1 grml2usb (0.9.27~pre1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Check for precense of grub/syslinux at startup time.
4 Thanks to Eduard Bloch for reporting. [Closes: issue855]
5 * Mention --force switch of grub-install in debug log.
7 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 29 May 2010 01:35:05 +0200
9 grml2usb (0.9.26) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Support expanding bootoptions variables.
14 * Fix string concatenation and string formatting error.
17 * Document grub option in manpage (thanks Andrey Rahmatulli).
19 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 01:16:35 +0200
21 grml2usb (0.9.25) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Fix typo in option handling.
25 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:10:35 +0200
27 grml2usb (0.9.24) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Add support for isos containing multiple grml flavours.
31 * Copy all {sys,iso}linux *.c32 files, like ifcpu64.c32.
34 * Use --force option for grub-install to support installation to PBR
35 again. Grub2 starting with version 1.98 supports installation to
36 PBR again iff using the --force option.
37 * Update documentation regarding grub and PBR vs. MBR.
39 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:54:51 +0200
41 grml2usb (0.9.23) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Only ask questions if options.force is not set. [Closes: issue833]
46 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:32:25 +0200
48 grml2usb (0.9.22) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Use GRML_{FLAVOURS,DEFAULT}, PROG_VERSION from global scope.
52 grml2usb was aborted when using --bootloader-only --skip-grub-config
53 as parameters. This fixes the behaviour and declares correctly the
54 correct scope for these variables. Thanks to Daniel Tiefnig for
58 * grml2usb-compat: drop duplicated boot=live bootoptions.
59 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
60 * Add syslinux additionally to recommends so people should have
61 syslinux by available by default though don't explicitly require it.
63 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:52:23 +0100
65 grml2usb (0.9.21) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Document the Boot error issue regarding USB-ZIP.
71 * Support bootid bootoption.
73 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:56:56 +0100
75 grml2usb (0.9.20) unstable; urgency=low
77 * tarball.sh: do not use $UID but use $(id -u) instead so it proberly
78 works with dash and make sure to escape "$0". Thanks to Stefan Weiss!
80 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:47:36 +0100
82 grml2usb (0.9.19) unstable; urgency=low
85 * check_for_fat always check for fat device.
86 * Unset option.syslinux if grub option is set.
87 * Mount vfat devices with explicit iocharset option.
90 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:34:56 +0100
92 grml2usb (0.9.18) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Also set GRML_DEFAULT when running with --dry-run. Thanks to Moritz
96 Augsburger for the bug report.
97 * Make sure that --grub-mbr requires --grub. Thanks to Moritz
98 Augsburger and mika for the bug report.
100 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:24 +0100
102 grml2usb (0.9.17) unstable; urgency=low
105 * Depend on rsync (thanks for the bugreport, Andras Korn).
108 * Adjust labels in {grml,default}.cfg if necessary.
109 * Always copy grub files.
111 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:06:12 +0100
113 grml2usb (0.9.16) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Dynamic check for addons as grml-small is nowadays shipped with addons.
116 * Copy gpxe.lkrn from addons.
117 * Modified grml2usb to be able to run on a generated grml2usb iso/directory.
119 -- Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:41:07 +0100
121 grml2usb (0.9.15) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Support new addon menu file layout from grml-live.
125 -- Ulrich Dangel <mru@grml.org> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:32:27 +0100
127 grml2usb (0.9.14) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Do not use '-' in the directory name for the linux kernel to allow
131 creating iso image from generated directory layout.
132 * Introduced --remove-bootoption in grml2usb to delete existing
133 default boot entries.
134 * Added -c option to grml2iso for copying the contents of specified
135 directory to the generated iso image.
136 * Added -b option to grml2iso for specifying additional default
140 * Sync and add grml2usb-compat to grml2usb package. This simplifies
141 installation as well as use for developers and users.
142 * Drop unnecessary header line from grml2usb script.
144 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:29:46 +0200
146 grml2usb (0.9.13) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Modified syslinux configuration handling to generate new vesa
151 * Support adding additional isos to existing grml2usb installation.
152 * grml2iso supports new grml2usb using syslinux now.
155 * Update documentation regarding syslinux and FAT32 (thanks to
156 Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com> for the hint).
157 * Changes with regards to Ulrich's work:
158 - Add a check to identify old ISOs which do not ship
159 a default.cfg file and abort then. We have to break
160 backward compatibility, otherwise the isolinux/syslinux
161 code would become worse than it's already nowadays.
162 - Search for isolinux files in /boot/isolinux/ so the
163 correct grml.png is used.
164 - Support setting bootoptions in syslinux.cfg
165 * Drop duplicated boot=live references in kernel cmdline.
166 * Apply patch from Thorsten Glaser which prepares code for
168 * Raise CriticalException if filesystem.module, kernel or
169 initrd are not present.
170 * Avoid the "file is read only, overwrite anyway (y/n) ?"
171 question of mtools by syslinux.
172 * Inform user when using grub as bootloader.
173 * Make syslinux the default bootloader (drop --syslinux,
174 add --grub instead). Grub fails just too often.
176 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:25:57 +0200
178 grml2usb (0.9.12) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Replace 'logging.*("%s" % foo)' with 'logging.*("%s", foo)'
181 so the logging works with python2.6 as well.
183 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:06 +0200
185 grml2usb (0.9.11) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Improve handling the 'No space left on device' situation through
188 using an according rsync handler function.
190 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:05:30 +0200
192 grml2usb (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Support the directory where the grml2usb script resides as base
195 directory so /usr/share/grml2usb isn't necessarily needed.
196 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
197 * Make sure grub.conf isn't a symlink but a plain file instead,
198 otherwise it will break on FAT16 filesystems. This works around
199 grub-install of (at least) Fedora 10.
200 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
201 * Use 'pci=nomsi' in failsafe bootoption. Thanks to Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt.
202 * Mention the --syslinux option if grub-install fails.
203 * Fix usage of --force in combination with --fat16. Thanks to
204 Johannes Endres and Reiko Kaps for the bugreport.
205 * Replace hint to '--grub' with 'grub'.
206 * New option --grub-mbr which allows installation of grub in MBR instead
207 of installation into a partition (PBR) which is necessary when using grub2.
209 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:12:54 +0200
211 grml2usb (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Use ascii.pf2 as grub2 font, since grub2 (1.96+20090307-1)
214 the old ascii.pff isn't available anymore.
215 * Use terminal_output if available, otherwise fallback to old
216 older 'terminal'-command (thanks to Felix Zielcke for helping).
217 * Document the 'grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB
218 to a partition instead of the MBR' issue.
219 * Use "set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024x768" instead of vga=791 in
220 grub2 configuration. This requires a recent version of the linux
221 loader as the new linux loader loads the kernel at 32bit entry point
222 and not at 16 bit anymore so it has to be translated for the Linux
223 kernel (as the kernel parses vga= in 16 bit code). In the long run
224 we don't seem to have another option, so let's change it.
225 Thanks to Felix Zielcke and Robert Millan for first hand information.
226 * Increase timeout from 5 to 10 seconds in grub2 configuration.
227 * Load memtest86+ binary via 'linux16' in grub2 (otherwise it fails).
228 * Drop the serial boot entry from grub2 (I assume users with usb
229 pens don't need that option).
230 * Change the way MirOS bsd4grml is loaded (use the fallback method
232 * Improve descriptions of grml's grub2 entries.
233 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
234 * Fix creation and installation of grub1's configuration file (menu.lst).
235 Thanks to Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe.
237 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:53:51 +0200
239 grml2usb (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
242 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
243 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
244 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
245 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
247 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
248 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
249 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
250 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
251 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
252 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
254 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
255 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
256 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
257 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
258 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
259 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
261 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
262 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
263 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
264 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
265 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
266 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
268 * Update documentation:
269 - mention the dd approach
271 - improve section link names for the online version
272 - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
273 * Support use with python version 2.4.
274 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
275 * Depend on debhelper >=5 (using compat version 5).
277 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:50 +0200
279 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
282 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
283 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
284 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
286 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
288 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
291 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
292 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
294 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
296 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
300 * Display program version during execution.
301 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
302 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
303 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
304 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
305 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
306 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
307 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
309 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
311 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
314 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
316 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
318 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
321 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
322 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
323 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
324 * Update failsafe bootoption.
325 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
326 Alexander Steinböck).
327 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
328 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
329 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
330 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
331 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
332 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
333 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
334 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
335 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
336 code example, Karl Voit!
337 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
338 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
340 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
342 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
344 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
345 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
346 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
347 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
348 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
349 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
350 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
351 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
353 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
354 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
355 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
357 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
358 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
359 * Update debian stuff:
360 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
361 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
362 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
363 - drop mtools from depends
364 - slightly improve long description
365 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
366 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
368 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
370 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
373 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
374 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
376 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
378 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
380 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
381 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
383 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
385 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
388 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
390 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
392 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
396 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
398 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
402 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
404 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
406 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
407 * Added fs check via vol_id.
408 * Improved error handling.
409 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
411 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
413 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
415 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
417 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
419 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
422 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
424 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
426 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
428 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
429 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
431 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
433 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
436 package on non-x86 as well.
437 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
439 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
441 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
444 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
445 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
447 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
449 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
453 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
455 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
457 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
459 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
461 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
464 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
466 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
468 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Added uninstall option.
471 * Improved error handling and its output.
472 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
474 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
476 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Improved usage information.
480 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
482 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
484 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
485 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
487 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
489 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
493 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
495 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
499 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200