First Release Candidate of Grml version 2012.05 released

Hi,
so we did it again, the first release candidate of the upcoming version 2012.05, code-named 'Ponyhof' was just released.
For detailed information about the changes between 2011.12 and 2012.05 have a look at the official release announcement:
http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2012.05-rc1/
Several tools that have been reported to be missing on the downsized 2011.12 release have been re-added. This release also brings the grml-small flavour back to life.
Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use 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 end of May.
regards, -mika-

On 17/05/2012 20:37, Michael Prokop wrote:
Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use 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 end of May.
Hi Michael,
Seems bnx2 firmware is missong. I did try it on a Dell R510 (poweredge). Only the addin NICS were recognized (not the onboard ones).
Cheers,
Laurent

* Laurent CARON [Tue May 22, 2012 at 05:23:30PM +0200]:
On 17/05/2012 20:37, Michael Prokop wrote:
Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use 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 end of May.
Seems bnx2 firmware is missong. I did try it on a Dell R510 (poweredge). Only the addin NICS were recognized (not the onboard ones).
Verfied, thanks a lot for the bugreport, I'll re-include the firmware in the next version of the Grml linux-image again.
regards, -mika-

On 25/05/2012 13:10, Michael Prokop wrote:
- Laurent CARON [Tue May 22, 2012 at 05:23:30PM +0200]:
On 17/05/2012 20:37, Michael Prokop wrote:
Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use 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 end of May.
Seems bnx2 firmware is missong. I did try it on a Dell R510 (poweredge). Only the addin NICS were recognized (not the onboard ones).
Verfied, thanks a lot for the bugreport, I'll re-include the firmware in the next version of the Grml linux-image again.
Hi Michael,
Another issue.
mdadm is either too old or too new. It doesn't allow creating bitmaps on arrays with 1.2 style superblocks.
Cheers.
Laurent

* Laurent CARON [Fri May 25, 2012 at 03:41:28PM +0200]:
Verfied, thanks a lot for the bugreport, I'll re-include the firmware in the next version of the Grml linux-image again.
Another issue.
mdadm is either too old or too new. It doesn't allow creating bitmaps on arrays with 1.2 style superblocks.
Does upgrading mdadm to v3.2.4-1 via running the following commands on Grml 2012.05-rc1:
echo "deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian unstable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list apt-get update apt-get install mdadm
fix this issue?
regards, -mika-

On 25/05/2012 16:18, Michael Prokop wrote:
- Laurent CARON [Fri May 25, 2012 at 03:41:28PM +0200]:
Verfied, thanks a lot for the bugreport, I'll re-include the firmware in the next version of the Grml linux-image again.
Another issue.
mdadm is either too old or too new. It doesn't allow creating bitmaps on arrays with 1.2 style superblocks.
Does upgrading mdadm to v3.2.4-1 via running the following commands on Grml 2012.05-rc1:
echo "deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian unstable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list apt-get update apt-get install mdadm
fix this issue?
I did in fact take the mdadm binary from another linux system (squeeze) with success.
Any other mdadm version should make it since this is a known bug.
Cheers,
Laurent

* Laurent CARON [Fri May 25, 2012 at 05:18:30PM +0200]:
On 25/05/2012 16:18, Michael Prokop wrote:
mdadm is either too old or too new. It doesn't allow creating bitmaps on arrays with 1.2 style superblocks.
Does upgrading mdadm to v3.2.4-1 via running the following commands on Grml 2012.05-rc1:
echo "deb http://cdn.debian.net/debian unstable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list apt-get update apt-get install mdadm
fix this issue?
I did in fact take the mdadm binary from another linux system (squeeze) with success.
Any other mdadm version should make it since this is a known bug.
Ok great, thanks.
I pinged Michael Tokarev (uploader of recent mdadm versions in Debian), he might upload the new 3.2.5 upstream release to Debian/unstable later today.
regards, -mika-

* Laurent CARON [Fri May 25, 2012 at 03:41:28PM +0200]:
mdadm is either too old or too new. It doesn't allow creating bitmaps on arrays with 1.2 style superblocks.
Addon, I stumbled upon http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=673104
So AFAICT we want to see mdadm 3.2.5 in our Grml stable release, can someone maybe verify that?
regards, -mika-
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