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RE: grml repositories
by T o n g 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

> where are grml repositories? Silly me. Found right at: http://grml.org/files/ and http://deb.grml.org/ -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml-live, grml_small & REMOVE_DOCS
by T o n g 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Hi, quick question: Is the control file for class REMOVE_DOCS released in grml-live v0.0.8? I found the class in /usr/share/grml-live/buildd/grml-live_autobuild_grml-small_sid.sh thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Request for Kernel
by Josh Lawrence 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hello all, Last weekend I talked to some of the grml devs about building my own kernel with Ingo Molnar's rt-preempt patch, CONFIG_HZ=1000, and fully-preemptable kernel turned on. (Additionally I was hoping to use the linux-live scripts (www.linux-live.org), which require aufs + squashfs to be built into the kernel.) So far, I have failed. I would like to request that someone much smarter than me in the grml team do this and make it an available kernel in the grml repos. Or, if you could provide me some additional help (tutoring, perhaps) with building a kernel with these features in "the grml way", I would be happy to do the work and contribute back to the grml community. For context, my primary goal is to have a liveCD competely customized for me to use on gigs with the various groups I play with. For example, this liveCD would be very, very lean, would have all of my patches, synthesizers, etc. already programmed and ready, plus any scripts I might use, etc. Thank you, -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

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back to file-rc
by martin yazdzik 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Dear M and friends, In order to test out a version of hplip for a new set of peripherals, I had to remove file-rc, which I have back now. How do I make the system boot using runlevel.conf again, so I am back in control? Best, M

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Daily builds of grml available
by Michael Prokop 18 Okt '07

18 Okt '07

Hi! I'm proud to be able to announce the availability of daily snapshots of grml. This service is based on the grml-live framework (see http://grml.org/grml-live/ for details) and besides a new grml flavour we are currently working on (known as grml-medium) we also provide Debian/stable based grml-ISOs for the first time to the public. All the flavours are available in a 32bit version as well as a 64bit version, so you can choose from 12 different ISOs at total on a daily base. More details are available at: http://grml.supersized.org/archives/269-Daily-grml-snapshots.html The daily snapshots can be found at: http://daily.grml.org/ Enjoy grml! 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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[Grml 1.0] cannot boot anymore after upgrade
by Ja Bu 03 Okt '07

03 Okt '07

Hi all, I am quite new to GRML (and Debian/Knoppix based distributions). However, I have some experience with other Linux distris. So recently I got a virtual appliance with Grml installed already. One of the first things was to use apt-get (first attempt) and aptitude (second attempt) to upgrade all upgradable packages. The results was the same: I could not boot anymore. The only thing that appears is 'GRUB' without any further error message. I have spent two days already to figure out what happens. I have seen reports about similar errors when updating ubuntu versions. The reason was a switch from hdX to sdX (and a mismatch of the UUIDs). I checked all that: UUIDs are fine. And even with the device names the symptoms are the same. I then tried to reinstall GRUB. The installation process yielded no errors (the menu.lst and the device map are fine). Nevertheless I get the same error :-( Then I thought: Maybe it's only a GRUB problem and tried LILO. With lilo I get some more information, but also the boot process stops very early. I get error messages about some modules that cannot be loaded. (I currently have no access and, thus, cannot type the exact error message here.) I am wondering whether this has something to do with the linux-kernel-header-grml package which apt-get/aptitude were keen to remove? I am also wondering: I surely am not the only one who ever upgraded a GRML 1.0 system, or? Did noone ever encountered a similar problem? I appreciate every hint which might bring me closer to a solution of this most annoying problem. Thanks in advance, Jan http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 7 million members!

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Re: Re: [Grml] [Grml 1.0] cannot boot anymore after upgrade
by Ja Bu 03 Okt '07

03 Okt '07

Hi Mika, > > ---- > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold [...] > > ii udev 0.103-1grml2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon > > You are sure, that this is the output of the affected grml2hd > installation? This would be interesting. :) I did a chroot /mnt/sda1 (where I had previously mounted the affected grml installation) and then entered the dpkg command that you have sent. So I assume that should be the correct output, shouldn it? Is there room for mistakes? > > Here is lilo.conf (which I currently use): [...] > > => the hard disk is really sda (the only existing partition is sda1) > > Ok, so just replace the: > append="grml_from_hd root=UUID=ffb575cc-c8df-4063-e0f8cb6aff03 " > with > append="grml_from_hd root=/dev/sda1" That worked! Thanks a lot!! > You can edit the commandline of grub interactive (just press 'e', > then edit the according line(s) and after pressing 'enter' to > activate the changes, finally boot the entry using 'b') as well. When booting the corrupt system I do not even see a menu. It is not possible to enter anything since as soon as 'GRUB' appears the system hangs. But that doesn't matter now since with LILO everything works fine. Thanks again. Best regards, Jan http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 7 million members!

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Re: Re: [Grml] [Grml 1.0] cannot boot anymore after upgrade
by Ja Bu 03 Okt '07

03 Okt '07

Hi Mika, first of all, thank you very much for the fast reply. I guess you know how frustrating it can be to spend many hours on a problem and finally ending up with no idea how to go on. So I was very glad to find your reply in my inbox so soon :-) > The last 1-2 lines of the output would be interesting. Here are the error messages when booting with LILO: ---- [....] No root-on-loop configured, skipping Begin: Loading MD modules ... Failure: failed to load module linear. Failure: failed to load module multipath. Failure: failed to load module raid0. Failure: failed to load module raid1. [....] Success: loaded module raid456. [...] Failure: failed to load module raid10. Done. Warning: missing mdaadm.conf file, trying to create one... Segmentation fault Done. Begin: Waiting for root file system... ... ---- > Can you please provide the output of: > dpkg --list mdadm lvm2 initramfs-tools lilo grub udev > of the system? (Just boot grml live and chroot into your system) ---- Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii grub 0.97-19 GRand Unified Bootloader ii initramfs-tools 0.85c tools for generating an initramfs ii lilo 22.6.1-9 LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can loa ii lvm2 2.02.06-3 The Linux Logical Volume Manager ii mdadm 2.5.6-6 tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software ii udev 0.103-1grml2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemon ---- Here is lilo.conf (which I currently use): ---- lba32 prompt timeout=50 map=/boot/map vga=normal boot=/dev/sda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml label="2.6.20-grml append="grml_from_hd root=UUID=ffb575cc-c8df-4063-e0f8cb6aff03 " read-only vga=0x0317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-grml ---- => I left out only the other sections and the bootscreen related lines => I tried also without boot screen => I checked that all the files mentioned above do really exist => the UUID is the correct one (checked with Ubuntu live CD) => the hard disk is really sda (the only existing partition is sda1) Here is the current menu.lst (after removal of comments etc): -> this one is the one with /dev/sdX: ---- default 0 timeout 10 title Debian GNU/LInux, kernel 2.6.20-grml root hd0,0 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=791 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-grml savedefault ---- => as I said: I also found detailed descriptions how to install grub manually which I followed exactly (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Installing-GRUB-natively) => the result was the same (only 'GRUB' being displayed before the system was hanging) -> this is the only change of the original menu.lst with the UUIDs: ---- [... same lines as above ...] kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-grml root=UUID=ffb575cc-c8df-4063--e0f8cb6aff03 ro vga=791 ---- In your third mail you wrote: > Just verified it on my own: root=UUID=... still/again does not work > with initramfs-tools. So just use root=/dev/... on your grub cmdline > in the meanwhile to boot your system, I'm debugging the problem.... I already did that in the case of grub (see modified menu.lst above). The result is the same. Or did I miss a step somewhere? After changing the menu.lst do I have to do any additional steps? (I think I reinstalled grub after that, but I am not sure.) By the way: I got the GRML virtual appliance from: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/899 (I don't know whether the distributor modified the VMachine in the meantime.) Thanks again for your help. Hope you can guide me how to resolve that problem. Best regards, Jan http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 7 million members!

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Error attempting to install grml-live
by Charles Hewson 02 Okt '07

02 Okt '07

Hi All, I am using ; deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib no n-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib no n-free in /etc/apt/sources.list as I am in Seattle. I get the following error when I try to install grml-live; Selecting previously deselected package squashfs-tools. (Reading database ... 126198 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking squashfs-tools (from .../squashfs-tools_1%3a3.2r2-8_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/squashfs-tools_1%3a3.2r2-8_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/mksquashfs.1.gz', which is also in package squashfs Selecting previously deselected package fai-client. Unpacking fai-client (from .../fai-client_3.2.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package fai-server. Unpacking fai-server (from .../fai-server_3.2.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package grml-live. Unpacking grml-live (from .../grml-live_0.0.2_all.deb) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/squashfs-tools_1%3a3.2r2-8_i386.deb localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 188K E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) apt-get install grml-live 15.62s user 7.19s system 3% cpu 10:38.00 total Thank, Charles ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/

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grml-live: build framework based on FAI for generating a Linux Live system
by Michael Prokop 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi, I'm pleased to be able to officially announce grml-live. grml-live is a build framework based on FAI¹, which provides the infrastructure to create a grml and Debian based Linux Live-CD. One single command and if everything goes fine you'll have your own live-cd. :) grml-live should work on any Debian based distribution and as it uses /etc/grml/fai as main configuration directory it should not clash with any other FAI packages. The Debian package of grml-live is available via grml's pool: http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/g/grml-live/ grml-users (and everyone else using deb.grml.org inside sources.list) can get it via 'au ; agi grml-live'. :) Current sources are available from the mercurial repository: http://hg.grml.org/grml-live/ The documentation and some more details can be found at the grml-live webpage: http://grml.org/grml-live/ I appreciate any feedback, feature requests, bugreports and of course patches. :) ¹ http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ 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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