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