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Installing grml on usb stick
by Peter 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Hi I wanted to suggest some minor modifications to the instructions concerning the usb stick installation. I found that in order to install grml-medium-2008.11 , I had to adjust the lines in red. I also added some requirements that might not be available , when your build environment is not grml ( I suppose $medium can be replaced with the other flavors but I have not verified ): aptitude install syslinux # syslinux 3.71 or later must be available on your GNU/Linux system <http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/liveusb.php> aptitude install dosfstools # to get mkfs.vfat * Get the grml iso * Mount the iso loopback (e.g. mount -o loop grml_small_0.4.iso /mnt/grml-iso) * Make FAT16 filesystem on the usbstick (e.g. mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1) * Create a disklabel (e.g. dosfslabel /dev/sda1 GRML) * Mount the usbstick (e.g. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/external1) * Copy everything to the usbstick (e.g. cp -r /mnt/grml-iso/* /mnt/external1). * Move all files from /mnt/external1/boot/isolinux/ (mv /mnt/external1/boot/isolinux/* /mnt/external1) and the files linux26 and the minirt.gz (since grml1.1: initrd.gz!) from the directory named like the grml-flavour (/boot/grml, /boot/grmlmedium, /boot/grml64,...) to root of usb-stick in /mnt/external1, mv isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg #I am not sure if this is required, though <http://www.livecd.ethz.ch/usbdisk.html> * the files linux26 and initrd.gz must remain in boot/grmlmedium # this is what is said in syslinux.cfg * Umount the usbstick and the grml-iso * Run syslinux on the usbstick (e.g. syslinux /dev/sda1) * Check if the usbstick has an valid mbr, else dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sda (mbr.bin is in the syslinux package, usually installed in /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin) * may need to set the bootable flag using parted (or fdisk) disk layout: /mnt/external1: addons f1 .. isolinux isolinux.bin syslinux.cfg ldlinux.sys live/ filesystem.module grml-medium.squashfs boot/grmlmedium initrd.gz linux26 Pleases let me know , if I am wrong of if there are better ways to do that ( I know, there is grml2usb, but I want to be sure to understand what's going on) Thanks Peter

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ASUS EEE pc
by Josh Lawrence 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi list, Just took possesion of a brand-new ASUS EEE pc. Nice box, but it's currently running Windows, and I'd like to have grml on it. In researching this issue late last week, I ran across two posts, one that said that grml supports the EEE, and another that said that it would be "the next release" until it is supported. While I don't mind getting my hands dirty, I'd prefer not to have to compile any kernel stuff due to time constraints. Long story short, does the EEE work out of the box with the current grml release? Thanks all, Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

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Audio issues with grml HD installation
by Michael Whapples 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hello, I have been using GRML installed to a HD for a few months now but have started to notice that recently the audio does not always start up (it sometimes works without issue but quite a number of times in the last week it hasn't). When the audio fails to start it seems to be that the modules have not been loaded and using modprobe to load the modules and "alsactl restore" brings it back as it should be. Some info about the system: Motherboard is an Asus p4pe with the soundmax onboard sound card (snd_intel8x0 is the module for this card). I also have a terratec dmx 24/96 (module snd_ice1712) installed in the system. When the sound fails to start neither card has its modules loaded. I hope this is enough system specs. My questions are: How can I confirm whether this is a hardware issue or software issue? Should I be adding the snd_intel8x0 and snd_ice1712 modules to /etc/modules or can I rely on grml's autodetection of hardware? Any other suggestions as to the cause of the problem? One thing which I can't imagine causing the problem but I feel worth mentioning as it differs from the norm, is I use speakup (www.linux-speakup.org) and recently I switched to using the speakup_apollo module (from the software synthesiser module for speakup started with boot cheatcode swspeak) for an apollo synthesiser connected to ttyS0, although I am haven't noticed any correlation between starting using speakup_apollo and the sound issue (however this is through not paying attention to exactly when I first noticed the sound issue). Any help would be welcomed. Michael Whapples

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Re: [Grml] Remastering grml
by Peter 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Charles Hewson wrote: > Hi, > Have you looked at GRML-LIVE ? I have been using it on 2008.11 for some time and most of what I recall of this thread you would just edit a list of packages. > > Hi, Thanks to all - I should definitively start to read the _TOP_ of web pages and also start to use FAI now :-) Peter

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Remastering grml
by Peter 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi I am not sure that I understand the instructions for remastering the grml live cd ( old method, not FAI). The man page for grml-live says: Please use squashfs-lzma-tools 3.3.1 if you want to remaster release 2008.11 of grml. I want to remaster the medium flavor. As far as I can see from uname -a , grml 2008 is kernel 2.6.26. However, here <http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/>it is said that only version 2.6.27.6 is officially supported. Also , I was wondering, if this instruction does still apply to grml 2008.11 wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/squashfs/squashfs2.2-r2.tar.gz $ tar xvzf squashfs2.2-r2.tar.gz $ cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build $ patch -p1 --dry-run < /usr/src/squashfs2.2-r2/linux-2.X.Y/squashfs2.2-patch In short, I am asking, what is the recommended way to remaster grml 2008.11 with grml2008.11 as build environment ? Thanks for your help Peter

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Poll: PATA vs. LIBATA
by Michael Prokop 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hi, the grml team wants to collect feedback regarding the recent switch from PATA to LIBATA. PATA? LIBATA? * PATA provides the old IDE subsystem (/dev/hdX), considered as legacy code. * LIBATA is the new subsystem (/dev/sdX) with new features, but some old IDE systems might not work with it. Please participate in the poll! => http://doodle.com/vr75tpe4a2p6mwvt We highly appreciate and need your feedback. Thanks! regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc

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cdrecord devices
by T o n g 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, The evolving of cdrecord/wodim and its device specification have been convoluted enough for me to get lost on how to use its devices. My current cdrecord command is the "real one" from grml: $ apt-cache policy cdrecord cdrecord: Installed: 9:2.01.01-1~a50 Candidate: 9:2.01.01-1~a50 Version table: *** 9:2.01.01-1~a50 0 683 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status cdrecord -scanbus suggests to us the ATA interface, so I export CDR_DEVICE=ATA:2,0,0 but when try to access the device, I get: $ cdrecord -toc Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a50 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling scsidev: 'ATA:2,0,0' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: 2 target: 0 lun: 0 Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface. cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/hd*'. Cannot open or use SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. $ cdrecord -scanbus . . . 0,7,0 7) * scsibus2: 2,0,0 200) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX195E1 ' 'ZYS5' Removable CD-ROM . . . What's the proper way to specify devices for cdrecord? I'm using recent GRML64 daily build snapshot. Does above have anything to do with ATA being disable in grml kernel? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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IP address
by Josh Lawrence 26 Mär '09

26 Mär '09

Hello everyone! Problem: I need to be able to assign a static address to my network card. Last night I encountered a problem with network settings in grml. Initially, I thought that I had to edit /etc/networking/interfaces to set my network properties, but that did not work. After doing some research on Google, I found a post from someone asking a similar question, and he was told too look at grml-tips udev, so I looked at that. I see that I am supposed to create a udev rule in /etc/udev/network.rules, but it doesn't tell me how to go about setting static, dhcp, etc. Where am I going wrong? Thank you, Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

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Regarding the use of Pump over DHCPCD
by Keith Hinton 24 Mär '09

24 Mär '09

Hi all, I wanted to ask why grml uses pump and not DHCPCD (latest bleading edge version of course) In my experience when testing grml (compared to Gentoo) or Arch Linux (both of wich use DHCPCD) GRML connected with horribal slowness to my wireless network when broadcasting for an available IP-address.. It would sleep for 60 seconds took over 5 seconds before it connected. I compared this by running DHCPCD on Arch Linux, Gentoo, etc, that use the DHCPCD program. I found no comparason. DHCPCD whins over pump. Regards, --Keith

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How well dos grml work on laptops now?
by Keith Hinton 23 Mär '09

23 Mär '09

Mika, your wiki page on laptops hasn't been updated for a while. Could you address anything like: How to turn off the built-in LCD display etc? I'm currently hosting GRML on Windows because so many Linux accessibility solutions don't work. I'm also testing it that way because I can bridge GRML to my net card on Windows, and evn though it's wireless, my router sees an etherneted PC. I gave up using GRML natively due to a large amount of technical applicaitons, that are not accessible. Has nothing to do against GRML Regards, --Keith

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