<h1 align="center">FAQ for grml</h1>
- <p><strong>Up2date:</strong> 2011-12-09 - applies to Grml releases version 2011.12</p>
+ <p><strong>Up2date:</strong> applies to Grml releases version 2011.12</p>
<p><a name="toc"></a><strong>Index:</strong></p>
<p class="toc"><a href="#general">General:</a></p>
<ol>
<li><a href="#whatis">What is Grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#flavours">What are grml32 / grml64 and grml96?</a></li>
<li><a href="#get">Where do I get Grml?</a></li>
<li><a href="#whatmeans">What does Grml mean?</a></li>
<li><a href="#releasename">What about the release name?</a></li>
<li><a href="#requirements">Requirements for running Grml</a></li>
<li><a href="#bootoptions">Which bootoptions does Grml support?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#usbboot">How do I boot Grml from a USB stick?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#persistency">Is it possible to store my settings?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#known_issues">Are there any known issues with this release? How about reporting bugs?</a></li>
</ol>
- <p class="toc"><a href="#problems">Problems</a>:</p>
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#features">Features</a>:</p>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#known_issues">Are there any known issues with this release? How about reporting bugs?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#usbboot">How do I boot Grml from a USB stick?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#persistency">Is it possible to store my settings?</a></li>
<li><a href="#password">What are the passwords of users on Grml?</a></li>
<li><a href="#version">How do I find out the version of Grml</a></li>
<li><a href="#language">How do I change the language/keyboard settings?</a></li>
<p class="toc"><a href="#software">Software:</a></p>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#sw_general">General</a></li>
<li><a href="#sw_version">Which package(s) and which version is available?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#zsh">Why is zsh the default shell?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#bash">Is a bash available?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#zsh">Why is Zsh the default shell?</a></li>
</ol>
</ol>
- <p class="toc"><a href="#stuff">Support / Unanswered stuff</a></p>
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#stuff">Support / Unanswered stuff:</a></p>
<ol>
<li><a href="#questions">Further questions?</a></li>
<li><a href="#support">Commercial Support</a></li>
administrators. It specializes on administrative tasks like
installation, deployment and system rescue.</p>
+ <h3><a name="flavours"></a><a href="#doc">What are grml32 / grml64 and grml96?</a></h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>grml32: 32bit version (kernel and userspace)</li>
+ <li>grml64: 64bit version (kernel and userspace)</li>
+ <li>grml96: multi boot version (featuring grml32 and grml64 on one ISO)</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Unless you've a good reason to really choose the 32bit flavour we
+ strongly encourage you to use either the grml64 or the grml96
+ flavour.</p>
+
+ <p>Please notice that this schema was introduced starting with Grml
+ release 2011.12. Until then grml96 didn't exist and grml32 was known as
+ just 'grml'.</p>
+
<h3><a name="get"></a><a href="#toc">Where do I get Grml?</a></h3>
<p>Grml is open source, you can download it from the mirrors
<h3><a name="accessibility"></a><a href="#toc">What does accessibility at Grml mean?</a></h3>
- <p>The Grml kernel includes support for speakup and software
- like brltty (using bootoption 'grml blind
- brltty=type,port,tbl') and espeakup.</p>
+ <p>The Grml kernel includes support for speakup. For software,
+ brltty and espeakup are included.</p>
<h3><a name="bootoptions"></a><a href="#toc">Which bootoptions does Grml support?</a></h3>
href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt">kernel-parameters.txt</a>
of the Linux kernel applies to Grml as well.</p>
- <h3><a name="usbboot"></a><a href="#toc">How do I boot Grml from a USB stick?</a></h3>
+ <a name="release"></a> <!-- old anchor -->
+ <a name="bugreport"></a> <!-- old anchor -->
+ <h3><a name="known_issues"></a><a href="#toc">Are there any known issues? How about reporting bugs?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Please visit the <a href="/bugs/">bug webpage</a>.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="features"></a><a href="#toc">Features</a></h2>
<!-- TODO: needs to be improved! -->
+ <h3><a name="usbboot"></a><a href="#toc">How do I boot Grml from a USB stick?</a></h3>
<p>Check
out <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb#grml2usb">grml2usb</a>
a <a href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency">persistency
feature</a>.</p>
- <h2><a name="problems"></a><a href="#toc">Problems</a></h2>
-
- <a name="release"></a> <!-- old anchor -->
- <a name="bugreport"></a> <!-- old anchor -->
- <h3><a name="known_issues"></a><a href="#toc">Are there any known issues? How about reporting bugs?</a></h3>
-
- <p>Please visit the <a href="/bugs/">bug webpage</a>.</p>
-
<h3><a name="password"></a><a href="#toc">What are the passwords of users on Grml?</a></h3>
<p>There are no default passwords - all accounts are locked by
<h3><a name="wms"></a><a href="#toc">Which window managers can I use?</a></h3>
- <p>Starting with the 2011.12 release Grml provides just
- the <a href="http://www.fluxbox.org/">Fluxbox</a> window
- manager.</p>
-
+ <p>Starting with the 2011.12 release Grml provides <a
+ href="http://www.fluxbox.org/">Fluxbox</a> as window manager.</p>
<h3><a name="lvm"></a><a href="#toc">Where are my LVM devices?</a></h3>
<pre class="rahmen">
# /etc/init.d/lvm2 start
-
-or use the shorter version:
-
-# Start lvm2
</pre>
<p>If you want to enable LVM by default just boot using the 'lvm'
<pre class="rahmen">
# /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start
-
-or use the shorter version:
-
-# Start mdadm-raid
</pre>
<p>If you want to enable SW-RAID by default just boot using
<h3><a name="timezone"></a><a href="#toc">How do I configure
timezone on my Grml system?</a></h3>
- <h4>Available bootoptions relevant in live-cd mode:</h4>
+ <p>Available bootoptions relevant in live-cd mode:</p>
<ul>
<li>utc: set UTC, if your system clock is set to UTC (GMT)
tz=Europe/Vienna
</ul>
- <h4>Further information:</h4>
-
- <p>Manpages: hwclock(8) tzselect(1) tzconfig(8); <a
+ <p>Further information: manpages hwclock(8), tzselect(1) and tzconfig(8); <a
href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-time.html">Debian
GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual Chapter 16 - Time</a> and <a
href="http://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges">TimeZoneChanges in the
<p>Short anwer: No.</p>
- <p><strong>ProTip</strong>: If you want to get a plain Debian
- system take a look
- at <a href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you want to get a plain Debian system take a look at <a
+ href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a>.</p>
+ <p>Long(er) answer: yes it's possible to install Grml. But it's not
+ supported and you'll be on your own. That's why we decided to make it
+ not-so-obvious. If you really know what you're doing you'll find out on
+ your own. Reminder: use <a
+ href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a> or <a
+ href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Installer</a> instead.</p>
<h2><a name="software"></a><a href="#toc">Software</a></h2>
<p>Short answer: because <a href="/zsh/">Zsh rocks</a>, really!</p>
- <p>Longer answer taken
- from <a href="http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq01.html#l3">ZSH
- FAQ: 1.2: What is it?</a>:</p>
-
- <cite> Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the
- standard shells most resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its
- compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been gradually
- increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in
- the command-line editor, options for customising its
- behaviour, filename globbing, features to make C-shell (csh)
- users feel more at home and extra features drawn from tcsh
- (another `custom' shell).</cite>
-
- <p>If you don't know zsh take a look
- at <a href="http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq02.html#l9">ZSH
- FAQ: How does zsh differ from ...?</a>, 'man zsh | less -p
- COMPATIBILITY', the <a href="/zsh/">Grml zsh reference
- card</a> and '<a href="/zsh/">man zsh-lovers</a>'.</p>
-
- <p>If you are a bash user and don't know zsh yet, don't be
+ <p>Long(er) answer: If you don't know Zsh take a look the <a
+ href="/zsh/">Grml Zsh reference card</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are a Bash user and don't know Zsh yet, don't be
afraid. Bash is largely a subset of Zsh and you don't have to
throw away your knowledge about shell stuff.</p>
- <h3><a name="bash"></a><a href="#toc">Is a bash available?</a></h3>
-
- <p>Grml uses <a href="#zsh">Zsh</a> as the default interactive shell
- but a current version of Bash available on Grml as well.</p>
-
<h2><a name="stuff"></a><a href="#toc">Support / Unanswered stuff</a></h2>
<h3><a name="questions"></a><a href="#toc">Further questions</a></h3>
projects / grml.org.git / blobdiff