1 grml2usb (0.9.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Use ascii.pf2 as grub2 font, since grub2 (1.96+20090307-1)
4 the old ascii.pff isn't available anymore.
5 * Use terminal_output if available, otherwise fallback to old
6 older 'terminal'-command (thanks to Felix Zielcke for helping).
7 * Document the 'grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB
8 to a partition instead of the MBR' issue.
9 * Use "set gfxpayload=1024x768x16,1024x768" instead of vga=791 in
10 grub2 configuration. This requires a recent version of the linux
11 loader as the new linux loader loads the kernel at 32bit entry point
12 and not at 16 bit anymore so it has to be translated for the Linux
13 kernel (as the kernel parses vga= in 16 bit code). In the long run
14 we don't seem to have another option, so let's change it.
15 Thanks to Felix Zielcke and Robert Millan for first hand information.
16 * Increate timeout from 5 to 10 seconds in grub2 configuration.
17 * Load memtest86+ binary via 'linux16' in grub2 (otherwise it fails).
18 * Drop the serial boot entry from grub2 (I assume users with usb
19 pens don't need that option).
20 * Change the way MirOS bsd4grml is loaded (use the fallback method
22 * Improve descriptions of grml's grub2 entries.
24 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:22:06 +0200
26 grml2usb (0.9.8) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Support installation on /dev/loop*-devices.
29 * Generate configuration for syslinux and grub by default, no
30 matter which bootloader the users chooses.
31 * Added options --skip-syslinux-config and --skip-grub-config
32 if someone wants to skip the generation of any bootloader
34 * Make sure grub-install is available before executing it.
35 * Display information about default grml flavour and the other
36 available grml flavours at the end of the grml2usb run.
37 * Use /sbin/blkid (e2fsprogs) instead of vol_id as vol_id is going to be
38 removed from udev. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
39 * Use rsync instead of cp. Thanks for the patch to Andras Korn!
41 * Use 'forensic' and 'readonly' in the forensic bootoption itself.
42 * Spelling fixes (thanks to Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>).
43 * Write GRUB2 config even if the target is a directory (thanks, Thorsten)
44 * All these "set root=" are not needed for GRUB2 (thanks, Thorsten)
45 * Switch order of check whether the specified device is a directory
46 and check for usb device (as the usb device check will fail if
48 * Add grml2iso for creating a bootable DVD:
49 - thanks once more to Thorsten Glaser for helping and patches
50 - thanks to Ernesto Domato for reporting the issue regarding
51 i386<->amd64 with grub-mkimage
52 * Move syslinux check to install_syslinux_mbr()
53 * Drop the reference to --grub option (thanks for the bugreport
55 * Update documentation:
56 - mention the dd approach
58 - improve section link names for the online version
59 - add 'grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem'
60 * Support use with python version 2.4.
61 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
62 * Depend on debhelper >=5 (using compat version 5).
64 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:50 +0200
66 grml2usb (0.9.7) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Fix typo in manpage of grml2usb (thanks to Wernfried Haas).
69 * Fix bootoption toram: it should be toram=$FLAVOUR.squashfs instead
70 of toram=$FLAVOUR. Thanks to Wernfried Haas and Frank Prochnow
71 for the bugreport and debugging! [Closes: issue680]
73 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0200
75 grml2usb (0.9.6) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Support installation of the currently running grml live
78 system ("grml2usb /live/image /dev/sdx1").
79 * Add "persistent" entry to grub/syslinux menu. [Closes: issue669]
81 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:32:02 +0200
83 grml2usb (0.9.5) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Fix dashes of options in manpage (thanks for the bugreport,
87 * Display program version during execution.
88 * Apply fix by Peter Daum <gator@cs.tu-berlin.de>, making sure
89 to use the normalized path for unmounting. Thanks!
90 * Use 'multiboot' for booting MirOS BSD when using grub2.
91 * Catch exception if copying files fails.
92 * Make sure to exit if installing grub fails.
93 * Integrate hdt (Hardware Detection Tool) in bootsplash (but
94 only if using syslinux as grub isn't supported).
96 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 May 2009 22:31:30 +0200
98 grml2usb (0.9.4) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Bugfix: move kernel commandline from initrd to kernel option in
101 generate_flavour_specific_grub2_config().
103 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:56 +0200
105 grml2usb (0.9.3) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Drop some leftover 'lang=us' references.
108 * Update mbr.S (thanks, Thorsten Glaser).
109 * Rename --mbr-manager into --mbr-menu (people seem to be confused
110 what this option does). Improve the according documentation.
111 * Update failsafe bootoption.
112 * Fix comments section in manpage (thanks for reporting,
113 Alexander Steinböck).
114 * Mention the Debian package in the error message (thanks to
115 Lothar Speil for the bugreport).
116 * Mention grml-repository in the docs.
117 * Support older kernel versions in check for removable usb device.
118 (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the report and relevant information.)
119 * Also add specified bootoptions to default entry in configuration
120 file of grub version 1. (Thanks to Ralf Gross for the bugreport.)
121 * Make sure that options "--quiet" and "--verbose" aren't accepted
122 at the same time in the command line. Thanks for bugreport and
123 code example, Karl Voit!
124 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
125 * Set debhelper's compat version from 4 to 5.
127 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:46 +0200
129 grml2usb (0.9.2) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Rewrote grml2usb from scratch (in python). New features:
132 - you no longer need to setup the device via /etc/fstab, just
133 directly invoke "grml2usb /path/to/iso /dev/sdb1"
134 - initial multi-iso / multi-boot support
135 [Closes: issue501] [Closes: issue584]
136 - provide *several* new options like --bootloader-only,
137 --bootoptions=... check out the manpage for all the details
138 - get rid of "polution" of root directory on usb-pen
140 - always write a default MBR (thanks a lot to the work
141 and help of Thorsten Glaser!) [Closes: issue295]
142 - use grub by default (but support for syslinux is present as
144 - fix regressions for temporary mountpoints / wrong directories
145 [Closes: issue603] [Closes: issue602]
146 * Update debian stuff:
147 - Bump Standard Version to 3.8.0 (no further changes)
148 - Change XS-Vcs-* to Vcs-* headers and replace mercurial with
149 grml's nowadays git repository URLs
150 - drop mtools from depends
151 - slightly improve long description
152 - add asciidoc, xsltproc and docbook-xsl to Build-Depends
153 - either depend on syslinux | grub2 | grub
155 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:40:55 +0100
157 grml2usb (0.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Fix problem with comment chars in /etc/fstab.
160 Thanks for debugging and the patch to Robert Euhus!
161 * Some minor cleanups in Debian packaging.
163 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 25 May 2008 01:29:30 +0200
165 grml2usb (0.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
167 * Support new directory layout of different grml-flavours
168 * Fix uninstall option (really clean up usb device)
170 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:57 +0100
172 grml2usb (0.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Fix the "mv: cannot move `/mnt/usb-sdb1/boot/grub' to a subdirectory of
175 itself, `/mnt/usb-sdb1/grub'" issue.
177 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:57:08 +0100
179 grml2usb (0.7.8) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Adjust grml2usb for a present grub directory.
183 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:29:20 +0100
185 grml2usb (0.7.7) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Improve error handling for execution of syslinux.
189 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:38:31 +0200
191 grml2usb (0.7.6) unstable; urgency=low
193 * The "reworked grml2usb for JUXLALA"-release.
194 * Added fs check via vol_id.
195 * Improved error handling.
196 * Fixed some code parts regarding use of $TMPMNT.
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:09 +0200
200 grml2usb (0.7.5) unstable; urgency=low
202 * supporting directories and direct blockdevices as source for the iso.
204 -- Michael Gebetsroither <gebi@grml.org> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:28:19 +0200
206 grml2usb (0.7.4) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Get rid of bashism, thanks for reporting - Paul Weaver!
209 * Change version schema from x.y-z to x.y.z.
211 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:43:49 +0100
213 grml2usb (0.7-3) unstable; urgency=low
215 * The manpage was just a template, added the missing documentation
216 now. Thanks for reporting, Jens Heidrich!
218 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Feb 2007 11:08:30 +0100
220 grml2usb (0.7-2) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Use 'Architecture: all' in debian/control so we can use the
223 package on non-x86 as well.
224 * Bumb Standard Version to 3.7.2 (no further changes).
226 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:46:35 +0100
228 grml2usb (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Use different exit codes for different code parts, and quote
231 $ISO, thanks - Richard Hartmann!
232 * Remove unused configure lines in debian/rules.
234 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:48:46 +0100
236 grml2usb (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Allow overwriting of $TMPMNT.
240 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 4 Oct 2006 22:50:58 +0200
242 grml2usb (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
244 * bailout if mounting of target device failes.
246 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:47:01 +0200
248 grml2usb (0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Check for existence of syslinux before running the script.
251 * Updated copyright file (new fsfs address).
253 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:02:53 +0200
255 grml2usb (0.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Added uninstall option.
258 * Improved error handling and its output.
259 * Added colors to improve manual text parsing.
261 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:19:28 +0100
263 grml2usb (0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Improved usage information.
267 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:35:20 +0100
269 grml2usb (0.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
271 * Changed 'cp -a' to 'cp -dR --preserve=mode,timestamps' so we don't
272 get the ownership-permission-warnings.
274 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:02:22 +0200
276 grml2usb (0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Fixed small typo (SYSDEV/TMPDEV) [thanks for hint, tklauser!].
280 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:50:32 +0200
282 grml2usb (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
286 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:31:04 +0200