October 2009 - Grml - lists.mur.at

grml-rebuildfstab behavior changed
by T o n g 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, My current grml-rebuildfstab build entries in fstab using labels, like this: LABEL=TOOLS /mnt/TOOLS ... but I noticed that grml-rebuildfstab from grml64-medium_2009.10-rc1 behaves different. It buils fstab entries like, /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 Is this the intended behavior? How can I get the label-fstab-entries back? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Grml 2009.10 released
by Michael Prokop 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi grml fans, on behalf of the grml team, I'm proud to be able to announce a new stable release: Grml 2009.10 with codename Hello-Wien, available in flavours grml, grml-medium and grml-small and all of them as 32bit and 64bit version has been released. The official release announcements providing all the relevant news are available at: grml => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.10/ grml64 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-2009.10/ grml-medium => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-medium-2009.10/ grml64-medium => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-medium-2009.10/ grml-small => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-small-2009.10/ grml64-small => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-small-2009.10/ Issues regarding the releases can be found in the grml-wiki at: grml => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_2009.10 grml64 => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_2009.10 grml-medium => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-medium_2009.10 grml64-medium => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-medium_2009.10 grml-small => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_2009.10 grml64-small => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-small_2009.10 If you're interested in the main changes between rc1 of 2009.10 and the stable release: http://grml.supersized.org/archives/334-Changes-between-grml-2009.10-rc1-an… As usual you can get the ISO(s) via bittorrent, http and/or ftp from the mirrors listed at: http://grml.org/download/ Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual your feedback is highly appreciated. regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc

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Release Candidate 1 of grml 2009.10 available - Netboot-Package
by Ralf Moll 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi Mika and Team, thanks for the hard work. I'm downloading right now. I also wanted to test the PXE Part, but on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=terminalserver#grml_netboot_packages The Netboot-Files are missing, so I tried manually http://grml.org/terminalserver/grml_netboot_package_grml_2009.10.tar.bz2 but got 404. Do I have to extract the needed files manually? cu, Ralf

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the linux cookbook
by Josh 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, wow I did not know I could read the linux cookbook online until I did a google search for it and found it online. But here's a problem I need to overcome, and if anyone has already overcome this being blind, can you share how you did it? Ok, so for me to practically use this cookbook, I will need to: *be able to somehow read the book and then go to my computer and follow the directions. so I would need two computers? one to read the book on, and another to have grml Linux on. or *have a braille copy of the Linux cookbook so I therefore only need one computer and can read the braille copy to refer back to. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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OT: does anybody have experience with grub 2
by Aleksandar Lazic 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, Sometimes we have ~4T storage and I want to boot from this GPT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table The new grub should be able to handle this but I haven't seen a distribution which use it ;-( Maybe there is another bootloader for linux which is able to boot from such a disc? Many thanks for help ;-) Cheers Aleks

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Release Candidate 1 of grml 2009.10 available
by Michael Prokop 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi! We have new release candidates: the first release candidate of version 2009.10 codename "Hello-Wien" is available! Take a look at the release announcement for details about all the cool new features: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.10/ As usual we have different flavours available: the 32bit versions grml, grml-medium and grml-small as well as the 64bit versions grml64, grml64-medium and grml64-small. Please test the ISOs and all the stuff you usually need so we can provide rocking stable releases soon. The stable release is scheduled for 31st of october. Download the ISOs from the 'devel' directory of the mirrors listed at http://grml.org/download/ Happy hacking and have fun with grml! regards, -mika-

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grml2usb from Grml 2009.10
by T o n g 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi, As always, the first thing I test on Grml 2009.10 is its frugal installation, using grml2usb. I found it still not applicable to me because I need to frugally install grml to a self-boot ext2/3 partition. grml2usb --grub fails because grub2 installation to PBR is still broken. http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3293/screenshotgrub2pbrnok.png Using syslinux bootloader failed for me as well because syslinux refuses to work with ext2/3 partitions. http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1411/screenshotsyslnok.png I guess that the new "dd-able ISO" feature does not apply to me as well since it requires FAT partitions as well, I believe. I guess the only option left for me is to install grub-legacy within the live system now. No complain. I guess not everyone is fond of grub as myself, and even fewer believe that "every OS on the disk trying to take over the MBR" is a bad idea... Well, grml2usb has improved a lot. The --grub is new comparing to the last version I tried. Good work. Thanks. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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GRML's udev and Debian's udev
by Michael Whapples 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hello, I have been intending to ask this for sometime but never quite got round to it. On my GRML HD installation when I have been upgrading packages I keep getting a conflict involving udev. It seems to be that libgudev (probably is something to do with the gnome packages I have installed) depends on libudev0 >= 146 but GRML provides libudev0 0.141-1grml.04. This raises a few questions: * Would it be safe for me to upgrade to the Debian version of udev, I have held off as udev is quite core to the system and I don't want to really mess up my system. * Why does there seem to be a difference in the Debian package numbering and the GRML numbering (GRML seems to be providing 0.XXX where as Debian seems to have XXX, surely the versions don't differ as much as this suggests). * Would it be possible for GRML to provide a suitable updated udev package to match the Debian one? Thank you Michael Whapples

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alien /usr volume and grml
by T o n g 26 Oct '09

26 Oct '09

Hi, I remember long time ago there will be problem having /usr volume in a separated partition -- back to RedHat 6.0 days, when the system would not boot. I guess there won't be any problem any more nowadays, but just want to be sure, and know what factors should be considered when making the move. E.g., the last 2 parameters in /etc/fstab (dump & proc) should be 0 0, correct? How about if I make /usr a symlink to a folder on another volume? E.g., will normal package installation/removal be ok with a symlinked /usr? Thanks for the comments. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Easiest way to install Debian with grml-debootstrap
by Keith Hinton 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

Hi. I've heard a lot about grml-debootstrap, GRML's debian installation script. I am assuming this does not install sid (but stable) Hear is what I was wondering. 1. What is the easiest way to get a debian installation going with it, (as I am no Debian exbert) and will be using the Speakup support in GRML) 2. Is it difficult to get the isntallation done? 3. How can I get a grml-kernel (because it includes speakup) downloaded into the new Debian isntallation, as the stock kernel will not talk out of the box. I could do the manual work of installing via git with linux.speakup.org, but would rather not. Thanks again, all! My final question: What happened to grml? development seems to be not happening, nothing was released in september, and now October is coming to a close. I would like an explination from the leader of grml as to why this has been happening. The roadmap still shows whatever it was...so.. Thanks again. Happy CD developing. Regards, --Keith

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