Release Notes:
grml 0.9-rc1 - codename dioptrienotto (20061127)
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- Notice: grml 0.9-rc1 is a RELEASE CANDIDATE and not - yet the stable release!
- -About
- -grml is a Debian-based Live-CD. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux - software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml - provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a - rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It - is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a - harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1 - GiB of software and documentation on the CD.
- - - -Bugfixes
- -Fixed several bugs and issues reported on grml_0.8 @ - grml-wiki.
- -New features
- -Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.
- -New grml-scripts (some selected ones):
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- fma: fast manual access, speeds up access for reading manpages - -
- getsf: download project from sourceforge.net - -
- grml-ap: set up your box as access point - -
- grml-bridge: set up your box as bridge - -
- grml-debootstrap: wrapper around debootstrap for - installing plain Debian via grml - -
- grml-router: set up your box as NAT-router - -
- random-hostname: print random hostname to stdout - -
- reread_partition_table: re-read partition table of specific disk - -
New bootparameters/cheatcodes:
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- dos: boot into FreeDOS 1.0 from the Balder project - -
- noraid: disable automatic activation of software RAID - arrays - -
- lang=$LANG-utf: unicode support, usage example: - lang=de-utf8 - -
grml2hd (install grml to harddisk):
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- support customization of grml2hd through - /etc/grml2hd/customization - -
- allow installation of lilo into MBR of the first disk on the system. - (Feature based on patch contributed by Alexander Bernauer.) - -
- adjust /etc/default/rcS according to bootoption utc/gmt - and /etc/localtime according to bootoption tz - -
- integration of random-hostname - -
See grml.org/grml2hd/ for more details regarding - grml2hd.
- -Special new features:
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- updated to X.org 7.1.1 - -
- unicode support through bootoption lang=$LANG-utf8 - -
- added FreeDOS 1.0 from the Balder project; boot into it using the bootoption 'dos' - -
- new handling for added/removed devices: /etc/fstab is - rebuild automatically if new block devices are added or - removed; mounting usb devices is possible through /mnt/usb-sd* - -
- grml-rebuildfstab (that's a shell command now as well, just run - 'grml-rebuildfstab' to rebuild /etc/fstab) supports fs-LABELs and UUIDs; - see 'man rebuildfstab' for details - -
- split package grml-etc into grml-etc + grml-etc-core (the - latter one provides the core configuration files for e.g. zsh, - screen and vim) - -
- bootoption 'grub' boots into The All In One - Boot Floppy (which provides Grub), contributed by Michael - Schierl - -
Kernel
- -Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.18.3 including several patches (Speakup, Squashfs,...) and - additional modules:
- -- acerhk, acx100, adp94xx, arcmsr, bcm5700, cowloop, drbd8, et131x, - exmap, ipw3945, ivtv, kqemu, kvm, linux-wlan-ng, madwifi, misdn, - ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, qc-usb, r1000, realtime-lsm, - rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt2x00, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx, - sysprof, tidev, tpm_emulator, truecrypt, unionfs -- -
Notice: some more modules (for example fglrx and nvidia) are not - pre-installed but available through the grml-repository.
- -See grml.org/kernel/ for more details regarding - the grml-kernel.
- -Important Changes
- -swap partitions: by default grml does - not automatically use swap partitions anymore. - Run 'grml-swapon' when running grml or boot using 'grml swap' - for enabling all detected and usable swap partitions.
- -software raid: starting with grml 0.9 - booting the system tries to enable all present software raid - arrays. If you do not want to enable software - raid boot using one of the bootoptions 'noraid', 'forensic' or - 'raid=noautodetect'.
- -zsh global aliases: the global aliases - setup has been changed; now the global aliases (like: 'G' is - same '|grep') are not enabled by default any more, instead a - new setup named 'powerful abbreviation expansion' is available. - Usage example: type 'N' and press ',.' to expand the 'N' into - '&>/dev/null'. Take a look at the grml zsh refcard for more - details.
- -Packages / Software
- -Details about shipped packages and their versions on grml are available at - the Debian section.
- -Updates
- -Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 200611xx.
- -Removed 53 packages [please notice that some of them are available under - different names/in different packages]:
- -- *2.6.17-grml* lib* - - apache2-common apt-index-watcher bluez-pin bookmarkbridge camgrab cdw - cdw-common cthumb divine dnotify drbd0.7-utils duplicity - euro-support-console euro-support-x firefox firefox-webdeveloper - flashplugin-nonfree gcj-4.1-base gconf2-common gnupg2 - grml-kerneladdons grml-reportbug gtkrecover ipchains ipw3945-ucode - jaxml lout-doc lpr mime-codecs mozilla-mplayer mplayer-nogui mtop - ndiswrapper-utils-1.7 netkit-inetd ppmtofb python-gnupginterface - python2.3-pymad python2.3-pyopenssl python2.3-pyparsing - python2.3-twisted-bin python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage scanerrlog - stunnel truecrypt turkey update x-window-system-core - xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi-transcoded xfonts-konsole xlibs - xorg -- -
Added 112 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.18-grml*):
- -- - aamath ace-of-penguins afflib apache2.2-common apf-client apf-server - aria2 asused automake avahi-daemon ccontrol cdrskin classpath-gtkpeer - conntrack cupsys-bsd ddccontrol ddccontrol-db diakonos diction dov4l - drbd8-utils dsbltesters dwm-tools dynafont emacs emelfm - firmware-ipw3945 firmware-qlogic glipper-nognome gpgv grml-debootstrap - grml-etc-core grml-network guessnet histring hoz ht iceweasel ink - inotail inotify-tools iscsitarget-2.6.18-grml iwatch konwert - konwert-filters latex-ucs mathomatic medusa misdn-utils molly-guard - mpg123-alsa mplayer mplayer-skin-blue ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ne - obexpushd openbsd-inetd pax-utils ptfinder pwman3 pxfw pydb - python-crypto python-jaxml python-pymad python-pysqlite2 - python-selinux python-semanage python-twisted-bin python2.5 - python2.5-minimal qtparted rake rdoc rdoc1.8 reniced reportbug - resolvconf retty ruby-prof sic smap ssdeep stealth stunnel4 synergy - sysvinit-utils tesseract-ocr toilet toilet-fonts update-inetd - upstreamdev vim-python vim-ruby webcam-server wikipedia2text wodim - xen-utils-common xmlindent xmms2 xmms2-client-cli xmms2-core - xmms2-plugin-alsa xmms2-plugin-id3v2 xmms2-plugin-jack - xmms2-plugin-mad xmms2-plugin-vorbis xsel xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse - xserver-xorg-video-ivtv videogen youtube-dl - -- -
Upgrade notes
- -As usual you can upgrade your grml harddisk system to the latest grml - version running 'apt-get update; apt-get install grml'. Take a look at the upgrading webpage in - the grml-wiki as well. Notice: If you are using grml in a productive - environment and/or use a grml2hd installation we strongly recommend to - subscribe to the grml-user - mailinglist!
- -Changes since release 0.8 (20060413)
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- grml repository commits mailinglist available. -
- Updated grml-zsh-refcard. -
- Public mercurial repositories available at hg.grml.org. -
- Ulrich Dangel joined the grml-team. -
Known issues
- -Take a look at grml_release - candidate @ grml-wiki. Please report problems using - information on grml.org/bugs/.
- - - -Download grml 0.9-rc1
- -grml 0.9-rc1 can be downloaded from the directory named - 'devel' on the mirrors listed on grml.org/download/.
- - -Feedback
- - - -Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will - help fix bugs and improve the upcoming stable release. If you - find a problem with the release candidate please check grml_release - candidate @ grml-wiki and report problems using information - on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your - feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the - grml-team!
- - - -Thanks
- -Many thanks in this release go to Wolfgang Karall, Frank - Terbeck, Alexander Bernauer, Moritz Augsburger, Arnt Karlsen - and Marc Haber for their contributions. Many thanks also to the - ones of you who donated something to the - grml-team and of course to all those who have sent feedback - since the last release!
- -More Information
- -You can find out more about grml on our website, IRC channel, and wiki. - -
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