby
258 duplicity dupmerge dvipng dzen2 edac-utils elfkickers
259 emacs22 emacs22-bin-common emacs22-common epdfview espeak
260 espeak-data etckeeper exifprobe exmap fai-client fai-doc
261 fai-server fatsort firmware-iwlwifi firmware-ralink
262 flashrom fuseiso g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 gcc-4.2-base
263 gcc-4.2-multilib gcc-multilib gconf2 gconf2-common
264 ghostscript ghostscript-x git-svn gitpkg gksu
265 gnome-keyring gnu-fdisk gnupg-pkcs11-scd gparted
266 grml-debian-keyring grml-live grml-paste gzrt haproxy
267 hdaps-utils hdapsd heirloom-sh hfsprogs hgsvn hplip
268 hplip-data iceweasel-webdeveloper ifupdown-extra
269 inoticoming iodine ipw-firmware irqbalance
270 irssi-plugin-xmpp iscsitarget itop jp2a kanif kpartx
271 latex-beamer latex-xcolor latexmk lcdtest ldnsutils
272 linux-libc-dev linux-wlan-ng live-initramfs logapp
273 loop-aes-testsuite lzma mailplate metastore minised
274 mkelfimage mlocate mr nat-traverse nessusclient netrw
275 netsurf nscd nttcp nvclock obconf olsrd-plugins op
276 open-iscsi open-vm-tools openafs-client openafs-krb5
277 openbios-sparc openbox openhackware packeth pamusb-tools
278 paperkey paris-traceroute pcaputils pdfjam pekwm pgf pip
279 pm-utils pmailq pngtools polipo poppler-utils
280 preview-latex-style prism54-firmware pristine-tar privbind
281 proll pssh python-dbus python-gnupginterface
282 python-gobject python-pycallgraph python-setuptools
283 python-urlgrabber qemu rainbowcrack rcov rinse rofs runit
284 rutilt s3cmd scamper scanmem scrollkeeper shorewall-common
285 shorewall-shell sitar sl sm smap snort-common-libraries
286 splint-data supercat svgalibg1 sysutils taktuk tasksel
287 tasksel-data tetex-base tetex-bin tex-common texlive
288 texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-common
289 texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended
290 texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-base
291 texlive-latex-recommended texpower tgt thinkfinger-tools
292 timelimit ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra uml-utilities
293 unhide uniutils unsort vgabios vim-tiny wacom-tools
294 wamerican wapiti x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-utils
295 x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils xar xauth
296 xbacklight xdelta3 xdg-utils xinit xrestop
297 xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd xsteg yatm yeahconsole
302 <h3>Upgrade notes</h3>
304 <p>As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml
305 version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at <a
306 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=upgrading">the upgrading webpage in
307 the grml-wiki</a> as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive
308 environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to
309 subscribe to <a href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">the grml-user
312 <h3>Changes since release 1.0 (20070518)</h3>
316 <li>Alexander Steinboeck joined <a href="/team/">the grml-team</a>.</li>
318 <li>Daily builds available: <a
319 href="http://grml.supersized.org/archives/269-Daily-grml-snapshots.html">automatically
320 generated ISOs of grml</a> (using <a href="/grml-live/">the
321 grml-live framework</a>) are available at <a
322 href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</li>
324 <li>Results of the <a
325 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=survey07">grml user survey
326 are available</a>.</li>
330 <h3>Known issues</h3>
333 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2">grml64_0.2 @ grml-wiki</a>.
334 Please report problems using information on <a
335 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>.</p>
337 <h3>Download grml64 0.2</h3>
339 <p>grml64 0.2 can be downloaded from mirrors listed on <a
340 href="/download/">grml.org/download/</a>.</p>
344 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help fix bugs
345 and improve future releases. If you find a problem with the release please
346 check <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2">grml64_0.2 @
347 grml-wiki</a> and report problems using information on <a
348 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback, feature
349 requests and bug reports to the grml-team!</p>
352 <li><a href="/contact/">grml.org/contact/</a>
353 <li><a href="/irc/">#grml on irc.freenode.org</a>
358 <p>Many thanks in this release go to Henning Sprang, Thomas Lange,
359 Michael Schmitt, Daniel Baumann, Karl Voit, Norbert Tretkowski,
360 Jan-Pieter Jacobs, Wolfgang Karall, Darshaka Pathirana, Andrea Mayr and
361 Wernfried Haas for their contributions. Many thanks also to the ones of
362 you who <a href="/donations/">donated something to the grml-team</a>
363 and of course to all those who have sent feedback since the last
366 <h3>More Information</h3>
368 <p>You can find out more about grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
369 href="/irc/">IRC channel</a>, and <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
371 <p>To sign up for future grml announcements, please subscribe to <a
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