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Sunset deb.grml.org?
by Michael Prokop 19 Aug '25

19 Aug '25

Hi, we're considering to deprecate our Debian repositories at deb.grml.org. We collected notes behind the idea at https://github.com/orgs/grml/discussions/246 and would appreciate feedback regarding our plan. Do we have any users of deb.grml.org, who might want to add their feedback, f.e. why and how you're using deb.grml.org, and whether our plan makes sense for you? Or are we maybe even overlooking something, which should prevent us from sunsetting deb.grml.org? Thanks! :) regards -mika-

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Grml - new stable release 2025.08 available
by Michael Prokop 16 Aug '25

16 Aug '25

Hi, today we celebrate 32 years of Debian, and we bring you a new Grml release on top of that, based on brand new Debian trixie! Grml 2025.08 with codename "Oneinonein" is there! More information about this release is available in the release notes here: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2025.08/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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booting GRML with ssh enabled
by David 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi there - I know I can add the 'grml ssh=password' option during boot, but it is usually too fast for me. Is there a way I can make it so it would boot up with ssh already enabled without manually typing in the ssh statement? Thank you very much for looking --David

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GRML32
by David 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi there - I understand the last release that included a 32-bit image was 2024.02 Does anyone know where I can find a copy of it? I looked all around the GRML site but was unable to find where it is hiding, I can only find the latest [2025.05] and the previous one [2024.12] and nothing else Thank you very much in advance --David

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2024.02 32bit ISO
by kjohnson＠eclypse.org 09 Jun '25

09 Jun '25

Does anyone know of a source for this version? Thanks, K

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Customizing GRML to start speech as early as possible
by John G. Heim 31 Mai '25

31 Mai '25

First thing, I want to say, I am really fond of GRML because of it's accessibility features. As the Manager of High Performance Computing at the Math Department of the University of Wisconsin, I was responsible for a beowulf cluster of 6 to 8 small super computers and about 100 Linux desktops. GRML saved my bacon many times. However, I do have a dream. I would like to building a bootable ISO that starts speech automatically during boot. To start speakup, you have to load a kernel module, speakup_soft. Then you have to run a program, espeakup. I know it is possible to configure that in an initrd file. But I have no idea how to go about doing it with GRML. Any idea would be most greatly appreciated.

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Grml - new stable release 2025.05 available
by Michael Prokop 20 Mai '25

20 Mai '25

Hi, Debian hard freezes today? We bring you a new Grml release on top of that! Grml 2025.05 with codename "Nudlaug" is there! More information about this release is available in the release notes here: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2025.05/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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Request for kernel update
by Lupe Christoph 10 Mai '25

10 Mai '25

Hi! I'm using GRML on my new gaming PC, and that new actually means "really new". So new that the network chip (Realtek 8126) is not supported by the 6.11.10 kernel from Debian trixie that is used by GRML 2024.12. I'm currently testing several Linux distributions that specifically support gaming, and all of them use a newer kernel. I had the same problem with Ubuntu 24.10, though. I imagine that more people will run into this. That's why I'm asking for an (intermediate? new?) version of GRML with a newer kernel. Right now I have removed all gaming Linuxes from the PC to test a special way to install windows (all described in c't 7/2025). If you want details, this will take a little. So, pretty pleease? This could coincide with the support for John Heim's speech synth request. Lupe Christoph -- | lupe(a)lupe-christoph.de | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | "Violence is the resort of the violent" Lu Tze | | "Thief of Time", Terry Pratchett |

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Loading a kernel module at boot?
by John G. Heim 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Is there a way to create a GRML iso that automatically loads a kernel module at boot time? If i could create a iso file that loads a speakup screen reader module for my hardware speech synthesizer, I could get access to boot messages. According to the GRML documentation, you ought to be able to pass kernel parms with the -b flag. But I haven't been able to get it to work. I don't know if I'm doing it wrong in GRML or if I'm giving the kernel the wrong parms. I've tried variations like this: grml2iso -b speakup_ltlk -o grml-ltlk.iso grml-small_2024_10.iso grml2iso -b speakup_ltlk.start=1 -o grml-ltlk.iso grml-small_2024_10.iso There shouldn't be anything special about the speakup kernel modules. So if someone knows how to load a kernel module via the kernel command li,me that ought to be the info I need.

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Starting ssh server
by John G. Heim 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

Is it still possible to start an ssh server upon boot with GRML?

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FYI: Grml mailing lists migrated
by Michael Prokop 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Hi, we try to minimize our infrastructure work, and the folks of mur.at (an organisation for promotion of network art in Graz/Austria) were so kind and are willing to host our Grml mailing lists. We're in the process of finalizing the migration. If this mail arrives in your mailbox, it could mean that (most of) the migration was a success. :) If you should notice any problems with our mailing, please reach out (see https://grml.org/contact/ for all kinds of options). Special credits to Wolfgang from mur.at! Greetings from Debian's Bug Squashing Party in Vienna :) regards -mika-

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Grml - new stable release 2024.12 available
by Michael Prokop 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

Hi, just in time for the end of the year 2024, we made available the new Grml version 2024.12, code-named "Adventgrenze"! Our highlight for this release is the first time ever support of 64-bit ARM systems (AKA arm64). More information about this release is available in the release notes here: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2024.12/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ BTW: We celebrate 20(!) Years of Grml Releases. Please join us in celebrating and send us a postcard! https://blog.grml.org/archives/417-20-years-grml-releases.html We want to thank netcup for their financial contribution for implementing arm64 support. Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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Error running grml2usb
by John G. Heim 21 Dez '24

21 Dez '24

I am trying to use grml2usb to create a bootable thumb drive. I'm running debian trixie. I formated a 32Gb thumb drive with a single, primary FAT32 partition. Then I ran this command with the results shown: # grml2usb grml-full-2024.12-amd64.iso /dev/sdb1 Executing grml2usb version 0.20.3 Fatal: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not list I believe that error message is a python error message, not something from grml2usb.

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My first post
by Carlos Kosloff 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

I have recently subscribed to this list for several reasons: I need to run fsck on a computer that has issues, I need to unmount active partition, so I need to run it from a CD, however I changed boot order and computer will not boot from netinst, but it will boot from a very old GRML cd. Now, I downloaded latest version and will burn a CD with K3b, but I also would need to download to USB stick. Here come the questions: should I format this CD to exfat prior to using command posted in website? In which directory should I position the terminal? Download directory? Should I become root or use sudo? Thanks in advance for all the help. Best regards, -- *Carlos Kosloff* Ph; (954) 464-8822 Fax: (888) 818-0973

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INstructions on downloading .iso
by Carlos Kosloff 27 Okt '24

27 Okt '24

Hello list, This is my first post. I am afraid that I will not be able to contribute for some time. I will have to be a help recipient. Here is the problem: I need to run fsck on a computer and I need a shell in CD or USB thumb drive. I have CD with Debian netinst but my computer does not boot from them (boot order set to optical disk first). But an old version of GRML boots fine. I would like to burn a CD with the newest version, but unable to do so because of the security built into the browser. I don't know how to use the PGP key, please help. -- *Carlos Kosloff*

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GRML Ram Usage
by Kyle Sebion 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Hi, I'm trying to change the ram grml uses. Currently, about 50% is used. ramdisk-size=2G seems to do nothing. overlay-size=2G works, but doesn't affect /dev, /dev/shm, and /tmp. I remounted the above at 2G, but 'free -g' still reports the same free ram. Any ideas on how to accomplish setting grml to 2G with about 26G free? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Grml - new stable release 2024.02 available
by Michael Prokop 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of February, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2024.02 with codename 'Glumpad' is available. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2024.02: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2024.02/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2024.02 available
by Michael Prokop 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Hi, our first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2024.02, code-named 'Glumpad' is available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian trixie. As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2022.11 and 2024.02-rc1 have a look at the official release announcement: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2024.02-rc1/ You can download Grml 2024.02-rc1 from: https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of Februar (2024! :)). Thanks to all our contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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W-Lan Treiber rtl8188fufw
by H-P.Teufel＠web.de 19 Dez '23

19 Dez '23

Guten Tag die Herren, wie möchten und das 14 tägliche herunterladen der testing-Versin ersparen, und sie bitten und mitzuteilen, sobald der W-Lan Treiber rtl8188fufw.bin in die lib/firmware/rtlwifi/ eingefügt wurde. Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Eisenach H-P. Teufel Mit "neudeutsch" kann ich ihnen nicht dienen. Auch des Angebot von "Deepl" wurde von 5000 Zeichen auf 1500 Zeichen gekürzt. Hello gentlemen, We would like to save you the trouble of downloading the testing version 14 times a day and ask you to let us know as soon as the W-Lan driver has been added.

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memtest86+ in grml 2022.11
by Sebastian Bachmann 19 Okt '23

19 Okt '23

Hi! I just had the issue that the memtest86+ on my grml usb stick always froze during testing. I had this issue now several times with newer hardware and it is certainly a problem with old memtest86+. My stick had 2021.07 on it and I replaced it by 2022.11 now. The release notes say that apparently memtest86+ v6 should be integrated, but it still boots v5.01? To check the memory now, I grabbed another stick and dd'ed the memtest image for v6.2 - which works perfectly and the memtest is currently running. I just wondered if grml 2022.11 should ship memtest86+ v6 but still ships 5.01 by mistake or if this is a mistake in the documentation (or perhaps means something different)? Best, Sebastian

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fstab-entry change
by Hans Schneidhofer 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

hi, on a PC with Debian 11 installed, an SSD can neither be read nor written. I have now restarted the PC with a grml. How can I change the entry in /etc/fstab on this PC with the help of grml so that this defective SSD is not taken into account when restarting? Unfortunately, I can't quite get along with the new grml. I used to be able to log in with a password and mount the file system of the PC system with root rights, e.g. on /mnt /computername/ and then edit /etc/fstab. How can I do this with the new version grml-64-full 2022 ? Any help ist welcome bye hans

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Grml - new stable release 2022.11 available
by Michael Prokop 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of November, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2022.11 with codename 'MalGuckes' is available and hitting our mirrors. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2022.11: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2022.11/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2022.11 available
by Michael Prokop 11 Nov '22

11 Nov '22

Hi, our first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2022.11, code-named 'MalGuckes' is available and is just hitting our mirrors. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian bookworm. As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2021.07 and 2022.11-rc1 have a look at the official release announcement: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2022.11-rc1/ You can download Grml 2022.11-rc1 from: https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of November (2022! :)). Thanks to all our contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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Can't get ssh=password to work
by John G. Heim 08 Mär '22

08 Mär '22

Hi, I'm blind and I am trying to start grml64-full_2021.07.isoin a VirtualbBox virtual machine. I cannot seem to get the ssh daemon started. There doesn't seem to be much time to type in the "ssh=password" boot configuration parameter. What I do is to take a screen shot via the VirtualBox command. Then I run it through a optical char recognition program. This gives me a pretty good sense of what is on the screen. But no matter how fast I do it, I never seem to get a boot prompt. I am thinking that maybe the process of typing in boot parms has changed since the switch to grub. onfiguration -- ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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Running GRML in a VirtualBox virtual machine
by John G. Heim 07 Mär '22

07 Mär '22

I am having trouble running grml64-full_2021.07.iso in a VirtualBox virtual machine. It starts up okay but when I press q to exit the menu, the virtual machine becomes unresponsive and I lose control of my GUI on the host. The host is Ubuntu mate 21.10. The virtual machine has 4Gb of ram and 2 CPUs. Any tips on special configuration items that grml might like in a virtual machine? ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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Torrent
by Johan Kröckel 12 Aug '21

12 Aug '21

Hi Michael, please reintroduce the torrent/magnet links. They were blazing fast! Thanks for the awesome new release! Johan

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Grml - new stable release 2021.07 available
by Michael Prokop 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of July, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2021.07 with codename 'JauKerl' is available and hitting our mirrors. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2021.07: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2021.07/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2021.07 available
by Michael Prokop 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hi, our first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2021.07, code-named 'JauKerl' is available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian bullseye. As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2020.06 and 2021.07-rc1 have a look at the official release announcement: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2021.07-rc1/ You can download Grml 2021.07-rc1 from: https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of July. Thanks to all our contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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JFYI: Grml server migration on 2021-06-24
by Michael Prokop 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Hi, we test murphy's law by moving one of our main servers to a new location on 2021-06-24, starting at 11:45 UTC (AKA 13:45 CEST). Several of our services won't be available during the migration period, incl: * deb.grml.org (Debian repository) * Grml.org nameserver * git.grml.org (Git service) * mail.grml.org (Mailing, incl. mailing lists) * web (grml.org) If things go horribly wrong, we'll provide further updates via IRC (#grml on irc.oftc.net) and twitter (https://twitter.com/grmlproject). *fingers_crossed* regards -mika-

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Grml IRC channel moving to OFTC
by Michael Prokop 28 Mai '21

28 Mai '21

Hi, you might have heard about the Freenode IRC drama (see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenode#Ownership_change_and_conflict + https://anarc.at/blog/2021-05-24-leaving-freenode/), so after more than 17 years of #grml on Freenode, it's time to say goodbye. We decided to move our IRC to irc.oftc.net, so please join us at #grml over there. Thanks for the many years of great service to Freenode, thanks OFTC for having us. :) regards -mika-

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Fwd: Hard drive partitions not seen
by gilberto dos santos alves 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

-- gilberto dos santos alves +5511986465049 ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> Date: seg., 9 de nov. de 2020 às 23:58 Subject: Re: [Grml] Hard drive partitions not seen To: <david.renstrom(a)gmail.com> fdisk -l (run on xterm) show your disks -- gilberto dos santos alves +5511986465049 Em seg., 9 de nov. de 2020 às 21:06, <david.renstrom(a)gmail.com> escreveu: > Hi list, > > > > I’ve booted up my Dell laptop using a USB flash drive with GRML on it. > However, I cannot see any block devices for the hard drive partitions. The > only sdX devices I can see are sda1 and sda2, both for the bootable USB > drive itself. To be clear, lsblk -a doesn’t show any other sdX devices than > sda. > > > > I would appreciate any tips regarding how I can make GRML see these > partitions since I would like to make backups of them using gparted. > > > > Thanks, > > /David R. > _______________________________________________ > Grml mailing list - Grml(a)ml.grml.org > http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml > join #grml on irc.freenode.org > grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/

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Fwd: switching to dnsmasq when using grml-terminalserver
by 洪朝貴 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Sorry, only just now after finishing an article about grml customization did I realize that I didn't reply to the list... My customized version with dnsmasq, etc. is here: http://fs.cyut.edu.tw/gregslab/20/ (grml64-small-g20?.iso) The customization process is documented here in zh_TW: https://newtoypia.blogspot.com/2020/11/grml.html -- 顧好自己的隱私，快停止網路裸奔！請搜尋『貴哥的節慾手機』 Greg Chao-Kuei Hung 洪朝貴 PGP Key ID: 4096R/5828A7A7 Fingerprint: 67AF B5AB 5242 3E99 16D7 EAF8 A94D 2C92 5828 A7A7 ---------- Forwarded message --------- 寄件者：洪朝貴 <ckhung(a)cyut.edu.tw> Date: 2020年10月29日週四下午10:56 Subject: Re: [Grml] switching to dnsmasq when using grml-terminalserver To: gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> Thanks to mika for the detailed response. Here is my detailed use case. I plan to install linux to two partitions of each computer in a Univ. computer classroom using only one usb flash drive containing a customized grml and a customized linux mint 20 ulyana. 1. Boot one computer into ulyana, with a grml kvm running inside but bridged to the host's network as the pxe server. 2. Start pxe service serving grml image, with the "netscript=http://..." option pointing to a pdmenu script full of admin options (details below). 3. Boot all other computers using pxe into grml and into the pdmenu script. 4. For each computer, choose from pdmenu the option to prepare the partitions, one EFI and the other LVM with all required volumes. Also install grml using extlinux into the EFI partition, with an additional (not-yet usable) ulyana entry. 5. For each computer, choose from pdmenu the option to receive, in parallel, the rather large ulyana image using udp-receiver. 6. From the pxe server use udp-sender to start broadcasting the ulyana image. 7. For each computer, choose from pdmenu the option to mount the ulyana image and copy files inside into an LVM volume, completing the ulyana installation. Some computers may go wrong after some use. A student should be able to choose to boot the computer using pxe and repair/re-initialize his own computer using options in the pdmenu (this time using wget instead of udp-receive). This may happen without requiring the teacher to pay attention while he (me) gives the lecture and while other students are using their ulyana in the classroom. This computer classroom may boot into windows in other class hours. There is already an existing DHCP service running all the time, and It is best not to disrupt this service. So my pxe server should be a proxy server, which only provides boot-related files but does not hand out IP's. Actually I have created a customized version of grml with manually installed pxelinux, dnsmasq, udpcast, pdmenu, gdisk, ntfs-3g, apache2, ... and have tested individual steps separately. So my problem is kind of solved now. Still it would be nice if grml comes with all of these pre-installed and even with some sample pdmenu script so that computer lab admins (in Taiwan's high schools and primary schools these are mainly busy computer teachers) can see that GNU/Linux and in particular grml can save a lot of work for them. Maybe even helping them distributing windows images (yuk). I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all contributors for your great work on grml! It has saved me on several occasions since I started using it around 2017. I have it in each and every one of my bootable usb flash drive. I carry 3 of them with me all the time. They give me great peace of mind :-) -- 顧好自己的隱私，快停止網路裸奔！請搜尋『貴哥的節慾手機』 Greg Chao-Kuei Hung 洪朝貴 PGP Key ID: 4096R/5828A7A7 Fingerprint: 67AF B5AB 5242 3E99 16D7 EAF8 A94D 2C92 5828 A7A7 gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> 於 2020年10月29日週四上午7:05寫道： > if we could see a use case explained with details, it will be more easy > for opinions. regards. > > Em qua, 28 de out de 2020 14:25, Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> escreveu: > >> Hi, >> >> * 洪朝貴 [Sat Oct 24, 2020 at 04:00:59PM +0800]: >> >> > Is it possible to replace isc dhcp server with dnsmasq for use with >> > grml-terminalserver? >> > There is an existing dhcp server in my environment that I cannot touch >> > and therefore I need to set up a proxy dhcp server for >> > distributing only pxe-related files but not ip addresses like this: >> > https://www.theurbanpenguin.com/pxelinux-using-proxy-dhcp/ >> > Dnsmasq can do it but isc-dhcp-server does not seem to have this option. >> > Thanks! >> >> Well, you can of course use dnsmasq instead of isc-dhcp-server in >> your environment. But if you're asking for out-of-the-box support >> within the grml-terminalserver user interface, then that's something >> someone would need to implement yet. :) >> >> I'm not *yet* sure we'd want to use dnsmasq instead of >> isc-dhcp-server by default, this would need some further research >> regarding possible drawbacks, package dependency changes,.... One of >> the major drawbacks of dnsmasq IMO is, that you need to pretty much >> always *restart* it - instead of reload without real downtime - for >> most of any config changes, like adding a new host. This shouldn't >> be much of a problem for grml-terminalserver itself though, while >> the proxydhcp feature sounds like a good argument in favor of >> dnsmasq for grml-terminalserver. Any further opinions? >> >> regards >> -mika- >> _______________________________________________ >> Grml mailing list - Grml(a)ml.grml.org >> http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml >> join #grml on irc.freenode.org >> grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Grml mailing list - Grml(a)ml.grml.org > http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml > join #grml on irc.freenode.org > grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/

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Hard drive partitions not seen
by david.renstrom＠gmail.com 10 Nov '20

10 Nov '20

Hi list, I've booted up my Dell laptop using a USB flash drive with GRML on it. However, I cannot see any block devices for the hard drive partitions. The only sdX devices I can see are sda1 and sda2, both for the bootable USB drive itself. To be clear, lsblk -a doesn't show any other sdX devices than sda. I would appreciate any tips regarding how I can make GRML see these partitions since I would like to make backups of them using gparted. Thanks, /David R.

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switching to dnsmasq when using grml-terminalserver
by 洪朝貴 29 Okt '20

29 Okt '20

Dear All, Is it possible to replace isc dhcp server with dnsmasq for use with grml-terminalserver? There is an existing dhcp server in my environment that I cannot touch and therefore I need to set up a proxy dhcp server for distributing only pxe-related files but not ip addresses like this: https://www.theurbanpenguin.com/pxelinux-using-proxy-dhcp/ Dnsmasq can do it but isc-dhcp-server does not seem to have this option. Thanks! -- 顧好自己的隱私，快停止網路裸奔！請搜尋『貴哥的節慾手機』 Greg Chao-Kuei Hung 洪朝貴 PGP Key ID: 4096R/5828A7A7 Fingerprint: 67AF B5AB 5242 3E99 16D7 EAF8 A94D 2C92 5828 A7A7

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Start vom RAID?
by Paul S 12 Okt '20

12 Okt '20

Guten Tag, Auf einem Server hat mein Kollege einen RAID 1 Verbund mit Superblock 1.2 eingerichtet, Grub startet auf diesem RAID problemlos, aber beim Abrufen der grml iso aus Grub heraus tritt ein Fehler auf und ich lande in der BusyBox. Mit der swraid Option werden die RAIDs auch nicht richtig zusammengefügt, das funktioniert erst mit mdadm -A -s. Die dadurch entstandenen RAIDs haben jedoch andere Bezeichnungen als im Debian welches normalerweise auf dem Server läuft und es wird das falsche Gerät herangezogen um die grml iso zu laden. Der Debug Modus hat auch nicht geholfen, gleiches Problem und kein Mehrwert an Informationen betreffend des Problems. Gibt es einen fix dafür oder kann grml einfach nicht über ein derartiges RAID gestartet werden? mit freundlichen Grüßen Paul S

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2020.06 available
by Michael Prokop 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Hi, long time no see, but here we are! The first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2020.06, code-named 'Ausgehfuahangl' is available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing (AKA bullseye). As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2018.12 and 2020.06-rc1 have a look at the official release announcement: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2020.06-rc1/ You can download Grml 2020.06-rc1 from: https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of June (2020 *cough* :)). Thanks to all our contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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Grml - new stable release 2020.06 available
by Michael Prokop 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of June, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2020.06 with codename 'Ausgehfuahangl' is available and is hitting our mirrors. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2020.06: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2020.06/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Take care and happy Grml-ing! -mika- - for the Grml project

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zfs
by John Covici 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Any chance of getting sujpport for zfs in this release? I have been using it for years, but grml does not currently support it, so I have had to find something else, but it would sure be nice to use grml again. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici(a)ccs.covici.com

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APFS ?
by Gregory Heytings 13 Mai '20

13 Mai '20

Hi list, As far as I can see, there is no easy way to mount APFS (default filesystem for macOS >= 10.13) with GRML. Am I wrong? If not, I would suggest to add fuse-apfs in its next releases, it uses only 2 MB. Thanks, Gregory

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configuring grml
by gideon425xx＠gmail.com 12 Mai '20

12 Mai '20

I am booting grml using grub and using loop-booting. This works fine. I would, however, like to know if there are grub options I can use, to change how grml works. For example, can I change things so that persistence mode is enabled and X is run automatically? Currently I have to select those by hand. Regards Gideon

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iPXE for networkbooting
by Geert Stappers 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Hi, At http://grml.org/terminalserver/ is a reference to an abandoned networkbootproject. Networkbootproject iPXE is alive and kicking, it's URL is https://ipxe.org How to get the GRML website updated with that information? Regards Geert Stappers DevOps Engineer @ Hendrikx ITC

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/dev/sda1 mounted but immediately unmounted - strange issue in syslog
by Ravi Roy 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Hi, I'm using grml live CD (which contains debian 9.0 as OS) to do some automation but i'm stuck as /dev/sda1 is mounted and unmounted immediately shown in syslog. /dev/sda1 has ntfs partition . I've attached syslog snapshot as well as fstab snapshot. Did a lot of gooling but does not give any hint as to what is happening .. Does somebody know as to what is wrong in this case? Thank you in advance. Note : Kindly keep me in CC. Live CD is 64 bit released in 2017. Regards, Ravi. Note : Apologize for earlier mail for big attachments (have reduced the size of pics)

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grml stuck at RF Kill
by Mario Stadlhuber 22 Aug '19

22 Aug '19

Hi First, sorry for my bad english xD I would like boot my MSI Laptop with grml 12/2018 64 Bit with Load to RAM option but my Laptop stuck at the followed line. [ OK] Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status. Has anyone an idea what can I do? PS: This is my first mailing list xD

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Several newbie questions about grml-full 2018.12
by Jaime T 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

Hi all. I've successfully booted grml-full 2018.12 and I have a few "newbie" questions: At the grml-quickconfig panel that appears, I wanted to see some info about grml, so I pressed the "i" key (to "show some info about grml"). But I didn't get any info: the only thing that happened was that the grml-quickconfig panel was printed again. Is this a bug? Virtual terminals 2, 3 and 4 all have a nice status bar at the bottom of the screen, but virtual terminals 1, 5 and 6 do not have this status bar. How can I get that same status bar on virtual terminals 1, 5 and 6? How do I get tab completion working? (It doesn't appear to be working when I drop to a shell by pressing "q" at the grml-quickconfig panel). After much searching, I found a blog post (https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2008/12/19/mikas-advent-calendar-day-19-zsh-…) which suggests entering "autoload -U compinit && compinit" but even if I enter that line, I still only get literal tab characters inserted at the command prompt. Is it possible to get a "UK" (United Kingdom) keyboard layout? (Entering "grml-lang", without any argument, prints a list of country codes that does not include "UK"). Many thanks, Jaime

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Re: [Grml] Missing Intel Graphics Drivers
by R9mwaeq 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

mika writes: > Thanks for reporting this. The xserver-xorg-video-intel package > should be relevant only for quite old hardware though, quoting from > its package description: > > | The use of this driver is discouraged if your hw is new enough (ca. > | 2007 and newer). You can try uninstalling this driver and let the > | server use it's builtin modesetting driver instead. > > What hardware do you use where you depend on this package? > What's the error message you get when starting X without having > xserver-xorg-video-intel present? > Yes circa 2007, I have two Hewit-Packard HP Compaq dc5100, SFF(PW187ET). Rock solid machines that I continue to use every day, as I speak to you now :) The problem driver is the Intel i915, its been around for a long time, there are probably a lot of them out there somewheres. The error message is: xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted) Require OpenGL version 2.1 or later. Fatal server error. AddScreen/screen/init failed for driver. Thanks for all your efforts, Grml is so cool. --

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Missing Intel Graphics Drivers
by R9mwaeq 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

The Debian package 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' is missing from the full 64 bit 2018-12 GRML disto. If your device has an Intel graphics card and you can't boot to X then installing the missing package will fix the problem: $ apt-get update $ apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel The 64 bit & 32 small distros are also both missing Intel drivers, however restoring the package will incur an additional 240 MB of dependencies asscociatted with it. Listing this as a known bug on the GRML web site would have been very helpful. Strangely I recently had a similar problem with another Debian Linux distro uprgrade, perhaps this is a Debian issue rather than a GRML bug. Anyways, now everything is sweet. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Problems with zsh config
by Kohby 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Hello everyone, first time in the mailing list, hope we can get along! I've been using GRML's zsh config for some time now and it is awesome, but recently for some reason my .zshrc.local when sourced it returns an error code of 1, the culprit lines are this ones I think. grml_theme_add_token simplepath '[ %15<...<%1~%<< ] ' '%B%F{white}' '%f%b' zstyle ':prompt:grml:left:setup' items rc change-root user at host simplepath vcs percent Whenever the file is sourced I get a sad face on the right and an erro code of 1, when manually sourcing the file .zshrc.local I get this error: grml_theme_add_token: Token `simplepath' exists! Giving up! and then it prints the grml_theme_add_token help. I'm not sure if this is a bug or something, probably something related to a cache? I don't know. If I change the name of the token and save, the first source of the file returns no error but subsequent sources return the same error as shown above. I'm using version 0.15.3 by the way. Thanks for the help. (Maybe this is a bug, if it is, I'll report it)

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Grml/Debian Bug Squashing Party in Salzburg, 2019
by Michael Prokop 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

Hi! The Debian project hosts a Bug Squashing Party in Salzburg/Austria, taking place from April 5th to April 7th 2019. A Bug Squashing Party is a come-together of developers, contributors and enthusiasts who try to fix as many bugs as possible. We've been invited to join the Bug Squashing Party and since Grml is an official derivative of Debian we’re more than happy to take this opportunity. This is the perfect time and place to meet with fellow Grml and Debian developers, contributors and friends, to make the next Debian- and Grml-Release the best ever! :) The key facts: * Location: conova communications GmbH, Karolingerstr. 36A, 5020 Salzburg, Austria * Date: 2019-04-05 (Friday) until 2019-04-07 (Sunday) If you want to join us please visit https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2019/04/Salzburg for further information. If you've any questions feel free to reach out to us (https://grml.org/contact/). PS: For the ones of you who can't join us in Salzburg, feel free to join us during the Bug Squashing Party on IRC (#grml on irc.freenode.org)! regards, -mika-

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Mirror in Ukraine
by mirror-admin of ip-connect.vn.ua 02 Jan '19

02 Jan '19

Hello! We provide mirror of download.grml.org in Ukraine for long time. Please, include our mirror into global mirroring program. Information about mirror: Access via: https://grml.ip-connect.vn.ua/ <-- preferred http://grml.ip-connect.vn.ua/ rsync://grml.ip-connect.vn.ua/grml/ ftp://grml.ip-connect.vn.ua/mirror/grml/ <-- supported, but deprecated Rsync'ing 4/day. This mirror node have IPv4+IPv6 connection 3x1Gb/s bandwidth unlimited. Provider: IP-Connect LLC, Ukraine, Vinnytsia -- ---- Best regards, mirrors admin of ip-connect.vn.ua mailto:mirrors@ip-connect.vn.ua

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2018.12 available
by Michael Prokop 31 Dez '18

31 Dez '18

Hi, just in time we have a present for you! The first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2018.12, code-named 'Gnackwatschn' is available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing (AKA buster). As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2017.05 and 2018.12 have a look at the official release announcement: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2018.12-rc1/ You can download Grml 2018.12-rc1 from: https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of December (2018 *cough* :)). Thanks to all our wonderful contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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Grml - new stable release 2018.12 available
by Michael Prokop 31 Dez '18

31 Dez '18

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of December, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2018.12 with codename 'Gnackwatschn' is available and already hit our mirrors. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2018.12: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2018.12/ Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Happy new year and happy Grml-ing! -mika-

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Re: [Grml] [Grml-devel] First Release Candidate of Grml version 2018.12 available
by Michael Prokop 21 Dez '18

21 Dez '18

* Elimar Riesebieter [Fri Dec 21, 2018 at 11:30:16AM +0100]: > * Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> [2018-12-20 17:19 +0100]: > > You can download Grml 2018.12-rc1 from: > > https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ > Are there no checksums available? There's a "Get Checksum/Signature" URL on https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ available, doesn't this provide what you need? Anyway, I took this as a chance to sync content of https://grml.org/download/ with https://grml.org/download/prerelease/ and hope it's better now! If you have any ideas how to improve this please let us know, or even better just provide a pull request against https://github.com/grml/grml.org/ :) > Many thanks for providing this awesome peace of software ;-) \o/ :) regards, -mika-

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Persistence
by steve bov 10 Dez '18

10 Dez '18

Using grml64small and following http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency from step by step I get the following error in the boot.log Begin: Copying live media to ram ... Begin: mount -t tmpfs -o size=241260k /dev/shm /live/medium_swap ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/live-realpremount ... done. Begin: Mounting "/live/medium/grml64-small.squashfs" on "//grml64-small.squashfs" via "/dev/loop0" ... done. mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /live/persistence/sda1 failed: No such device mount: mounting /dev/sda3 on /live/persistence/sda3 failed: No such device mount: mounting /dev/sda on /live/persistence/sda failed: No such device mount: mounting /dev/sdb on /live/persistence/sdb failed: No such device /init: line 230: can't open /tmp/custom_mounts.list: no such file done. Begin: Configuring fstab ... done. Begin: Preconfiguring networking ... done. Help please

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boot problems on dell r640
by Albert Dengg 30 Mai '18

30 Mai '18

hi, i recently got access to an Dell R640 Server and i'm having some issues booting via the virtual cdrom feature on the remote access card that i cannot pinpoint sofar, so maybe somebody can help me to debug this: * with 2017.05, it boots fine, however i have some hardware not recognized (namely the 10Gb network interfaces) * i tried the testing and sid based daily images (in the later case also some older versions from 2018-04-30 and 2018-04-23), but there i cannot boot and i'm getting the following error message that i cannot really pinpoint: -- Reloc 0 block size 2756420659 is invalid Relocation failed: Unsupported Failed to load image: Unsupported start_image() returned Unsupported -- (there might be some slight typos in there, i typed it from the screen) after that, i restarts and the boot menu never comes up. thx regards, albert

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Re: [Grml] GRML customization issues
by Torsten Kühn 23 Mär '18

23 Mär '18

Obrigado Paulista! Sorry for my late reply, Gilberto (to your two mails from Mon, Feb 12, 2018 16:49, and Mon, Feb 12, 2018 16:53), I retrieved them from the mailing list archive only now. @ 2.) >> How to disable the Debian automounter for removable media? >on /etc/fstab I always thought that /etc/fstab covers the file systems to be mounted at boot time only ... The third <fs_vfstype> field isn't completely documented in the fstab(5) manpage (i.e. regarding the "auto" type), but refers to mount(8). An excerpt from GRML 2013.02 /etc/fstab, which probably configures the automount behaviour (?): /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto user,noauto,exec 0 0 /dev/external /media/external auto user,noauto,exec,rw,uid=grml,gid=grml 0 0 /dev/external1 /media/external1 auto user,noauto,exec,rw,uid=grml,gid=grml 0 0 /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 /dev/dvd /media/dvd auto user,noauto,exec,ro 0 0 Will a removal of these lines switch to (preferred) manual mounts? @ 4.) >> Fluxbox and LXDE with english keyboard layout by default >> [how to set] "setxkbmap -layout <lang>" [...] persistently? >i use grml 17.05 and on grml.conf file used on boot >i explicity use > xkeyboard=br keyboard=br locale=America/Sao_Paulo I didn't find any grml.conf in GRML 2013.02, nor in a GRML 2017.05 live boot image (I prefer the first, just don't like systemd config). Is the grml.conf file optional, and to be placed where, in the /etc or in the user ~/ directory? Saudações de Basiléia Torsten

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GRML customization issues
by Torsten Kühn 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Hi all, GRML works fine on a small Intel D525 CPU box with NVidia GT-218 graphics, much more stable than the nouveaufb driver in some Ubuntu versions. I'm using an older GRML 2013.02 release, just don't feel like backing up all data and to re-run grml-to-harddisk again. Some questions on system customization: 1.) The pre-configured zsh shell immediately shares entered commands and it's history among all open instances. I use to reserve dedicated terminals to particular commands. For example, man pages are always opened on tty5. Instead of retrieving the last or last but one "man" command from the history, zsh shows all commands from other ttys first. No real feature. How to configure a more bashish behaviour? BTW, is there any relationship between this zsh (developed since 1992 by Paul Falstad and others) and the zsh shell in NextStep? 2.) How to disable the awesome Debian automounter for removable media? It keeps from mounting USB sticks or optical media to individual mount points, but requires to manually unmount automatic /media/xxx mount points first ... 3.) Which is the most elegant, i.e. recommended way to start the X server upon GRML boot? As "init 3" doesn't work, I currently need to manually execute "/usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/startlxde &" from a tty. Where to place this string, into which startup script? 4.) Both Fluxbox and LXDE start with english keyboard layout by default. I gladly discovered the "setxkbmap -layout <lang>" command. Can anyone tell me whether this setting is saved persistently, i.e. still active after reboot? (Won't restart for testing, GRML box 32 days uptime now.) Regards Torsten

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"unknown packages are removed from the installation list" ?
by 洪朝貴 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

Hi, I am trying to build a customized grml live CD. I used kvm to boot grml32-small_2017.05.iso and mounted a data partition at /media/sda in the VM. On that partition there is also a copy of the iso. Then I created /etc/grml/grml-live.local according to grml-live.conf and created /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GREG listing additional packages to install. To make things smoother, I chose SUITE="stretch". Finally I did: time grml-live -V -u -e /media/sda/grml32-small_2017.05.iso Please see the attached etc.tgz and typescript.gz . The strange thing is: the additional packages are NOT installed. In the typescript file you can find: <quote> Maximum number of packages installed at a time set to 3000 install_packages: reading config files from directory //etc/grml/fai/config/package_config install_packages: read config file GRMLBASE install_packages: read config file GRML_SMALL install_packages: read config file GREG install_packages: executing chroot /media/sda/grml_chroot apt-get clean WARNING: These unknown packages are removed from the installation list: apt-transport-https busybox bzip2 console-data dbus deborphan dmidecode eject file gpm grml2usb grml-autoconfig ... </quote> So /usr/sbin/install_packages did apt-get clean right before installing packages and therefore was unable to add any extra packages? Did I do something wrong? Thanks for enlightening me in advance! -- 『我的野蠻工讀生』用高昂的『下賊船的代價』綁架了我的文件! (請分別搜尋) Chao-Kuei Hung 洪朝貴 PGP Key ID: 4096R/5828A7A7 Fingerprint: 67AF B5AB 5242 3E99 16D7 EAF8 A94D 2C92 5828 A7A7

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Fwd: script for sound card detection
by Simon Eigeldinger 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Hi, I just got the info to the script. it also has some additional parts to it to unmute alsa and other adjustments. More info is below. Greetings, Simon -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: script for sound card detection Datum: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 13:34:17 -0500 Von: Kyle <kyle4jesus(a)gmail.com> An: Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger(a)vol.at> Chris Brannon actually wrote that script for TalkingArch, but I changed the voice recording to make it shorter. It's part in the TalkingArch git repository git clone https://notabug.org/talkingarch/talkingarch.git The script is called pick-a-card. Hope it helps. ~Kyle --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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grml: speakup/espeak doesn't work because espeak/espeak-ng can't talk
by Eigeldinger Simon 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Hi all, Can someone have a look at espeak/espeak-ng? There seems to be a problem with the sound system or espeak/espeak-ng. Would be cool if someone could fix it. I guess if espeak could talk again then speakup should talk again as well. Greetins and thanks, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 [Hohenems_logo]Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt.

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recent clonezilla versions seem to have a new directory browser
by Eigeldinger Simon 09 Jan '18

09 Jan '18

Hi all, there are new versions of clonezilla. it seems there is a new foder browser for the image directory. can someone have a look? its in the daily grml versions. i had issues recently so i switched back to an old image. was using braille because i had issues with audio. i seem to have some accessibility issues with its browser. can someone check that and maybe also confirm? i am currently with the dev and need a bettter error report. *smile* Greetings, Simon Mit freundlichen Grüßen Simon Eigeldinger Informatik Nebengebäude 1, OG1 [Hohenems_logo]Stadt Hohenems Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 4 6845 Hohenems T: +43 5576 7101-1143 | E: simon.eigeldinger(a)hohenems.at | www.hohenems.at Diese Nachricht und allfällige angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und nur für den/die Adressaten bestimmt.

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grml: espeak or espeak-ng not talking
by Simon Eigeldinger 28 Dez '17

28 Dez '17

Hi all, I recently wanted to upgrade to a recent version of grml. unfortunately i have figured out that espeak or espeak-ng which is the successor of espeak doesn't speak. could someone check that? there seems to be an issue with sound. the only screenreader that works at the moment is brltty. speakup/espeakup doesn't because espeak has nothing to output. Greetings and thanks, Simon --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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grml liveCD LAN setting
by william_wu＠accton.com 01 Dez '17

01 Dez '17

Dear Sir, I had download GRML liveCD from your website, and mount it to USB disk, and I have a question here how can I change the LAN setting default to static IP, because It will reset to default after reboot I just want set DHCP to static IP, can you please advise how to change this setting, thank you. William Wu 吳繼威 Accton Technology Corporation 10694 13th Floor, No. 102, Guangfu South Road, Taipei, Taiwan Office:02-8773-8500#1079

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network boot via iPXE
by ipeter88 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Hi Here is example of ipxe server configuration for ipv4 network booting of grml (linux distribution only) on both BIOS and UEFI systems. IPXE server is built on grml system with IP address 192.168.101.1 What we need - installation files (grml iso image(s)) - tftp server (it is enough to use installed atftpd) - dhcp server (here isc-dhcp-server) - web server (here nginx) - ipxe binaries and scripts - DNS server (only required when we want to use dns names instead of ip addresses in configuration files) Installation files Mount iso image(s) to gain access to installation files mkdir -p /srv/tftp/dist/grml/grml32 mkdir -p /srv/tftp/dist/grml/grml64 mount -t iso9660 -o loop /srv/tftp/data/grml32-full_2017.05.iso /srv/tftp/dist/grml/grml32 mount -t iso9660 -o loop /srv/tftp/data/grml64-full_2017.05.iso /srv/tftp/dist/grml/grml64 TFTP server We will use atftps in standalone mode, so its configuration file /etc/default/atftpd should look like: USE_INETD=false OPTIONS="--port 69 --tftpd-timeout 300 --retry-timeout 5 --maxthread 100 --verbose=5 /srv/tftp" DHCP server Install ISC dhcp server apt-get update apt-get install isc-dhcp-server Create/modify configuration file /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf # next variables will be shown in dhcpd.leases file set vendorclass-string = option vendor-class-identifier; set userclass-string = option user-class; ddns-update-style none; allow booting; deny bootp; #default authoritative; log-facility local7; option client-arch code 93 = unsigned integer 16; # RFC4578 subnet 192.168.101.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { default-lease-time 3600; max-lease-time 7200; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option routers 192.168.101.1; option domain-name-servers 192.168.101.1; next-server 192.168.101.1; option domain-name "grml.lan"; option domain-search "grml.lan"; option router-discovery false; #flag pool { range 192.168.101.50 192.168.101.69; } pool { range 192.168.101.80 192.168.101.99; } } ## List an unused interface here # subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { #} option space ipxe; option ipxe-encap-opts code 175 = encapsulate ipxe; option ipxe.priority code 1 = signed integer 8; option ipxe.keep-san code 8 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.skip-san-boot code 9 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.syslogs code 85 = string; option ipxe.cert code 91 = string; option ipxe.privkey code 92 = string; option ipxe.crosscert code 93 = string; option ipxe.no-pxedhcp code 176 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.bus-id code 177 = string; option ipxe.san-filename code 188 = string; option ipxe.bios-drive code 189 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.username code 190 = string; option ipxe.password code 191 = string; option ipxe.reverse-username code 192 = string; option ipxe.reverse-password code 193 = string; option ipxe.version code 235 = string; option iscsi-initiator-iqn code 203 = string; option ipxe.pxeext code 16 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.iscsi code 17 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.aoe code 18 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.http code 19 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.https code 20 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.tftp code 21 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.ftp code 22 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.dns code 23 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.bzimage code 24 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.multiboot code 25 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.slam code 26 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.srp code 27 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.nbi code 32 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.pxe code 33 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.elf code 34 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.comboot code 35 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.efi code 36 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.fcoe code 37 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.vlan code 38 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.menu code 39 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.sdi code 40 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.nfs code 41 = unsigned integer 8; option ipxe.no-pxedhcp 1; if not exists client-arch { #guessing . . . filename "ipxe/bin/undionly.kpxe"; } elsif exists user-class and option user-class = "iPXE" { filename "http://192.168.101.1/tftp/dist/bootstrap.ipxe"; } elsif substring(option client-arch,0,0) = option client-arch { #guessing . . . filename "ipxe/bin/undionly.kpxe"; } elsif option client-arch = encode-int (0,16) { # 0 x86 BIOS filename "ipxe/bin/ipxe.pxe"; } elsif option client-arch = encode-int (7,16) { # 7 x64 UEFI filename "ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi"; } elsif option client-arch = encode-int (9,16) { # 9 EBC filename "ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi"; } elsif option client-arch = encode-int (16,16) { # 16 x64 uefi boot from http option vendor-class-identifier "HTTPClient"; filename "http://192.168.101.1/tftp/ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi"; } # host testpc1 { # hardware ethernet 01:02:03:04:05:06; # fixed-address 192.168.101.10; # next-server 192.168.101.1; # if exists user-class and option user-class = "iPXE" { # filename "http://192.168.101.1/tftp/dist/otherbootstrap.ipxe"; # } else { # filename "ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi"; # } # } # # host testpc2 { # hardware ethernet 01:02:03:04:05:07; # fixed-address 192.168.101.20; # next-server 192.168.101.1; # filename "lpxelinux.0"; # } Web server Install/use nginx apt-get install nginx Configure nginx - it is enough to leave default configuration in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default but change directive root. For debuging purposes you can put also 'autoindex on' directive there. Result is here. server { listen 80 default_server; root /srv; index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html; server_name _; location / { autoindex on; } } IPXE There is ipxe.deb package in standard repository but better results were obtained by own compiled binaries or binaries from home web page wget http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.efi wget http://boot.ipxe.org/undionly.kpxe wget http://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.pxe mkdir -p /srv/tftp/ipxe/bin mkdir -p /srv/tftp/ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi cp undionly.kpxe ipxe/bin/undionly.kpxe cp ipxe.pxe ipxe/bin/ipxe.pxe cp ipxe.efi ipxe/bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi Script /srv/tftp/dist/bootstrap.ipxe #!ipxe cpuid --ext 29 && set distribution grml64 || set distribution grml32 chain http://192.168.101.1/tftp/dist/${distribution}.ipxe || shell Script /srv/tftp/dist/grml64.ipxe #!ipxe set httpserver 192.168.101.1 set httpbase http://${httpserver}/tftp set dist grml64 set httpsrc ${httpbase}/dist/${dist} echo httpsrc=${httpsrc} set kernelargs initrd=initrd.img boot=live apm=power-off vga=791 nomce fetch=${httpsrc}/live/grml64-full/grml64-full.squashfs nobeep noeject noprompt noblank keyboard=us xkeyboard=us tz=Europe/Bratislava hostname ssh=password echo 'Loading kernel...' kernel ${httpsrc}/boot/grml64full/vmlinuz ${kernelargs} echo 'Loading initrd...' initrd ${httpsrc}/boot/grml64full/initrd.img initrd.img boot # there is also possible to convert syslinux/grub menu distributed on grml installation media to ipxe menu and build this menu to this script Script /srv/tftp/dist/grml32.ipxe The same contents as /srv/tftp/dist/grml64.ipxe, only change occurrence of string 64 with 32 DNS server For this example we are using IP addresses so we will not use/configure DNS server at all Finale Start/restart all daemons systemctl stop atftpd systemctl stop nginx systemctl stop dhcpd systemctl start atftpd systemctl start nginx systemctl start dhcpd Happy booting Peter

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how to recognize each RAID member separately
by josefh.maier＠hushmail.com 11 Okt '17

11 Okt '17

Hello I tried to make a backup of a HP DL380 G5 (W28K) with a HP Smart Array P400 controller with 4 RAID-members (4 75GB SAS drives) The Linux Live DVD's and Acronis TrueImage i' am unsing, do show that 4 disks as a singe LUN :-( To my knowledge such "Single-LUN backups" can make problem if they should be restored if a harddisk is changed before... Therefore i would feel much more comfortable, if from each harddirve could be made a separate DD-image. Question: Is there a way to have GRML seen that 4 disks as separate disks (and NOT as a single LUN)? Thank you very much for every feedback! Joe

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minimal changes needed to have non-graphical startup
by Marc Haber 03 Okt '17

03 Okt '17

Hi, recent HP servers do have an SD card slot which is suitable to host a rescue system. The same approach also applies ot an USB stick that can be pushed into a port and selected from the remote console. Of course, the easiest way to have this is just dd'ing an grml iso to the medium and then plugging it in without more ado. In the HP case, one needs a special license to have access to the graphical console. Some systems (for example the rather common MicroServer Gen8) also need a license to get access to the text console. The only thing that one gets on the Microserver Gen8 without inserting more coins is a virtual serial console, which is suitable to access the BIOS and boot an OS that can use a serial console. With grub, one can even boot a regular Linux OS with seeing the boot manager on the virtual serial port. Unfortunately, grml has a graphical selection screen for the choice of boot option. This makes it impossible to select a boot option or give additional parameters without the "big", expensive license. Is there a possibility to remaster grml without the graphical boot screen? Having a classical text oriented ISOLINUX screen is fine, having ISOLINUX present that option on ttyS0 instead of a console would be perfect. Actually, I would love to have the possibility to do a simple patch in an otherwise unchanged grml image so that my ProLiant grml is as close to "release" grml as possible. I would appreciate a hint if that is already possible. While I do understand that having a nice-looking selection screen is nice and important for user acceptance, this severely reduces grml's attractivity for the server jockey who usually doesn't have graphical access to the systems. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

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Remastering docs updated, help needed
by Marc Haber 03 Okt '17

03 Okt '17

Hi, the remastering docs on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=remastering started to bitrot a way a bit, so I took a dive in removing historic information to the appropriate place on the page. I think that the documentation is much more clearer now. I need somebody with better knowledge about the build process fill the FAI table in the web page and also to give the information where future images will hold the information about how they were built. Is there still a supported way to remaster the image without actually touching the squashfs, for example if one wants to build a local .iso file with a grml.sh file on it or a non-graphical boot screen? If there is, I think this should be on the remastering page as well. I have prepared the page to host this information. Please either edit the wiki page directly, or give this information here so that I can incorporate the information myself. Thanks for helping with updating the docs! Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

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by Michael Hekel 30 Sep '17

30 Sep '17

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Cannot build grml from within grml
by Marc Haber 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Hi, here is my "real" problem. (1) Using Debian sid, try building grml64-full using the command line: sudo grml-live -A -V -u -e ~/grml-remaster/grml64-full_2017.05.iso -s stable -c DEBORPHAN,GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,RELEASE,AMD64,IGNORE,SNAPSHOT -r "test20170830" -g grml64 -o ~/grml-remaster/tmp This results in tmp/grml_isos/grml64_0.0.1.iso being generated. (2) dd this iso to a LV. Configure a new VM with a CDROM drive and connect this drive to the LV containing the ISO. Boot. Boot works. (3) Try to re-build the grml .iso from within grml using: grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ this emits warnings during the build process about missing EFI files, ending in "xorriso : FAILURE : Cannot find path '/boot/efi.img' in loaded ISO image" (full log in exhibit A). (4) configure the same VM to boot from a released grml64-full.2017.05 iso (5) try rebuilding the grml.iso file with the same command line: grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ (6) see the build succeed (exhibit B). What am I doing wrong when building grml64_0.0.1.iso so that it cannot self-reproduce, while the released grml64-full.2017.05.iso can? Any hints? Greetings Marc Exhibit A: root@grml ~ # grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ [ OK ] Sourcing configuration file /etc/grml/grml-live.conf grml-live [0.30.1]: check your configuration (or use -F to force execution): FAI classes: GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64 Config directory: /etc/grml/fai main directory: /root/output Extract ISO: /dev/sr0 Chroot target: /root/output/grml_chroot Build target: /root/output/grml_cd ISO target: /root/output/grml_isos Grml name: grml Release name: grml-live rocks Build date: 2017-09-04 Grml version: 0.0.1 Debian suite: testing Architecture: amd64 Boot method: isolinux Hybrid method: isohybrid Template files: /usr/share/grml-live/templates Using VERBOSE mode. Is this ok for you? [y/N] y [ OK ] Logging actions to logfile /root/output/grml_logs/grml-live.log [ OK ] Unpacking ISO from /dev/sr0 Parallel unsquashfs: Using 4 processors 63157 inodes (67071 blocks) to write [===========================================================|] 67071/67071 100% created 57652 files created 6646 directories created 5464 symlinks created 7 devices created 0 fifos [ WARN ] Skipping stage 'fai dirinstall' as /root/output/grml_chroot exists already. [ OK ] No missing packages found, generating empty junit report. [ WARN ] No EFI boot files found, skipping. [ WARN ] Boot addons not found, skipping therefore. (Consider installing package grml-live-addons) [ OK ] Generating /conf/bootid.txt with entry grml001. [ WARN ] /var/log/fai/grml/last/dpkg.list could not be read, ignoring to store package information on ISO therefore. [ OK ] Finished execution of stage 'boot' [ OK ] Using mksquashfs binary mksquashfs [ OK ] Squashfs build information: running binary mksquashfs using options: -b 256k -comp xz -ef /etc/grml/fai/config/grml/squashfs-excludes -wildcards Parallel mksquashfs: Using 4 processors Creating 4.0 filesystem on /root/output/grml_cd/live/grml/grml.squashfs, block size 262144. [===========================================================|] 61600/61600 100% Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, xz compressed, data block size 262144 compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments, compressed xattrs duplicates are removed Filesystem size 561646.83 Kbytes (548.48 Mbytes) 32.08% of uncompressed filesystem size (1750975.00 Kbytes) Inode table size 556890 bytes (543.84 Kbytes) 24.01% of uncompressed inode table size (2318970 bytes) Directory table size 618535 bytes (604.04 Kbytes) 37.93% of uncompressed directory table size (1630631 bytes) Number of duplicate files found 3586 Number of inodes 69769 Number of files 57652 Number of fragments 2589 Number of symbolic links 5464 Number of device nodes 7 Number of fifo nodes 0 Number of socket nodes 0 Number of directories 6646 Number of ids (unique uids + gids) 28 Number of uids 12 root (0) ntp (109) bacula (105) clamav (108) mail (8) partimag (110) grml (1000) nobody (65534) _apt (104) man (6) puppet (117) statd (113) Number of gids 23 root (0) bacula (109) dip (30) adm (4) shadow (42) mail (8) partimag (115) uucp (10) grml (1000) nogroup (65534) tty (5) crontab (107) utmp (43) ssh (118) uml-net (111) messagebus (116) staff (50) disk (6) man (12) puppet (122) clamav (113) ntp (114) sambashare (121) [ OK ] Finished execution of stage 'squashfs' [ OK ] Forcing rebuild of ISO because files on ISO have been modified. [ OK ] Using xorriso -as mkisofs to build ISO. [ WARN ] Disabling (U)EFI boot support because /boot/efi.img is missing. xorriso 1.4.6 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project. Drive current: -outdev 'stdio:/root/output/grml_isos/grml_0.0.1.iso' Media current: stdio file, overwriteable Media status : is blank Media summary: 0 sessions, 0 data blocks, 0 data, 1564m free xorriso : WARNING : -volid text problematic as automatic mount point name xorriso : WARNING : -volid text does not comply to ISO 9660 / ECMA 119 rules Added to ISO image: directory '/'='/root/output/grml_cd' xorriso : UPDATE : 947 files added in 1 seconds xorriso : UPDATE : 947 files added in 1 seconds xorriso : NOTE : Copying to System Area: 432 bytes from file '/usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isohdpfx.bin' xorriso : FAILURE : Cannot find path '/boot/efi.img' in loaded ISO image xorriso : NOTE : -return_with SORRY 32 triggered by problem severity FAILURE stat: cannot stat '/root/output/grml_isos/grml_0.0.1.iso': No such file or directory [ FAIL ] Error: there was a critical error executing stage 'iso build' grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ 595.04s user 7.83s system 385% cpu 2:36.40 total Exhibit B: root@grml ~ # grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ [ OK ] Sourcing configuration file /etc/grml/grml-live.conf grml-live [0.29.7]: check your configuration (or use -F to force execution): FAI classes: GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64 Config directory: /etc/grml/fai main directory: /root/output Extract ISO: /dev/sr0 Chroot target: /root/output/grml_chroot Build target: /root/output/grml_cd ISO target: /root/output/grml_isos Grml name: grml Release name: grml-live rocks Build date: 2017-09-04 Grml version: 0.0.1 Debian suite: testing Architecture: amd64 Boot method: isolinux Hybrid method: isohybrid Template files: /usr/share/grml-live/templates Using VERBOSE mode. Is this ok for you? [y/N] y [ OK ] Logging actions to logfile /root/output/grml_logs/grml-live.log [ OK ] Unpacking ISO from /dev/sr0 Parallel unsquashfs: Using 4 processors 69110 inodes (72966 blocks) to write [===========================================================\] 72966/72966 100% created 59674 files created 6713 directories created 9365 symlinks created 37 devices created 0 fifos [ WARN ] Skipping stage 'fai dirinstall' as /root/output/grml_chroot exists already. [ OK ] No missing packages found, generating empty junit report. [ WARN ] Boot addons not found, skipping therefore. (Consider installing package grml-live-addons) [ OK ] Generating /conf/bootid.txt with entry grml001. [ WARN ] /var/log/fai/grml/last/dpkg.list could not be read, ignoring to store package information on ISO therefore. [ OK ] Finished execution of stage 'boot' [ OK ] Using mksquashfs binary mksquashfs [ OK ] Squashfs build information: running binary mksquashfs using options: -b 256k -comp xz -ef /etc/grml/fai/config/grml/squashfs-excludes -wildcards Parallel mksquashfs: Using 4 processors Creating 4.0 filesystem on /root/output/grml_cd/live/grml/grml.squashfs, block size 262144. [===========================================================|] 63564/63564 100% Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, xz compressed, data block size 262144 compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments, compressed xattrs duplicates are removed Filesystem size 558346.95 Kbytes (545.26 Mbytes) 31.89% of uncompressed filesystem size (1750974.64 Kbytes) Inode table size 605922 bytes (591.72 Kbytes) 23.69% of uncompressed inode table size (2557395 bytes) Directory table size 683038 bytes (667.03 Kbytes) 37.86% of uncompressed directory table size (1804190 bytes) Number of duplicate files found 5355 Number of inodes 75789 Number of files 59674 Number of fragments 2588 Number of symbolic links 9365 Number of device nodes 37 Number of fifo nodes 0 Number of socket nodes 0 Number of directories 6713 Number of ids (unique uids + gids) 29 Number of uids 12 root (0) man (6) ntp (109) bacula (105) clamav (108) mail (8) partimag (110) grml (1000) nobody (65534) _apt (104) puppet (117) statd (113) Number of gids 24 root (0) tty (5) kmem (15) disk (6) bacula (109) dip (30) adm (4) shadow (42) mail (8) partimag (115) uucp (10) grml (1000) nogroup (65534) crontab (107) utmp (43) ssh (118) uml-net (111) messagebus (116) staff (50) man (12) puppet (122) clamav (113) ntp (114) sambashare (121) [ OK ] Finished execution of stage 'squashfs' [ OK ] Forcing rebuild of ISO because files on ISO have been modified. [ OK ] Using xorriso -as mkisofs to build ISO. [ WARN ] Disabling (U)EFI boot support because /boot/efi.img is missing. xorriso 1.4.6 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project. Drive current: -outdev 'stdio:/root/output/grml_isos/grml_0.0.1.iso' Media current: stdio file, overwriteable Media status : is blank Media summary: 0 sessions, 0 data blocks, 0 data, 1565m free xorriso : WARNING : -volid text problematic as automatic mount point name xorriso : WARNING : -volid text does not comply to ISO 9660 / ECMA 119 rules Added to ISO image: directory '/'='/root/output/grml_cd' xorriso : UPDATE : 681 files added in 1 seconds xorriso : UPDATE : 681 files added in 1 seconds xorriso : UPDATE : 9.90% done ISO image produced: 296581 sectors Written to medium : 296581 sectors at LBA 0 Writing to 'stdio:/root/output/grml_isos/grml_0.0.1.iso' completed successfully. [ OK ] Creating hybrid ISO file with isohybrid method [ OK ] Detected uefi support for isohybrid, enabling isohybrid: /root/output/grml_isos/grml_0.0.1.iso: unable to find efi image [ OK ] Finished execution of stage 'iso build' [ OK ] Generated netboot package /root/output/netboot//grml_netboot_package_grml_0.0.1.tar.bz2 [ OK ] Successfully finished execution of grml-live [Mon Sep 4 09:49:01 UTC 2017 - running 164 seconds] grml-live -V -e /dev/cdrom -o output/ 607.59s user 9.67s system 374% cpu 2:45.04 total -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

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How do I find out which FAI classes were used to build a
by Marc Haber 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

certain image? Reply-To: Hi, to reproduce a bug, I would like to build a local grml image as similiar as possible to grml64-full.2017.05.iso. How do I find out which FAI classes were used to build the image to give the exact same list to grml-live's -c option? Is that information inside the ISO and/or accessible from the booted grml? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421

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running a script automatically after boot
by John G Heim 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

I have a thumb drive with grml on it. It has a persistant partition. What is the best way to get it to run some commands automatically upon boot? I want to simply have it do: #!/bin/bash modprobe speakup_soft espeakup # EOF -- -- John G. Heim; jheim(a)math.wisc.edu; sip://jheim@sip.linphone.org

2 1

(no subject)
by Arne de Boer 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Hi, I would like to learn the technique of grml-rescueboot. Does documentation exist? Thank you for grml John Smith

2 2

Grml 2017.05 EFI problem
by Lupe Christoph 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

Hi! Many thanks for giving us a new version of Grml! And a new pun. I wonder what people less acquainted with Austria then me (as a child, I spent my summer vacation in Bad Goisern) are making of Freedatensuppe if they don't find the explanation... As I'm now working in Swabia, I'll eat a Flädlesuppe to your health. And now to business ;-) First thing I tried was downloading grml96-full_2017.05.iso to put it on a USB stick. I booted an hp z640 from it. And alas! while the EFI side is seen as well as the legacy side, only the latter boots. Trying to boot EFI throws me into the "Startup Menu". If you can give me so starting point, I'll see if I can find the cause. The ISO *should* be able to boot with EFI and legacy, doesn't it? Lupe Christoph -- | "I'll never forget my government treating me like this. And I really hope | | that this will never happen to anybody else because of the way they look, | | if they look like the enemy of our country." | | Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu's last words |

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Grml - new stable release 2017.05 available
by Michael Prokop 31 Mai '17

31 Mai '17

Hi, we said we'll release by the end of May, and here we are! The stable release of Grml version 2017.05 with codename 'Freedatensuppe' is available and just hitting our mirrors. More information about this release is available in the release notes of Grml 2017.05: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2017.05/ The (lots(!) of) changes between the release candidate version (2017.05-rc1) and the stable release are documented at: https://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2017.05/#changes-between-rc-and-sta… Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word: https://grml.org/download/ If you should notice any bugs please let us know: https://grml.org/bugs/ We welcome constructive feedback, suggestions for improvement and your contributions, please just reach out to us: https://grml.org/contact/ Thanks to everyone contributing to Grml and this release! Happy Grml-ing, -mika-

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First Release Candidate of Grml version 2017.05 available
by Michael Prokop 19 Mai '17

19 Mai '17

Hi, so *finally* we did it again, jey! The first release candidate of the upcoming Grml version 2017.05, code-named 'Freedatensuppe' is available. This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian testing (AKA stretch). As usual it also incorporates current hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2014.11 and 2017.05 have a look at the official release announcement: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2017.05-rc1/ Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and rely on, and report back so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for the end of May (2017 *cough* :)). Thanks to all contributors! regards, -mika- - for the Grml.org project

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How to verify daily snapshot downloads
by Bernhard Reiter 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Hello, today I've taken a look at a daily image for grml.org and found no way to verify that the image I'm downloading actually is from your build machines. http://grml.org/daily/ leads me to something like http://daily.grml.org/grml64-full_testing/2017-04-19_05-31-21/ where there are no OpenPGP signatures available. and the https variant or the url does not show the files. This is a problem because a downloader like can be attacked by serving a different iso file and the corresponding checksums. To prevent this attack you could a) also use https on the daily.grml.org server b) Use a new OpenPGP build-key without password, publish the pubkey on the https mainsite and use the key in the automatic building process to generate the detached signatures. Best Regards, Bernhard ps.: if you have a flattr account, I would have flattred you. :) Thanks for grml. -- www.intevation.de/~bernhard +49 541 33 508 3-3 Intevation GmbH, Osnabrück, DE; Amtsgericht Osnabrück, HRB 18998 Geschäftsführer Frank Koormann, Bernhard Reiter, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner

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Grml via ipxe's sanboot
by Jens Mueller 31 Mär '17

31 Mär '17

Dear list, I'm trying to boot GRML over ipxe's sanboot. It fails when mounting root: Begin: Mounting root file system ... (initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system This is probably no surprise because sanboot is similar to booting using memdisk but without a download delay. mika wrote in "Booting ISO images from within GRUB2" (http://michael-prokop.at/blog/page/3/) "The good news is that Grml supports the memdiskfind/phram/mtdblock approach out-of-the-box." Meaning you do something like modprobe phram phram=memdisk,$(memdiskfind) modprobe mtdblock as mentioned here http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/MEMDISK#Linux. But memdiskfind returns nothing. My ipxe config contains :grmlsan sanboot ${url}/iso/grml32-small_2014.03.iso || goto failed Any hints to boot Grml over sanboot? Jens

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Fw: like it
by check.mh 30 Mär '17

30 Mär '17

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ABOUT: Is Grml still alive ?
by Hans-Joachim Eißner 12 Dez '16

12 Dez '16

What about an Update of the state? Thanks

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clonezilla not working, clock wrong and keyboard issues
by Kai Bosch 11 Nov '16

11 Nov '16

Hi there, i set up grml via grub2 and am booting it with the option to copy the entire medium to ram (so that no physical harddisk is mounted). I need grml for weekly full system backups via clonezilla. However when i run clonezilla, as soon as it tries to use the method "dd" to image a partition, it fails and says that it can't find "partclone.dd". I really have no clue as to why this is happening. when i use clonezilla in my ubuntu host, it works fine. Another problem i have is that the clock is always set wrong by some hours. It also seems to change my bios clock, so that my ubuntu host has to update the clock after every boot. Also when i set a german keyboard layout in the shell and start X, it will not keep that keyboard layout and I'll have to set it again. I'm looking forward to any helpful advice :) Thanks! Kai

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***SPAM*** what about that stuff?
by Michelle Wolff 15 Okt '16

15 Okt '16

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sha1sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match on grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso
by Gregor Zattler 20 Aug '16

20 Aug '16

Hi, I downloaded the daily build two times in a row via wget http://daily.grml.org/grml64-full_testing/latest/grml64-full_testing_latest… http://daily.grml.org/grml64-full_testing/latest/grml64-full_testing_latest… in both cases I had to rename the grml64-full_testing_latest.iso to grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso in order to check the sha1sum which did *NOT* match. $ cat grml64-full_testing_latest.iso.sha1 0fe173c821a9153ed80f754cdd45a7538760167d grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso but $ sha1sum grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso b1d59ce8770d9834c4cc73fffa7fc06e558d65d5 grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso therefore $ sha1sum -c grml64-full_testing_latest.iso.sha1 grml64-full_testing_build1746.iso: FAILED sha1sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match I then downloaded both files again via curl and tested them with same results. Does anybody have the same problem? Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-

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Re: [Grml] systemd
by pils＠fsfe.org 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

> You made Grml for people to be flexible in remastering it? I think > Grml was, and is complete as it is. If I want to add a daemon at > startup I need no systemd to successful remastering Grml. But of > course it is your decision. > > > If you're interested in a Grml flavor *without* systemd you're > > invited to work on that, you might be also interested in picking up > > file-rc as upstream respectively package maintainer (file-rc being > > the init system we relied on so far and where no maintainer seems to > > be present anymore, esp. once both Alex and me will orphan it). > > Thanks for the invitation to maintain Grml with sysvinit. But I will > not have the time to maintain such a big change alone. But as grml is > also listed in > http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#GNU.2FLinux_distributio… > I send a copy of this post to the devuan mailing list. Maybe there > will be someone who is using Grml and interested to keep this systemd > free. > > Regards > Klaus > Systemd is the reason why I dropped GRML as an admin/recovery system, myself. or rather GRML dropped me, as the sytemd version fails on some of my older hardware. I mostly use a custom devuan image these days. Just my 2p. Cheers -- Pierre

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Is grml still alive
by Klaus Fuerstberger 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

Hello, as I could not post a blog comment at http://blog.grml.org/archives/394-Is-Grml-still-alive.html I want to leave a comment to this article here. Many thanks for grml all over the years. Please keep on providing new releases without systemd packages. There is no need for this bloated piece of software for a text based distribution for system admins. Maybe you can base grml on devuan, a systemd-free, debian-based distribution in the future? https://devuan.org/ I am sure that you will get help there if there are any questions. Klaus

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Fw: new message
by Finn Schumacher 05 Mai '16

05 Mai '16

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***SPAM*** Fw: new message
by Finn Schumacher 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hello! You have a new message, please read <http://kmrlure.com/recover.php?zmafe> Finn Schumacher

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Request for IPv6 on deb.grml.org
by Clemens John 02 Mär '16

02 Mär '16

Hi, it seems like there is no IPv6 support for deb.grml.org. Any chances of getting an AAAA record for this domain to have the repository available on IPv6-only hosts? Best wishes Clemens

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GRML Accessibility Features
by Simon Eigeldinger 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Hi all, I just refreshed my rescue cd with the latest grml sid daily. so according to the wiki page at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=accessibility i just have to wait until a musical tune will come up during boot. what i hear is the beep of the boot prompt but the musical tune is missing. ok the document has been last modified in 2013 so there could be have been a lot of changes. could someone please tell me how to start grml using software speech using speakup? should be the old way but it seems it doesn't reach the console. greetings and thanks, simon --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Help booting using iPXE
by Alex Rozenshteyn 05 Feb '16

05 Feb '16

I recently ran into netboot.xyz and, being sad that it didn't support my favorite live distribution filed a feature request <https://github.com/antonym/netboot.xyz/issues/70>. I got an old image I had lying around to boot (specifically, grml64-small_2013.09.iso), but I couldn't get grml64-small_2014.11.iso to boot. When I try (testing in VirtualBox), the startup complains "modprobe: module dm-raid45 not found in modules.dep" and about module "echi-orion" and gets stuck at an initramfs prompt with the message "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system". Booting the same iso directly works correctly. Any advice?

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some problems in using grml-live
by covici＠ccs.covici.com 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi. I want to make a grml cd with some kernel changes and adding some packages. Now, I am using a system based on Jessie, but I want to build based on sid. I tried to install the linux-header package, but it would not install saying it needed kbuild4.1 which cannot be installed. Also, I tried to install the linux-source-4.1 package, but ehe .xz file is broken (unrecognized file format) when using tar Jxvf . How to solve these problems? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici(a)ccs.covici.com

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Re: [Grml] some problems in using grml-live
by covici＠ccs.covici.com 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Here is the contents of the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d # grml-live override repository: deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-live main deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-live main # stable Grml repository: deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main # testing/developer Grml repository: deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main deb-src http://deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > hi. see that repository is not my own. it is from grml.org. > grml have lots of repositories. > i can help if you print or publish your log what url or repositories are in > your sources.list > regards from são paulo, brazil. > > 2016-01-17 0:08 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > When I tried to run > > apt-get install linux-source-4.1 > > from your repository, I get a file which will not unpack. What do I > > need to do to fix this problem? > > > > gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > sorry but i do not have permission to write files. please fill an issue > > of > > > broken url. what is url of broken file? could you publish log file of > > > messages and erros? > > > > > > 2016-01-16 23:11 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > > > > > Can you fix the linux-source-4.1 tar ball so its not broken? Right now > > > > when I do the apt-get install I get a file I cannot unpack. > > > > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If i understand what grml blog say, at moment using grml versions it > > is > > > > not > > > > > possible, until udev regressions solved [1]. but i am not sure 100%. > > > > > imho you could use qemu to play with this tests. more easy is work > > use > > > > some > > > > > gui qemu to test things. > > > > > [1] http://blog.grml.org/archives/2016/01.html > > > > > > > > > > 2016-01-16 20:37 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > I have seen similar posts and read the documentation. But as to my > > > > > > original questions -- can I build a sid based version on a jessie > > box? > > > > > > Also, can you fix the linux-source-4.1 package and explain to me > > how to > > > > > > install the linux-headers package which will not install? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > hi! please have you already see this grml blog with related > > > > information > > > > > > > about new versions [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blog.grml.org/archives/255-grml-live-create-your-own-grml-ISO.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2016-01-15 17:57 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I want to make a grml cd with some kernel changes and > > adding > > > > some > > > > > > > > packages. Now, I am using a system based on Jessie, but I > > want to > > > > > > build > > > > > > > > based on sid. I tried to install the linux-header package, > > but it > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > not install saying it needed kbuild4.1 which cannot be > > installed. > > > > > > Also, > > > > > > > > I tried to install the linux-source-4.1 package, but ehe .xz > > file > > > > is > > > > > > > > broken (unrecognized file format) when using tar Jxvf . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How to solve these problems? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The > > question > > > > is: > > > > > > > > How do > > > > > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > > > > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Grml mailing list - Grml(a)ml.grml.org > > > > > > > > http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml > > > > > > > > join #grml on irc.freenode.org > > > > > > > > grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves > > > > > > > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > > > > > > > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > Alternatives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question > > is: > > > > > > How do > > > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves > > > > > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > > > > > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Alternatives: > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > > How do > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > gilberto dos santos alves > > > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > > > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > Alternatives: > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > -- > gilberto dos santos alves > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Alternatives: > > ---------------------------------------------------- -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici(a)ccs.covici.com

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Re: [Grml] some problems in using grml-live
by covici＠ccs.covici.com 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

When I tried to run apt-get install linux-source-4.1 from your repository, I get a file which will not unpack. What do I need to do to fix this problem? gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > sorry but i do not have permission to write files. please fill an issue of > broken url. what is url of broken file? could you publish log file of > messages and erros? > > 2016-01-16 23:11 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > Can you fix the linux-source-4.1 tar ball so its not broken? Right now > > when I do the apt-get install I get a file I cannot unpack. > > > > gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > If i understand what grml blog say, at moment using grml versions it is > > not > > > possible, until udev regressions solved [1]. but i am not sure 100%. > > > imho you could use qemu to play with this tests. more easy is work use > > some > > > gui qemu to test things. > > > [1] http://blog.grml.org/archives/2016/01.html > > > > > > 2016-01-16 20:37 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > > > > > I have seen similar posts and read the documentation. But as to my > > > > original questions -- can I build a sid based version on a jessie box? > > > > Also, can you fix the linux-source-4.1 package and explain to me how to > > > > install the linux-headers package which will not install? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves <gsavix(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > hi! please have you already see this grml blog with related > > information > > > > > about new versions [1] > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > http://blog.grml.org/archives/255-grml-live-create-your-own-grml-ISO.html > > > > > > > > > > 2016-01-15 17:57 GMT-02:00 <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. I want to make a grml cd with some kernel changes and adding > > some > > > > > > packages. Now, I am using a system based on Jessie, but I want to > > > > build > > > > > > based on sid. I tried to install the linux-header package, but it > > > > would > > > > > > not install saying it needed kbuild4.1 which cannot be installed. > > > > Also, > > > > > > I tried to install the linux-source-4.1 package, but ehe .xz file > > is > > > > > > broken (unrecognized file format) when using tar Jxvf . > > > > > > > > > > > > How to solve these problems? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question > > is: > > > > > > How do > > > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Grml mailing list - Grml(a)ml.grml.org > > > > > > http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml > > > > > > join #grml on irc.freenode.org > > > > > > grml-devel-blog: http://blog.grml.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > gilberto dos santos alves > > > > > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > > > > > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Alternatives: > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > > How do > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > gilberto dos santos alves > > > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > > > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > Alternatives: > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > covici(a)ccs.covici.com > > > > > > -- > gilberto dos santos alves > +55(11)9-8646-5049 > sao paulo - sp - brasil > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Alternatives: > > ---------------------------------------------------- -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici(a)ccs.covici.com

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ssh=password doesn't work
by John G Heim 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

When the syslinux boot screen comes up, am I supposed to type "ssh=password" to start the ssh server? Or is it "grml ssh=password". I've tried both and neither seems to work. I am using grml-full_2014.11.iso. -- John Heim, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu, 608-263-4189, skype:john.g.heim, sip:jheim@sip.linphone.org

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how to enable boot from hd after timeout?
by Gregor Zattler 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Hi grml users, I remastered the grml cdrom in order to backup a windows computer. It should boot Windows form hard disk if the user does not hit any key within a certain amount of time. This is necessary in order to enable remote administration of the windows computer even if the cd rom is in the cd tray. There is this statement: ontimeout chain.32 hd0 0 in isolinux.cfg but instead when the countdown reaches zero one hears a beep and the count down beginns again (for 100 seconds). chain.32 is in boot/isolinux as is isolinux.cfg. Any ideas on how to achive boot from hard drive when no key was pressed? Ciao, Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.-

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Devuan, anyone?
by Pierre 29 Mai '15

29 Mai '15

The rather bold and (AFAIK) unasked for Debian switch to systemd is, to me as a sysadmin, problematic. Debian used to be THE stable sysadmin go-to distro, and now I have to choose between multi-user OR LVM; back to Windows pre-RT it is. In Stable, too. Me is sad panda. Or was I, until I switched my main systems to the kfreeBSD Debian port, and my "explore" systems to Devuan (aka "Debian without the systemd madness"). I have been using grml, as a rescue and analysis system, for a while now. I Keep a copy of the old version with all the cruft and the "cave" background photo just for fun ;-) so I'm all for tradition but seriously, isn't now the time to switch grml to a Devuan base, if only to show that sysadmins aren't quite dead yet? Hugs and stuff, -- Pierre

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grml-live with custom kernel
by John G Heim 05 Mai '15

05 Mai '15

I believe I have successfully built a grml kernel patched for hardware speech synthesizers. I need to get that into grml-live somehow. What I was thinking of doing was to create a local repository and then modifying the FAI configuration for grml-live to install the kernel from my local repository. Is there an easier way? It looks like you can specify files to be copied to your custom grml image by putting them into a directory tree and then pointing the CHROOT_INSTALL parameter at the tree. But there is no easy way to add/remove packages like that, right? I want to make it as easy as possible for me to make a new custom image whenever the grml development team releases a new version of grml.

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new mirror at ftp.icm.edu.pl
by Rafal Maszkowski 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

Is it the right place to ask if you are interested in new GRML mirror? The http://grml.org/download/mirrors/ page redirects to multitude of contacts on http://grml.org/contact/ , none of which is marked as prefered for new mirrors. Anyway - out data are below. Is there any archive you could recomend us to mirror from? I started with rsync://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/grml . FTP: ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/distributions/grml/ HTTP: http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/distributions/grml/ rsync: rsync://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/distributions/grml/ gopher: gopher://ftp.icm.edu.pl/1/pub/Linux/distributions/grml/ Sync schedule: Every 12 hrs Bandwidth: 10 Gbps Location: Poland, Warszawa, Pawińskiego 5A Sponsor: ICM UW, http://www.icm.edu.pl/ IP to authorize if necessary: 193.219.28.2, 2001:6A0:0:31::2 Email contact: sunsite(a)icm.edu.pl R. -- „Walczy on z całym zapamiętaniem przeciwko intelektowi” - z akt personalnych prof. A. Baeumlera

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grml-live
by John G. Heim 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

I want to make myself a custom grml disk that starts the speakup screen reader automatically. I successfully built a grml iso via grml-live but none of my customizations seem to have made it into the iso. The one thing that made it in is that the iso has my own name. Instead of it being grml_0.0-1.iso, it is vigrml_0.0-1.iso. But the hostname and username I set in /etc/grml/grml-live.local did not take. I don't really care too much about that. What I really want to do is to load the speakup_soft kernel module and run the espeakup command as early as possible in the boot process. Debian puts speakup_soft in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and runs espeakup via /etc/rcS.d/S19espeakup. I am familiar with fai so I added a class, VIGRML, to the list of classes in /etc/grml/grml-liv.local. It appears to have worked up to a point. My modified /etc/nitramfs-tools/modules file made it onto the grml-chroot. But the module is not loaded when I boot from the iso so I am going to say it did not make it into the initramfs. So this leads me to my next question ... What is the proper use of the grml-live command to tell it to run the fai scripts, then generate an initramfs, then build an iso? I suspect that it cannot be done. I am guessing grml-live installs initramfs-tools and builds the initramfs and *then* runs the fai scripts. So my fai script to put the /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file there was irrelevant. I have to chroot to /grml/grml-live/grml-chroot and rebuild the initramfs via the initramfs -u command. Well, back to the hosthame and username problem... Here is my grml-liv.local: # Local settings for grml-live CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_FULL,AMD64,VIGRML" VERSION="0.0-1" RELEASENAME="grml-live" GRML_NAME="vigrml" HOSTNAME=vigrml USERNAME=vigrml # EOF

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grml virtualbox
by John G. Heim 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

I am trying to create a grml virtualbox virtual machine. My problem is that it hangs during the boot from the live iso image. I'm blind so I can't see the screen but I took a screen shot and ran an ocr on it. The last 2 lines say this: a it ganr sgsten hangs nan, disahie udeu uith buutuptiun "nuudeu . a starting the hutplug euents dispatcher: udeud. When grml is booting, at some point it says something like, "If your system hangs now disable something or other". I am thinking that is what is happening. But the ocr is so bad I don't know what to disable. Can somebody tell me what that whole message says? I created the vm with vboxmanage at the command line. So there might be something wrong with the vm itself. Here is the output from showvminfo if it helps: Name: grml Groups: / Guest OS: Debian (32 bit) UUID: 0c3d9b10-476c-4d44-984c-672223bd593d Config file: /home/john/VirtualBox VMs/grml/grml.vbox Snapshot folder: /home/john/VirtualBox VMs/grml/Snapshots Log folder: /home/john/VirtualBox VMs/grml/Logs Hardware UUID: 0c3d9b10-476c-4d44-984c-672223bd593d Memory size: 1024MB Page Fusion: off VRAM size: 128MB CPU exec cap: 100% HPET: off Chipset: piix3 Firmware: BIOS Number of CPUs: 1 PAE: on Long Mode: off Synthetic CPU: off CPUID overrides: None Boot menu mode: message and menu Boot Device (1): DVD Boot Device (2): HardDisk Boot Device (3): Not Assigned Boot Device (4): Not Assigned ACPI: on IOAPIC: on Time offset: 0ms RTC: local time Hardw. virt.ext: on Nested Paging: on Large Pages: off VT-x VPID: on VT-x unr. exec.: on State: running (since 2015-04-17T02:38:37.290000000) Monitor count: 1 3D Acceleration: off 2D Video Acceleration: off Teleporter Enabled: off Teleporter Port: 0 Teleporter Address: Teleporter Password: Tracing Enabled: off Allow Tracing to Access VM: off Tracing Configuration: Autostart Enabled: off Autostart Delay: 0 Default Frontend: Storage Controller Name (0): SATA Controller Storage Controller Type (0): IntelAhci Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0 Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 30 Storage Controller Port Count (0): 30 Storage Controller Bootable (0): on Storage Controller Name (1): IDE Controller Storage Controller Type (1): PIIX4 Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0 Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 2 Storage Controller Port Count (1): 2 Storage Controller Bootable (1): on SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/john/grml.vdi (UUID: 660b5876-7d75-4c46-93a1-53b448acbfb5) IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/john/Downloads/grml32-full_2014.11.iso (UUID: eef9e9b9-0bd1-44c9-b94b-d07b190d09c6) NIC 1: MAC: 0800273EB948, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none NIC 2: disabled NIC 3: disabled NIC 4: disabled NIC 5: disabled NIC 6: disabled NIC 7: disabled NIC 8: disabled Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard UART 1: disabled UART 2: disabled LPT 1: disabled LPT 2: disabled Audio: enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: SB16) Clipboard Mode: disabled Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled Session type: GUI/Qt Video mode: 1024x768x16 at 0,0 VRDE: disabled USB: disabled EHCI: disabled USB Device Filters: <none> Available remote USB devices: <none> Currently Attached USB Devices: <none> Bandwidth groups: <none> Shared folders: <none> VRDE Connection: not active Clients so far: 0 Video capturing: not active Capture screens: 0 Capture file: /home/john/VirtualBox VMs/grml/grml.webm Capture dimensions: 1024x768 Capture rate: 512 kbps Capture FPS: 25 Guest: Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB OS type: Debian Additions run level: 0 Guest Facilities: No active facilities.

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Persisteny feature not working
by Michael Hekel 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

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Remove dmraid package from GRML?
by Eric Thirolle 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

I noticed the following error printed to console during bootup of my custom GRML Live CD: modprobde: module dm-raid45 not found in modules.dep I did a bit of research into this module, and found it is called "dmraid" in the Debian package repositories. This package is available for wheezy/jessie, but not installed by default. However, "dmraid" *is* included in GRML's FAI classes: # grep -R dmraid /etc/grml/fai/* /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRML_XL:dmraid /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRML_MEDIUM:dmraid /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRML_SMALL:dmraid /etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRML_FULL:dmraid The dmraid package is responsible for support for so-called "ATARAID", which is RAID for IDE drives provided by a number of old hardware RAID cards (details here: https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/dmraid & https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ataraid&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD… ). Given how old this RAID driver is... should dmraid be removed from the GRML FAI classes? Or is there something else that needs to be done to correct the "module dm-raid45 not found in modules.dep" error on the custom Live CD? Thanks! Eric

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