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grml autoconfig and kvm network
by T o n g 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hi, Whenever I use the '-net user' kvm command-line option, the guest grml will not have the eth0 device. According to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Networking ,----- | By default, if you enable the usermode networking using the '-net | user' command-line option, the guest OS will get an IP address in | the 10.0.2.0/24 address space and the host OS will be reachable | at 10.0.2.2. `----- However, whenever I use the '-net user' option, there will be no eth0 device. I.e., kvm -net user -boot d -cdrom grml-medium_2010.04.iso This I'll get an eth0 device, and an IP for it. kvm -net user -boot d -cdrom grml-medium_2010.04.iso This I won't get the eth0 device. The /etc/network/interfaces file only contains lo device, no eth0. Is it my kvm problem or grml autoconfig's? FYI, my kvm is just the vanilla one: $ apt-cache policy qemu-kvm qemu-kvm: Installed: 0.12.5+dfsg-3 Candidate: 0.12.5+dfsg-3 Version table: *** 0.12.5+dfsg-3 0 360 http://cdn.debian.net testing/main Packages 50 http://cdn.debian.net unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Please help. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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GRML HD Install is receiving DHCP address, though static is assigned.
by Brandon McGinty 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

List, I've installed GRML on two machines, now. The first went perfectly, updated, everything worked out-of-the-box, and I love it. However, with my second machine, I can't get GRML to allow wlan0 to set a static address (and yes, I have set an address outside of my router's DHCP range). I have changed /etc/network/interfaces to a static address. I have restarted networking, wpa_supplicant, and the machine, and have tripple-checked the interfaces file several times. Eth0's static address worked, and works, like a charm. I have completely commented it out of the interfaces file, to make sure that it was not interfearing with wlan0. In the /var/log/messages file, I noticed a line about Pump being used, though I could find nothing to override or disable it, and no prooff that it was making wlan0 use a DHCP address. Any suggestions you all can provide would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Brandon McGinty

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need help fast sta
by martin yazdzik 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Dear friends at grml, Please forgive the need for something quick, but I have no wired connexion here and need some help. I have have downloaded, I think, the .debs for the broadcom sta driver to my home folder. I need to install grml, after two years, because I did something stupid. Fortunately, my home directory in on separate partition, so how do I: a: install grml while keeping that partition as home? (Had I the internet more than a few minutes a day I could google this stuff...sorry.) b. include the sta drivers as part of the installation. Last time I simply used ndiswrapper, but that was a while ago. If that still works, then I can go that route, but I cannot remember offhand if I can do a complete GRML install and not need a wire ever. c. I am presuming the nvidia drivers still work with grml, and there is not a kernel version that borks that. I inadvertently installed something without really reading it(yes, you make attack my stupidity, I deserve it). I need, as I work in the arts, the very latest flash viewers and so on, but one of the updates to squeeze needed udev which needed a kernel, so instead of thinking, I am now in Panama with no real laptop. Any help to get me into gnome with all my apps via sta, with 3d working would mean a lot. I am supposing that sta is not included on the cd, and, no, ubuntu is not for me, thanks anyway. Thanks again to all of you, Martin Fronti nulla fides.

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grml2usb, syslinux and mtools on debian squeeze
by Michael Gissing 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hi list! I'm using grml2usb (0.9.25) from grml repo on a Debian Squeeze system. grml2usb fails with the message Installing syslinux as bootloader sh: mcopy: not found syslinux: failed to create ldlinux.sys That's because syslinux package in Debian Squezze just 'suggests' mtools package. I filed a Bug in Debian BTS requesting syslinux at least to recommend mtools package but it was closed... (Bug#594331 [1]) Maybe grml2usb could catch this error and give a more user friendly explanation why the command failed. greetz, Michael [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594331

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kernel upgrade
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hello, i am using a germl squeeze with kernel 2.6.31-grml on my asus netbook 1005ha-m. Now i want to install a newer kernel 2.6.33-grml as secodn kernel. I have installed all the modules and the kernel with the aptitude command. After that i have done a update-initramfs -u -t -k 2.6.33-grml, grub2 i have configured. But the kernel will not start the system. I use speakup, so i can not see, what the monitor will display, bevor espeakup iststarted. Must i do a depmod for the new installed kernel? Is there a script included in grml, that will upgrade a kernel automaticaly? Regards. Dietmar

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Announce: Expected downtime of grml.org and further services on 2010-09-09
by Michael Prokop 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hi, due to a server migration at our provider the grml.org website and a few services will experience an expected downtime, from: 9th of september 2010, 22:00 CEST / 20:00 UTC until 10th of september 2010, 9:00 CEST / 7:00 UTC The affected services will be: http://grml.org/ http://ml.grml.org/ http://deb.grml.org/ http://bts.grml.org/ http://git.grml.org/ http://paste.grml.org/ jabber://jabber.grml.org Please note that mails sent to any grml.org mailaddress will be delayed. *Not* affected are the grml user mailinglist and the following services: http://wiki.grml.org/ http://grml.supersized.org/ http://twitter.grml.org/ http://twitter.com/grmlproject http://identi.ca/grml http://daily.grml.org/ http://planet.grml.org/ #grml IRC channel on freenode Please notice that a mirror of the main website grml.org is available at http://grml.deb.at/grml-www/ and a mirror of the repository (http://deb.grml.org/) is available at http://debian.netcologne.de/www.grml.org/deb.grml.org/ If the downtime will be longer than expected we'll be providing updated information through the available channels (grml user mailinglist, twitter/identi.ca and IRC being #grml on freenode). regards, -mika-

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grml-rebuildfstab does append instead of replace
by T o n g 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi, Each time I call rebuildfstab, the newly built entries are added to my / etc/fstab, instead of replacing the old ones. Here are my last lines (from ancient grml), do I need to update it? Thanks # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below because they are auto- generated by rebuildfstab! # If you want to disable rebuildfstab set CONFIG_FSTAB='no' in /etc/grml/ autoconfig! # Added by GRML -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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manual grml to hd - read only root fs
by T o n g 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi, I did a simple rsync -aHSx --devices --specials / $new_os_mnt/ instead of grml2hd. All seems fine just that the root fs is still mounted read only. what's the trick to turn rsync'ed grml hd image into a normal system, which mounts root fs rw, and mounts other fstab entries as well? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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[OT] Google Calendar problem
by T o n g 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

Hi, Anyone else is experiencing problem with Google Calendar as well? What's your solution? Thanks PS. >From my gmail pannel: Google Calendar Ooops! "Google Calendar" failed to load. Try again >From a separated window: ------------------------------------------------- The page isn't redirecting properly Iceweasel has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. * This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies. ------------------------------------------------- -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml-live questions
by T o n g 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi, How is grml-live officially used to create daily snapshot CDs (for amd64 grml-small & grml-medium)? I did a test run, but got some error at the end. How can I fix it and get an ISO created? Thanks PS. Detailed logs: mount -o remount,suid,dev,rw /dev/shm grml-live -o /dev/shm -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,amd64 -s sid grml-live [0.9.41~git]: check your configuration (or use -F to force execution): FAI classes: GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,amd64 main directory: /dev/shm Chroot target: /dev/shm/grml_chroot Build target: /dev/shm/grml_cd ISO target: /dev/shm/grml_isos Grml name: grml Release name: grml-live rocks Build date: 2010-07-14 Grml version: 0.0.1 Debian suite: sid Architecture: amd64 Boot method: isolinux Template files: /usr/share/grml-live/templates Logging to file: /var/log/grml-live.log Is this ok for you? [y/N] y . . . Calling task_finish Ramdisk on /dev/shm/grml_chroot/var/lib/dpkg umounted Wed Jul 14 01:10:22 EDT 2010 The dirinstall took 571 seconds. /dev/shm/grml_chroot/var/lib/dpkg is not a mounted ramdisk. Calling task_savelog End of /usr/sbin/fai * Rebuilding initramfs [ ok ] * Error: there was a critical error during execution of stage 'fai dirinstall' * Note: check out /var/log/fai/grml/last/ for details. [exit 2] [ !! ] $ tail -12 /var/log/fai/grml/last/fai.log Executing shell: GRMLBASE/97-apt-listchanges GRMLBASE/97-apt-listchanges OK. Executing shell: GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot FAILED with exit code 9. Executing shell: GRMLBASE/99-finish-grml-build GRMLBASE/99-finish-grml-build OK. Calling task_finish Ramdisk on /dev/shm/grml_chroot/var/lib/dpkg umounted Wed Jul 14 01:10:22 EDT 2010 The dirinstall took 571 seconds. /dev/shm/grml_chroot/var/lib/dpkg is not a mounted ramdisk. Calling task_savelog $ tail /var/log/fai/grml/last/shell.log (Reading database ... 17063 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libsigc++-2.0-0c2a ... Purging configuration files for libsigc++-2.0-0c2a ... Removing libxapian15 ... Purging configuration files for libxapian15 ... * /boot/config- not available. $KERNEL not set to correct value? [ !! ] GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot FAILED with exit code 9. ===== shell: GRMLBASE/99-finish-grml-build ===== GRMLBASE/99-finish-grml-build OK. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Using grml to build a stacked Debian Live system
by T o n g 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hi, These are what grml users had been asking/longing for: On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:32:01 +0100, Lars-Erik Helander wrote: > Regarding the persistence solution, I think I would rather like to have > a solution where the installed packages are not forced to be loaded into > main memory - as I understand that the live-snapshot would do, or ...? > Do grml have some toolchain that will allow me to either add stuff to an > existing squashfs or have the system "union mount" additional squashfs > files? * Michael Schierl <schierlm-public <at> gmx.de> [20061105 19:15]: > . . . I want to carry around as few disks > as possible. So I thought if it is possible to splitting the squashfs > image into two images that are merged by unionfs, where the smaller > one contains a basic system that includes all stuff from grml-small > (which may be larger than 50MB, but as small as possible) and have a > cheatcode to load only the small part into ram (and not use the large > part at all). I do not know if this is feasible . . . but the answer isn't available up until now -- now, you can build a stacked Debian Live system with the help of aufs + grml tools. But why "stacked" you may ask first. If grml is build on top of grml-medium, which is build on top of grml-small, then putting all 3 flavor on the same USB would not cost you more than one CD space, whereas currently it almost need two. Another great advantage is that, I never need to remaster my live system any more just for my own customization -- putting my extra stuff in is just as simple as putting in several modules. My live-usb always contains the latest tools/docs of my own, without going through the live system remastering process. I had about 7 layered modules that I build for slax and I just put them on top of grml. It works perfectly. Further, with stacked live system, you can, for the first time, load grml-small into ram (or grml-medium depending on your ram size), and leave the rest on USB/CD. Most importantly, it'll be much faster. Suppose your stacked live system is layered like the following: 1. All console tools 2. Xorg + lightweight window manager + essential X tools like gparted 3. Heavy weight desktop system (Gnome/Kde) 4. Occasionally used applications (KOffice/Latex) If you limit your self to only certain tasks (say console-only hacks), then you only need a limited number of modules to be loaded; all other modules are not loaded on start up. hence it will start faster, use less ram, and cause applications to run faster. Moreover your CD drive will only seek in a small area (instead of all across the whole CD). You don't even need to load it to ram if the loaded modules can be completed cached by the kernel. This significantly improves the speed. On the other hand, you can enjoy the full fledged desktop applications if you want to, from the very same CD. OK, enough "selling". Let's see how it can be achieved using aufs + grml tools. I'll use the scenario that grml-full is build on top of grml-medium, which is build on top of grml-small as the example. 1. Use aufs to create the stacked framework. The first command creates necessary directories, and the 2nd creates a stacked aufs file system, of which /grml/grml-layers/grml-work is the RW working branch. In this aufs file system, if a file is not available in grml-full, aufs looks in grml-medium, else in grml-small. mkdir -p /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ /grml/grml-layers/{grml-full,grml-medium,grml-small,grml-work} mount -t aufs -o br=/grml/grml-layers/grml-work=rw:/grml/grml-layers/grml-full:/grml/grml-layers/grml-medium:/grml/grml-layers/grml-small none /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ 2. Use grml-live to build the first layer. CLASSES='GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,RELEASE,AMD64' ARCH=amd64 grml-live -a $ARCH -c $CLASSES . . . 3. Now the first layer, grml-small, is available under /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/, which is the mount point of the aufs file system. We need to move the content from RW layer to the lower /grml/grml-layers/grml-small layer. Note that the final umount and mount is recommended after the move, because the inode number may be changed. aubrsync move /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot /grml/grml-layers/grml-work /grml/grml-layers/grml-small umount /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ !mount 4. Install the next layer. This time grml-debootstrap is used instead, to install all grml-medium packages on top of the current chroot system. grml-debootstrap --verbose --arch amd64 --target /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ . . . 5. Now grml-medium is available under /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/. Again, we need to move and reflect all modifications from upper to lower layer. This time is to grml-medium: aubrsync move /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot /grml/grml-layers/grml-work /grml/grml-layers/grml-medium umount /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ !mount 6. Repeat step 4 and 5 to finish grml-full. 7. Create squashfs filesystem ln -s grml.squashfs /grml/grml-live/grml_cd/live/grml_small.squashfs mksquashfs-lzma /grml/grml-layers/grml-medium /grml/grml-live/grml_cd/live/grml_medium.squashfs -b 256k -lzma mksquashfs-lzma /grml/grml-layers/grml-full /grml/grml-live/grml_cd/live/grml_full.squashfs -b 256k -lzma 8. Create stacked squashfs filesystem. I'm using grml-full as an example. Under /grml_cd/live/, create a file, say grml-full.module, in which contains: grml_small.squashfs grml_medium.squashfs grml_full.squashfs 8. Make it bootable. I'm using grub as an example. In the kernel line, use the following. Note the grml-full is the file you just named without the .module extension. kernel ... live-media-path=/live module=grml-full 9. Put them on USB and test it. That's it. Note, the above is for illustration purpose only. Substitute with your own CLASS or path please. PS. mika, if you want, please send me the wiki access info to my bts email address, I can put the above into wiki. Thanks

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The class grml-live concept
by T o n g 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hi, >From man page: "For example if you want to use your own class named "FOOBAR" just set CLASSES="GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386" inside /etc/grml/grml-live.local or invoke grml-live using the classes option: "grml-live -c GRMLBASE,GRML_SMALL,I386,FOOBAR …"." - 1st, I think ",FOOBAR" is missing from the first "CLASSES=" - 2nd, my question, if I want to use my own class named "FOOBAR", ie, CLASSES="GRMLBASE,FOOBAR,I386" would /etc/grml/fai/config/class/FOOBAR.var file allow me to config things like UTC=yes, TIMEZONE=xxx? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml_2010.04 and NVIDIA card support
by T o n g 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hi, How well are NVIDIA cards supported in grml_2010.04? I saw that NVIDIA binary kernel modules are compiled up to nvidia-kernel-2.6.31-grml64, not to 2.6.33 that grml_2010.04 uses. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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pick invalid ones from package list
by T o n g 26 Jul '10

26 Jul '10

Hi, I'm wondering what's the best way to pick invalid package names from a package list. I am keeping a package list of my installed packages, but over the time, package can be retired, obsoleted, or simple increase in version in its name. I just want to pick out all those invalid ones. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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About grml bootid
by T o n g 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Hi, Can somebody explain the newly introduced bootid option? I know, bootid is used "for verifying the ISO through bootid=.... bootoption" and the logic behind bootoptions and possible combinations: * bootid.txt + wrong bootid=... => fails to boot * bootid.txt + right bootid=... => boots * bootid.txt + ignore_bootid => boots * bootid.txt + no bootid=... + no ignore_bootid => fails to boot * no bootid.txt + no bootid=... + no ignore_bootid => boots * no bootid.txt + bootid=... => fails to boot * no bootid.txt + ignore_bootid=... => boots I mean to ask, - what exactly does the bootid stand for? - how does the file /conf/bootid.txt generated? - how would bootid work with integrating multiple-grml on the same USB? Is there somewhere to read more about it? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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dmesg is empty
by T o n g 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hi, IIRC, the /var/log/dmesg file is empty when booting into grml. Can anyone confirm this? How can I fix it so that my device info is retained? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml_2010.04 and aufs-tools
by T o n g 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Hi, May I know why grml_2010.04 dropped the aufs-tools package? It's not big but provides stackable file-systems. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml-live, how to hold back packages
by T o n g 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

Hi, How can I use a specific version of package (instead of the latest one) when building with grml-live? Side question, current grml uses aufs-tools version 0+20090302, whereas the current aufs-tools version is 20100601-1. Is there anywhere I can find this aufs-tools version 0+20090302 that is used to build grml? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Help with a new complex installation
by Ernesto Domato 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hi list, I was trying to install a stable release of Debian on a new server but I've found that the default kernel that comes with the official installer doesn't recognize the SATA controller that the motherboard has because it seems that is a board newer than the kernel. Then, I've booted the computer with a grml64 and it recognize well the controller and the two SATA disks attached to it. The two SATA disks are of the same type and size. I would like to use Raid1 for redundancy and LVM2 to manipulate the space and add of additional disks easily. I would also like to use XFS to test it since for what I read it's better than reiserfs and ext3 for journaling and performance. So, could you help me with this?. Reading about grub2, it can recognize RAID1, LVM and XFS partitions, but I don't know if it can do it if I use them all together for the "boot" directory. So, on the partition part, should I use a small (128Mb) RAID1+ext3 partition for the "boot" directory containing the initrd file and then the rest with RAID1+LVM+XFS?. How can I use grml to perform all this and have a stable Debian working on this server with this configuration?. Thanks for all. Ernesto

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grml als iscsi target
by Schorsch 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hallo zusammen, ich möchte grml-Monster (i386) dazu bringen meine HD (/dev/sdc) im Netzwerk per iscsi anzubieten, bekomme aber immer die Fehlermeldung im syslog: grml ietd: can't create a target 2 0 Ich habe: /etc/default/iscsitarget bearbeitet: ISCSITARGET_ENABLE=true /etc/ietd.conf Target grml-iscsi:storage.sdc Lun 0 Path=/dev/sdc,Type=blockio Alias ISCSI-Target HeaderDigest CRC32C DataDigest CRC32C dann habe ich den Dienst gestartet mit: /etc/init.d/iscsi start bzw. auch mal restart Mache ich das was falsch, wenn ja, was. Oder liegt der Fehler woanders? Gruss, Schorsch

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HD write protected and grml rescue mode
by T o n g 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Hi, I get HD write protected warning when launching testdisk. As the aftermath, testdisk can't update the MBR: write_mbr_i386: starting... Store new MBR code file_nopwrite(4,1,buffer,0(0/0/1)) write refused write_all_log_i386: starting... write_all_log_i386: CHS: 9436/0/1,lba=151589340 file_nopwrite(4,1,buffer,151589340(9436/0/1)) write refused I never have such hard disk being write protected warning/error before. How can I fix it? Is it because of I'm running grml in rescue mode? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grub2 loopback feature
by Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! I'd like to use the loopback feature of grub2 to boot a grml iso-image that resides on a USB drive. Is there a way to make grub jump to the existing /boot/grub/grub.cfg in the ISO and show its contents as a submenu? I am thinking about something like: /boot/grub/grub.cfg on USB drive: -------------------- 8< -------------------- menuentry 'GRML' { iso_path=/iso/grml_2010.04.iso bootid=grml201004 export iso_path export bootid loopback loop $iso_path set root=(loop) configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg } -------------------- 8< -------------------- Unfortunately, when selecting the menuantry above, my box reboots. When trying the same on the grub commandline, it reboots at "set root=(loop)". So root=loop doesn't seem to be supported... On the other hand, "configfile (loop)/boot/grub/grub.cfg" perfectly jumps to grmls boot menu. But when using this approach, I guess some support in grml's grub.cfg would be needed so that grub can correctly locate the image files. (Maybe a $loop variable prepended to all filenames in grmls grub.cfg, which is conditionally set to "(loop)"?) Any other hints? Cheers, --leo -- e-mail ::: Leo.Bergolth (at) wu.ac.at fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050 location ::: IT-Services | Vienna University of Economics | Austria

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get source package from unstable
by T o n g 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Hi, How can I get source package from unstable when in squeeze? $ apt-get source util-linux /t unstable Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done W: Ignore unavailable target release 'grml' of package 'util-linux' E: Unable to find a source package for $ apt-get source util-linux /tunstable Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done W: Ignore unavailable target release 'grml' of package 'util-linux' E: Unable to find a source package for Why is that? FYI, get a specific version (from unstable) works: $ apt-cache policy util-linux util-linux: Installed: 2.17.2-3 Candidate: 2.17.2-3 Version table: *** 2.17.2-3 0 50 http://cdn.debian.net unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.16.2-0 0 360 http://cdn.debian.net testing/main Packages $ apt-get source util-linux=2.17.2-3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Need to get 5378kB of source archives. Get:1 http://cdn.debian.net unstable/main util-linux 2.17.2-3 (dsc) [1481B] . . . Please help. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml2usb installation structure consideration
by T o n g 19 Jun '10

19 Jun '10

Hi, I've just submitted a feature request named grml2usb installation structure consideration at http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue874 I'm soliciting your comments are a normal user. Here is the repost of the content of the feature request. Currently, grml2usb install to the destination pen drive with the structure like this: . . . ./live/grml-medium/grml-medium.squashfs ./live/grml-medium/filesystem.module ./boot/release/grmlmedium/linux26 ./boot/release/grmlmedium/initrd.gz ./boot/syslinux/defaults.cfg ./boot/syslinux/grml.png ./boot/syslinux/hd.cfg ./boot/syslinux/isolinux.cfg ./boot/syslinux/grml_medium_default.cfg . . . I.e., every aspect of boot component has been seamlessly mingled into proper places. This is one way to arrange things, proper things go to their respective proper places (referred as plan-A afterward). However, I hope that the installation structure can take another approach -- all files go into a single directory, say /os/grml-medium-2010.04/ for example (referred as plan-B afterward). Here is my view of plan-B and plan-A: - directory structure. plan-B: self contained. plan-A: complicated, distro-specific related files spread arosss multiple directories. - organization: straightforward vs mixed-up. Use /boot/syslinux/ for example, plan-B contains only files originally from syslinux, nothing else, whereas plan-A contains files from all different flavours. - management: easy vs hard. Use deleting a flavour for example, plan-B just need to use a single command to remove (/os/grml-medium-2010.04/); plan-A: so complicated to do it manually that it is better to write another script to do it. - cooperate ability. relaxed vs strict. For example, when I want to try a new grml (beta) release, plan-B allows me to try it out parallel at /os/ grml-medium-newdate/ via for plan-A, the only way is to overwrite the version that I've been accustomed to and left with something risky. Please consider, Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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bug report from grml-medium
by Tong Sun 09 Jun '10

09 Jun '10

Hi, How to do bug report from grml-medium? I mean, I can't paste into link2, and I don't want to re-type everything character by character. Does anyone know some small-footprint browser that can let me paste into web forms? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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