_ _ __ | | __ _ | '__| _ __ ___ | | / _` || |:::| '_ ` _ \ | | | (_| ||_|:::| | | | | ||_| :\__, |::::::|_| |_| |_|::: :|___/::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::: version 0.7 :::::: : codename Bootenschnitzl : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: GRML - Live-CD for sysadmins and users of text tools ==================================================== grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) based on Knoppix and Debian. It includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system administrators. grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for example as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't even need a harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1 GiB of software and documentation on the CD. http://grml.org/ grml 0.7 can be downloaded from http://grml.org/download/ Release 0.7 - Codename Bootenschnitzl (20060410) ================================================ Fixed several bugs, including: #19 grml-0.6: gkrellmd and battery status [wishlist] #20 grml-0.6: GRMLCFG does not work with floppy disk #21 hgrep: hgrep returns always success and issues reported on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.6 Several improved, updated and extended configuration files. New grml-scripts (some selected ones): * bt-audio script to connect bluetooth headset to computer * get_tw_cli get 3ware RAID controller command line interface tool (tw_cli) * event-viewer program to see all fork/exec/exit/uid/gid events on a running system using the new netlink/fork connector interface from linux >=2.6.15 New bootparameters/cheatcodes (some selected ones): * vmware disable usb/firewire detection during bootprocess, load some SCSI-modules instead Special new features: * /bin/sh now points to /bin/bash; reason: Debian does not support zsh as /bin/sh, zsh is used as interactive shell anyway of course * reworked zsh completion (no error correction on rm and mv commands) * grub can be called from bootmenu (in isolinux) through running 'grub' now; thanks a lot to Rafael Steiner! * reworked 'swspeak' bootoption: sound output during startup, start software synthesizer when booting finishe via running 'swspeak' * rebuildfstab (generate /etc/fstab): - partitions have new mount-options: 'noauto,nouser,dev,suid,exec' - improved partition detection (e.g. reiser4 is detected now) Kernel: * Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.16.1 including several patches (Reiser4, Speakup, Squashfs,...) and additional modules: acerhk, acx100, at76c503a, bcm5700, cowloop, dazuko, drbd0.7, eagle-usb, et131x, exmap, ivtv, kqemu, linux-wlan-ng, lufs, madwifi, madwifi-ng, ndiswrapper, nozomi, openafs, pcan, pwc, qc-usb, realtime-lsm, rt2400, rt2500, sdhci, sl-modem, snd-bt-sco, spca5xx, sysprof, thinkpad, tidev, truecrypt, vaiostat, zd1211 Notice: madwifi-ng is available in /usr/src as debian package but not pre-installed because of conflicts with madwifi. Some more modules (for example fglrx and nvidia) are not pre-installed but available through the grml-repository. See http://grml.org/kernel/ for more details regarding the grml-kernel. Updates: * Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20060402 plus some minor updates until 200604XX. * Updated memtest to Memtest86+ V1.65. * Updated putty-collection to latest version. * grml2hd (install grml to harddisk): - check for given mbr option and prompt for activating it if not set - changed initrd/initramfs generator from yaird to initramfs: now booting via firewire is also possible - added resume, brltty, speakup_synth and swspeak to list of grml2hd-bootparams so it's easier to use out of the box - changed logic in grml2hd dialog for package removal: now select packages which should be kept -> See http://grml.org/grml2hd/ for more details. Removed 34 packages [please notice that some of them are available under different names/in different packages]: *2.6.15-grml* lib* bzrtools cryptsetup-luks fam fonts-ttf-decoratives gkrellm-common grml-fixes ivtv0.4-utils jikes jikes-kaffe ldaptor-common mirror mozilla-firefox-adblock multiseat munin mysql-server mysql-server-4.1 pdns-backend-mysql pgpool php5 php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite pmx postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-policyd postgresql-8.1 postgresql-contrib-8.1 preview-latex python2.3-subversion schroot sqlrelay-mysql tpb wacom-tools Added 48 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.16-grml*): 3270-common apt-index-watcher array-util arrayprobe bar bcrelay brltty-flite btsco bwm-ng c3270 cryptsetup cvsconnect cw cwcp dbconfig-common devio ecj-bootstrap fontconfig-config gamin gcc-4.1-base gcj-4.1-base gcom gij-4.0 glimpse i855crt ivtv-utils lanmap latex-mk linux-wlan-ng-firmware lomoco moreutils mpt-status nbsmtp o3read openipmi p7zip pfqueue postgresql-client-common python-subversion python2.4-selinux python2.4-semanage qpxtool rkhunter tcptraceroute tct truecrypt unixcw user-setup If you find a problem with the release please check http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 and report problems using information on http://grml.org/bugs/ Changes since release 0.6 (20060122) ==================================== grml user mailinglist available on gmane ------------------------- http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Please send your feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the grml-team! http://grml.org/contact/ #grml on irc.freenode.org contact (at) grml.org Many thanks in this release go to Rafael Steiner for the grub-in-isolinux feature and to all those who have sent feedback since the last release! Contact: Michael 'mika' Prokop regards, -mika- -- ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/ ( grml.org -» Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins `._,' http://www.grml.org/