Release Notes for Grml 2013.02-rc1 - codename Grumpy Grinch
+ + + +About
+ +This release brings the Grml tools towards the upcoming Debian stable + release (AKA wheezy), provides up2date hardware support and fixes known + bugs from the previous Grml release.
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- ssh boot option: display SSH server key fingerprints + +
- grml-hwinfo: added support for lsscsi, iscsiadm, + proxmox/libvirt/openvz/vserver information retrieval, swapon, mdadm, + LVM + dmsetup, now using 'lspci -nn' for lspci output + +
- grml-live: handling firmware related packages in GRMLBASE, added + uuid-runtime to GRMLBASE + +
- grml-network: netcardconfig provides support to scan for available + wireless networks + +
- grml-udev-config: Do not set mount options for NTFS partitions to + "ro" any longer + +
- grml2usb: verify that the bootflag is enabled + +
- grml2iso: ISOs are dd-able by default + +
- grml-debootstrap:
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- Use http.debian.net as default mirror +
- Set wheezy as the new default release +
- Add acpi-support-base + firmware-linux-free to default package selection + +
Important Changes
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- Debian's live-boot changed the path from /live/image to + /lib/live/mount/medium. If you're using /live/image anywhere inside + your own custom scripts please adopt your code to use /lib/live/mount/medium + starting with Grml 2013.02-rc1. + +
Bits & bolts
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- Linux kernel is based on 3.7.6. No additional modules are shipped. +
- Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system. +
Packages
+ +Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available at the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2013.02-rc1.
+ +Updates
+ +Packages are taken from Debian testing, 11th of February + 2013. 12 packages have been removed, and these 21 new packages + have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ aptitude-common atmel-firmware bluez-firmware cpp-4.7 cryptsetup-bin epdfview + firmware-atheros firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x firmware-intelwimax + firmware-libertas firmware-linux ifenslave-2.6 insserv libertas-firmware + netsniff-ng ruby1.9.1 ssmping uuid-runtime virt-what zd1211-firmware ++ +
These Grml packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ arrayprobe consolekit cpp-4.6 fuse-utils gcc-4.5-base gcc-4.6-base + grub info linux-sound-base smbfs tasksel tasksel-data ++ +
Known issues
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- grml2hd isn't shipped + +
- grml-live-remaster doesn't work out-of-the-box because neither + mkisofs nor genisoimage are available + +
Download Grml 2013.02-rc1
+ +Grml 2013.02-rc1 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/prerelease/.
+ +Feedback
+ +Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help + fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with + the release please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and + feature requests to the Grml team!
+ + +Thanks
+ +Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically) + Andras Korn, + Bernhard Tittelbach, + Charles A. Hewson, + Christian Hesse, + Christian Hesse , + Christian Hofstaedtler, + Christoph Biedl, + Csillag Tamas, + Dominik Schips, + Florian Klien, + frenbu, + Gregor Herrmann, + Lukas Anzinger, + Pawel Sadkowski , + Peter Palfrader, + Pierre Schmitz, + Raoul Raminder Andreas, + Thorsten Glaser and + Ulrich Dangel + for their contributions.
+ +More Information
+ +You can find out more about Grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. + +
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