Release Notes for Grml 2012.05 - codename Ponyhof
+ + + +About
+ +After the downsizing and cleanup release 2011.12 this release brings + some additional tools and the grml-small flavour is back again.
+ +New features
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- grml-hwinfo: Support numactl to retrieve NUMA information +
- Re-add simplifed support for brltty +
- Support 9p-virtio filesystem for mounting the DCS-directory (Debs, Configuration and Scripts - see man grml-autoconfig) +
Important Changes
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- The ssh bootoption sets the specified/generated ssh passwort for user 'grml' and (new) for root +
- Using /media as default mount target +
- Dropped the grml-feedback tool +
- Add a few kB of lines made of # charaters to the end of the main syslinux config file +
Bits & bolts
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- Linux kernel is based on 3.3.6. No additional modules are shipped. +
- Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system. +
Important Reminders
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- Booting Grml via PXE? Do not forget to add the live-media-path=... + bootoption, otherwise booting will fail with 'No supported filesystem + images found at /live'. Usage instructions: + live-media-path=/live/$FLAVOUR (where $FLAVOUR corresponds to + grml64-full, grml32-full, grml64-small, grml32-small) - for further + details visit terminalserver + page in the Grml-Wiki. + +
- Booting Grml from Harddisk? Do not forget to add the + live-media-path=... bootoption. Or even better: use grml-rescueboot. + Full details at rescueboot in the + Grml-Wiki. + +
Packages
+ +Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available at the Debian section.
+ +Updates
+ +Packages are taken from Debian testing, 28th of May + 2012. These 54 new packages have been added (plus + dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ buffer cifs-utils comgt console-setup-linux consolekit + dctrl-tools disktype dos2unix ewf-tools exfat-fuse exfat-utils + firmware-myricom firmware-netxen firmware-qlogic flashrom + fsarchiver gcc-4.5-base gcc-4.7-base genext2fs hexedit hostapd + iftop imvirt-helper info ipmitool iptstate ipxe-qemu irssi kmod + live-boot-grml-doc lrzsz lzop mc-data memtester mosh numactl + open-vm-tools pppoeconf rfkill ser2net slurm smbfs sysstat + tasksel tasksel-data tcptraceroute usb-modeswitch + usb-modeswitch-data vlock wireshark wvdial xmount xorriso + xulrunner-10.0 ++ +
These 7 Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ console-terminus gcc-4.4-base genisoimage ipxe + python-central python-pexpect xulrunner-8.0 ++ +
Known issues
+ +None at the time of the release!
+ +Take a look at the known bugs list. + Please report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/.
+ + +Download Grml 2012.05
+ +Grml 2012.05 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/.
+ +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) Axel Beckert, + Charles A. Hewson, ChiCuong HA, Christian Hofstaedtler, Christoph Biedl, Christopher + Schramm, Conny Seidel , Csillag Tamas, Florian Apolloner, Frank + Prochnow, Heinz Ahrens, Holger Baust, John S. Skogtvedt, Jordan Uggla, + Laurent CARON , Marco d'Itri, Markus Ulrich, Martin Koeppe, Matthias + Strubel, Michael Hanke, Michael Renner, Michael Schierl, Paul Menzel, + Pawel azhag Sadkowski, Thomas Arendsen Hein, Thorsten Glaser, Thorsten + Leemhuis, Timo Boettcher, Tom Oehser, Ulrich Dangel and Vincent McIntyre + for their contributions.
+ +More Information
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