X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fgrml-live.txt;h=a79403074cb93740a6d6efee6aac1be0303a93f6;hp=81534445b098ea876885be514ba9108428688be4;hb=b21dfdc8a1fb3d576c3a80844f8d04ff8fe53650;hpb=cb1c89315de75e6e63dff55af9fcec74eb61e534 diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt index 8153444..a794030 100644 --- a/docs/grml-live.txt +++ b/docs/grml-live.txt @@ -413,27 +413,34 @@ Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel --------------------------------------------------------- To make it easier to track problems this section documents current state of -grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools (for building the compressed -file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this section is up2date by 18th -august 2008. +grml-live playing together with squashfs-tools / squashfs-lzma-tools (for +building the compressed file) and the kernel version. Documentation of this +section is up2date by 27th of september 2008. System ~~~~~~ -* grml-live 0.9 +* grml-live, version 0.9.4 * building grml-medium (Debian/unstable) * software versions used in the ISO (being installed automatically, recorded just as a reference): - ii busybox 1:1.10.2-1 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems - ii initramfs-tools 0.92f tools for generating an initramfs - ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot - ii live-initramfs 1.136.3-2~grml.04 Debian Live initramfs hook - ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager - ii mdadm 2.6.7-3 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) - ii udev 0.124-0grml3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon + ii busybox 1:1.10.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems + ii initramfs-tools 0.92f.grml01 tools for generating an initramfs + ii klibc-utils 1.5.12-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot + ii live-initramfs 1.139.1-2grml.01 Debian Live initramfs hook + ii lvm2 2.02.39-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager + ii mdadm 2.6.7-3.1 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID) + ii udev 0.125-6grml0 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon + +Using squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3-1 on the build system +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +squashfs-lzma-tools from the grml repository supports kernel 2.6.26-grml +(version >=grml.05) using both lzma and zlib (-nolzma) compression. It's the +recommended package for building ISOs with grml-live currently. Using squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 on the build system ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -449,8 +456,9 @@ http://grml.org/squashfs/squashfs-tools_3.3-7_amd64.deb (for amd64) [both build on and for Debian/etch but working with testing and unstable as well]. Please notice that squashfs-tools 1:3.3-7 does NOT support LZMA compression at -all (yet). The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even -though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). +all. The -nolzma option of mksquashfs is not available therefore (even +though grml-live will deactivate it for you automatically anyway). Please +use squashfs-lzma-tools instead. * Kernel 2.6.23-grml: does NOT work, please use squashfs-tools 1:3.2r2-9exp1 instead if you still want to use kernel 2.6.23