<h1>Release Notes for Grml 2011.12-rc1 - codename <a
href="/faq/#releasename">Knecht Rootrecht</a></h1>
+ <p><a href="http://grml.org/download/prerelease/">Download Now</a></p>
+
<h3>About</h3>
<p>This release brings a downsizing and cleanup: one flavour, two architectures.
<ul>
- <li>New Linux kernel version based on <b>3.1.4</b></li>
<li><b>EFI Boot</b> support from CD-ROM and USB keys (amd64 only)</li>
- <li>mDNS support (try <tt>ping grml.local</tt> )</li>
+ <li>mDNS support (try <tt>ping grml.local</tt> with libnss-mdns and avahi-daemon
+ or similar enabled on your host)</li>
<li>NFS Client support and d-bus start automatically</li>
</ul>
can now directly build virtual machine images.</li>
<li><a href="/grml-live/">grml-live</a>, our build tool, was enhanced with new features to
- allow for <a href="http://jenkins-ci.org/">Jenkins</a> integration.
+ better integrate with <a href="http://jenkins-ci.org/">Jenkins</a>.
This release, as well as the current <a href="/daily/">daily images</a>
are built from within Jenkins!</li>
<li>VT consoles are driven by grml-runtty, our homegrown login and getty
replacement for Live CDs.</li>
<li>Netboot scenarios should no longer use the "nodhcp" boot option.</li>
- <li>grml2hd is no longer in PATH to discourage it's use even further.
+ <li>grml2hd is no longer in PATH to discourage its use even further.
The related boot options have been removed.</li>
<li>grml2usb: compat for releases < 2009.05, grub1 and lilo support
have been removed.</li>
+ <li>Release builds are now built from Debian's testing distribution, instead of unstable.</li>
+ <li>Linux kernel is based on <b>3.1.4</b>. No additional modules are shipped.</li>
+ <li>Fixed several bugs from the <a href="http://bts.grml.org/grml/">bug tracking system</a>.</li>
</ul>
- <h3>Kernel</h3>
-
- <p>Based on vanilla kernel 3.1.4. No additional modules are
- shipped.</p>
-
-
- <h3>Bugfixes</h3>
-
- <p>Fixed several bugs and issues reported in the
- <a href="http://bts.grml.org/grml/">bug tracking system</a>.</p>
-
- <h3>Packages / Software</h3>
+ <h3>Packages</h3>
<p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are
available at the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. Visit
<h3>Updates</h3>
- <p>Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 8th of December
- 2011.</p>
+ <p>Packages are taken from Debian testing, 10th of December
+ 2011. 1745 packages have been removed, and these new packages
+ have been added (plus dependencies):</p>
+<pre class="rahmen">
+ afflib-tools atftp bacula-sd efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64-bin
+ ia32-libs imvirt ipxe mcollective mtx multiarch-support
+ netcat-openbsd python2.7 sipcalc
+</pre>
- <p>Removed these Grml packages:</p>
+ <p>These Grml packages have been removed/replaced:</p>
<pre class="rahmen">
grml-debugtools grml-docs grml-files grml-files64
grml-vpn grml grml64
</pre>
- <p>Removed 1745 packages, compared to the previous
- GRML_FULL flavour.</p>
-
- <p>Added these important new packages (plus dependencies):</p>
-
-<pre class="rahmen">
- afflib-tools atftp bacula-sd efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64-bin
- ia32-libs imvirt ipxe mcollective mtx multiarch-support
- netcat-openbsd python2.7 sipcalc
-</pre>
-
<h3>Known issues</h3>
<p><b>iSCSI Target</b> support is currently in limbo, as
in binary form appears to be almost impossible with the new DKMS packaging.
</p>
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<h3>Download Grml 2011.12-rc1</h3>
<p>Grml 2011.12-rc1 can be downloaded from
<a href="http://grml.org/download/prerelease/">grml.org/download/prerelease/</a>.</p>
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<a name="thanks"></a>
<h3>Thanks</h3>
- <p>Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically)
+ <p>Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically)
TBD,
for their contributions.</p>
href="http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml-announce">Grml's
announcement list</a>.</p>
- <p>If you are interested in development releases grab the daily ISOs
- from <a href="http://daily.grml.org/">daily.grml.org</a>.</p>
-
- <h3>Further Questions?</h3>
-
- <p>Please feel free to <a href="http://grml.org/contact/">contact us.</a></p>
-
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