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Advocate GRUB for DOS (Grub4Dos)
by T o n g 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi, I saw that there are recent discussion about the linld boot loader. For a versatile and feature-rich boot loader, I recommend Grub4Dos. So far, seems to me that the GRUB for DOS is still a hidden treasure that most people haven't realized its beauty and power. Please don't be confused by its name, GRUB for DOS, Grub4Dos is actually the best GRUB boot loader so far until GRUB2 is able to catch up with Grub4Dos's features and get mature enough. In a nutshell, it is advanced GRUB that - is 100% compatible with gnu grub 0.97 - so it is a given to have multiple levels of submenus. This is ideal to put multiple distros into the same disk, while keeping and maintain each distros' boot menu individually, instead of having a humongous root menu to gulp everything. - actively developed and maintained instead of feature-frozen - can use nice boot up graphics without patching - can be used as the boot loader for both CDROM and HD, which means * no more disjointed modules (Isolinux/Syslinux) any more * no need to endure the limitation of Syslinux from Isolinux any more * no need to develop separate methods to boot from CDROM and HD installation any more - can chainload Isolinux (when used as bootable cd-loader), Syslinux, BCDW, EZBOOT (EasyBoot), etc. - can be put in and boot from both Linux and Windows major partitions * the ideal boot loader for Slax and its derived distros that can reside in both Linux and Windows partitions * no need to develop separate methods to boot from Linux based or Windows based HD installation any more - can be used from within both Linux and Windows environments - its hybrid executable can be launched from both Linux and DOS/Windows - uses two step booting instead of three so that it is easier to install and will not break even if you rearrange your partitions. - is the only boot loader that can boot up CDROM - can boot up not only floppy disk images but also Hard Disk/ZIP Disk/HDD-USB images - can even boot *straight from* some no-emulation-mode CD .iso files - can use file as well as partition as the source of the ramdisk - can use memdisk devices loaded by inited - can even map a specified range of memory as a ramdisk Ref: GRUB for DOS http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot/GRUB-for-DOS-3507.shtml GRUB for DOS tutorial http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Grub4dos_tutorial GRUB for DOS more detailed examples http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/disk/boot/boot07-GrubForDos/ HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Ralink RT61 support in grml1.1
by Andreas Gruber 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi all! AFAIK, the RT2500 (and others of the RT2X-series) -Wlan-driver is supportet since gml0.9 or earlier by a grml-package. Can You tell me, if there's an package for the RT61-driver of Ralink in grml1.1. At the moment, my notebook uses Debian etch with a PCMCIA-Wlan-card with RT61 - it works, but it was a little bit difficult to manage it. I would be great, to install grml on these notebook. ...and not to forget: grml1.1 - great work - congratulations to the team around Mika! Andi -- _________________________________________________________ Meinen GnuPG-Key finden Sie z.B. bei keyserver.net. Meine Key-ID lautet 0x424B2C57. Business-Contacts: https://www.xing.com/hp/Andreas_Gruber17/

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linld boot options
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 23 Feb '08

23 Feb '08

Hello, i want to boot grml with linld. The grml.squashfs, linux26 and initrd.gz are in /live. The kernel boots up to the prompt "initramfs". But i can not do anything , because swspeak and brltty is not on. With help of a "Gucki" i found out, that the usb-stick ist /dev/sda. Is there a option, that i can say the grml.squashfs is on /dev/sda? I have set the live-media-path=live. Or is there a initrd.gz with brltty, so that i have control over initramfs or the busybox. Regards Dietmar

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JFYI: short downtime of grml-mailinglists
by Michael Prokop 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi, the grml mailinglists will experience a short downtime on this weekend, see the mail of our provider mur.at (timezone is CET): ,---- [ quoting NOC of mur.at ] | tomorrow, saturday, feb. 23. 2008, our fibre channel uplink to the ACO | net will be shut down between 9pm and 12pm due to construction work. our | second uplink should keep us online, though with considerably reduced | bandwidth. | | on sunday, feb. 24. 2008, we will perform a slightly delicate procedure | (software upgrades) for which we will have to temporarily shut down | mail- and web-services in the time between 6pm and 12pm. | | sorry for the inconvenience! `---- Thanks to mur.at for downtime announcment and thanks for hosting. JFYI && regards, -mika-

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grml on usb stick: can not get partition to start at cylinder 1
by Peter 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi I try to get grml_small on a usb stick. thanks to mikas nice blog /http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2006/03/24/booten-vom-usb-stick-fdisk-vs-cfdisk/ I learned that the first partition has to start on cylinder 1. However, when using fdisk or cfdisk , I always get 63 as the value for Start (as Mika has pointed out, the output of fdisk differs from fdisk -l -u , the former showing the value 1 and the latter the value 63) In his blog Mika says: "As soon as I had adjusted the partition ..." But how did he adjust ? Thanks Peter

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debtorrent
by C.M. Brannon 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

I just grabbed the debtorrent package. Is anyone using it? I really like the idea of bittorrent as a distribution method for software packages, since those packages are gpg-signed. -- Chris

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console skype and voice chat
by josh 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hi, Are there console voice chat programs? like a console version of skype and things? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com skype: jkenn337 msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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installing grml with software speech
by josh 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi, Can one install grml using software speech? or do you need hardware speech to run the grml to hard drive installation? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com skype: jkenn337 msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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which iso is the best to install grml 2 hd?
by marco.fisch＠n-ergie.de 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi grml users, which iso is the best to get grml installed to harddisk? i've tried to install grml from live-cd-iso, but during the upgrade process there are a lot of broken packages or better said unreachable dependencies. thanks for ur help. regards Marco --------------------- Windows ist wie ein Lemming... ... es lÃ¤uft planlos in der Gegend rum, um dann gezielt abzustÃ¼rzen.

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/cdrom/scripts not working
by Jon 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Hi mika, Perhaps related to the earlier bootparams issue, I get this after creating scripts/grml.sh on a usb memory stick and booting with the 'scripts' option: * grml script found on CD, executing /cdrom/scripts/*. config_cdrom_scripts:.:4: no such file or directory: /cdrom/scripts/* and the script doesn't execute. Not sure if this is deprecated or not, as you described /cdrom as the 'old directory layout' in issue414. Thanks again.

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