1 grml2usb (0.9.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
4 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
5 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
6 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
7 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
9 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
10 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
11 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
12 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
13 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
14 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
16 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
17 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
18 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
19 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
20 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
21 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
23 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
24 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
25 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
26 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
27 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
28 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
30 * Update documentation:
31 - mention the dd approach
33 - improve section link names for the online version
34 - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
36 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:39:53 +0200
38 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
41 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
42 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
43 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
45 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
47 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
49 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
50 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
51 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
53 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
55 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
59 * Display program version during execution.
60 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
61 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
62 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
63 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
64 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
65 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
66 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
68 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
70 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
73 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
75 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
77 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
80 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
81 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
82 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
83 * Update failsafe bootoption.
84 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
85 Alexander Steinböck).
86 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
87 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
88 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
89 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
90 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
91 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
92 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
93 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
94 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
95 code example, Karl Voit!
96 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
97 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
99 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
101 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
104 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
105 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
106 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
107 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
108 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
109 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
110 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
112 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
113 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
114 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
116 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
117 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
118 * Update debian stuff:
119 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
120 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
121 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
122 - drop mtools from depends
123 - slightly improve long description
124 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
125 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
127 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
129 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
132 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
133 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
135 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
137 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
140 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
142 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
144 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
147 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
149 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
151 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
157 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
161 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
163 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
165 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
166 * Added fs check via vol_id.
167 * Improved error handling.
168 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
170 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
172 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
174 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
176 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
178 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
181 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
183 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
185 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
187 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
188 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
190 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
192 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
195 package on non-x86 as well.
196 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
200 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
203 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
204 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
206 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
208 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
212 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
214 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
216 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
218 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
220 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
223 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
225 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
227 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Added uninstall option.
230 * Improved error handling and its output.
231 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
233 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
235 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Improved usage information.
239 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
241 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
243 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
244 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
246 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
248 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
252 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
254 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
258 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200