1 grml2usb (0.9.13) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Modified syslinux configuration handling to generate new vesa
8 * Update documentation regarding syslinux and FAT32 (thanks to
9 Stefan Traby <stefan@hello-penguin.com> for the hint).
10 * Changes with regards to Ulrich's work:
11 - Add a check to identify old ISOs which do not ship
12 a default.cfg file and abort then. We have to break
13 backward compability, otherwise the isolinux/syslinux
14 code would become worse than it's already nowadays.
15 - Search for isolinux files in /boot/isolinux/ so the
16 correct grml.png is used.
17 * Apply patch from Thorsten Glaser which prepares code for
19 * Raise CriticalException if filesystem.module, kernel or
20 initrd are not present.
21 * Avoid the "file is read only, overwrite anyway (y/n) ?"
22 question of mtools by syslinux.
23 * Inform user when using grub as bootloader.
24 * Make syslinux the default bootloader (drop --syslinux,
25 add --grub instead). Grub fails just too often.
27 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:14:15 +0200
29 grml2usb (0.9.12) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Replace 'logging.*("%s" % foo)' with 'logging.*("%s", foo)'
32 so the logging works with python2.6 as well.
34 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:06 +0200
36 grml2usb (0.9.11) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Improve handling the 'No space left on device' situation through
39 using an according rsync handler function.
41 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:05:30 +0200
43 grml2usb (0.9.10) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Support the directory where the grml2usb script resides as base
46 directory so /usr/share/grml2usb isn't necessarily needed.
47 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
48 * Make sure grub.conf isn't a symlink but a plain file instead,
49 otherwise it will break on FAT16 filesystems. This works around
50 grub-install of (at least) Fedora 10.
51 Thanks for the patch to Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>!
52 * Use 'pci=nomsi' in failsafe bootoption. Thanks to Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt.
53 * Mention the --syslinux option if grub-install fails.
54 * Fix usage of --force in combination with --fat16. Thanks to
55 Johannes Endres and Reiko Kaps for the bugreport.
56 * Replace hint to '--grub' with 'grub'.
57 * New option --grub-mbr which allows installation of grub in MBR instead
58 of installation into a partition (PBR) which is necessary when using grub2.
60 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:12:54 +0200
62 grml2usb (0.9.9) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Use ascii.pf2 as grub2 font, since grub2 (1.96+20090307-1)
65 the old ascii.pff isn't available anymore.
66 * Use terminal_output if available, otherwise fallback to old
67 older 'terminal'-command (thanks to Felix Zielcke for helping).
68 * Document the 'grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB
69 to a partition instead of the MBR' issue.
70 * Use "set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024x768" instead of vga=791 in
71 grub2 configuration. This requires a recent version of the linux
72 loader as the new linux loader loads the kernel at 32bit entry point
73 and not at 16 bit anymore so it has to be translated for the Linux
74 kernel (as the kernel parses vga= in 16 bit code). In the long run
75 we don't seem to have another option, so let's change it.
76 Thanks to Felix Zielcke and Robert Millan for first hand information.
77 * Increase timeout from 5 to 10 seconds in grub2 configuration.
78 * Load memtest86+ binary via 'linux16' in grub2 (otherwise it fails).
79 * Drop the serial boot entry from grub2 (I assume users with usb
80 pens don't need that option).
81 * Change the way MirOS bsd4grml is loaded (use the fallback method
83 * Improve descriptions of grml's grub2 entries.
84 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
85 * Fix creation and installation of grub1's configuration file (menu.lst).
86 Thanks to Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe.
88 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:53:51 +0200
90 grml2usb (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
93 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
94 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
95 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
96 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
98 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
99 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
100 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
101 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
102 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
103 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
105 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
106 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
107 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
108 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
109 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
110 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
112 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
113 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
114 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
115 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
116 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
117 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
119 * Update documentation:
120 - mention the dd approach
122 - improve section link names for the online version
123 - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
124 * Support use with python version 2.4.
125 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
126 * Depend on debhelper >=5 (using compat version 5).
128 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:50 +0200
130 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
133 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
134 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
135 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
137 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
139 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
141 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
142 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
143 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
145 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
147 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
151 * Display program version during execution.
152 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
153 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
154 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
155 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
156 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
157 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
158 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
160 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
162 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
165 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
167 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
169 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
172 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
173 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
174 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
175 * Update failsafe bootoption.
176 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
177 Alexander Steinböck).
178 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
179 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
180 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
181 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
182 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
183 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
184 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
185 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
186 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
187 code example, Karl Voit!
188 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
189 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
191 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
193 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
196 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
197 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
198 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
199 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
200 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
201 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
202 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
204 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
205 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
206 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
208 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
209 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
210 * Update debian stuff:
211 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
212 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
213 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
214 - drop mtools from depends
215 - slightly improve long description
216 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
217 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
219 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
221 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
223 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
224 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
225 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
227 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
229 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
231 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
232 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
236 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
239 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
241 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
243 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
247 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
249 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
251 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
253 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
255 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
257 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
258 * Added fs check via vol_id.
259 * Improved error handling.
260 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
262 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
264 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
266 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
268 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
270 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
273 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
275 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
277 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
279 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
280 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
282 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
284 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
287 package on non-x86 as well.
288 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
290 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
292 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
295 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
296 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
298 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
300 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
304 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
306 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
308 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
310 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
312 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
315 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
317 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
319 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Added uninstall option.
322 * Improved error handling and its output.
323 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
325 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
327 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
329 * Improved usage information.
331 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
333 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
336 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
338 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
340 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
342 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
344 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
346 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
350 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200