Sunday, September 29. 2013
Grml - new stable release 2013.09 ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Grml - new stable release 2013.09 availableWe just released Grml 2013.09 - Hefeknuddler. This Grml release provides fresh software packages after the Debian stable release (AKA wheezy) has been released. As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. More information is available in the release notes of Grml 2013.09. Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word! Thanks everyone and happy grml-ing! Wednesday, September 11. 2013
First Release Candidate of Grml ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) First Release Candidate of Grml version 2013.09 releasedWe are proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming version 2013.09, code-named 'Hefeknuddler'! This Grml release provides fresh software packages after the Debian stable release (AKA wheezy) has been released. As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2013.02 and 2013.09 have a look at the official release announcement. 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 the end of September. Tuesday, April 2. 2013
grml-zshrc: new prompt feature Posted by Michael Prokop
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Grml developer Frank 'ft' Terbeck did great work for grml-zshrc to get better customization options for the zsh prompt. We just uploaded grml-etc-core v0.8.0 to our grml-testing repository and want to mention three blog articles by Frank regarding this new prompt feature:
The new grml-etc-core release also provides a rewrite of the way keybindings work. Please consult /usr/share/doc/grml-etc-core/NEWS.Debian.gz for further details regarding the new prompt and keyboard handling. If you notice any problems please report a bug or just show up in #grml on freenode and talk to us.
Thursday, February 28. 2013Warning: broken grml96-full_2013.02.iso downloadThere was a "broken" grml96-full ISO on our mirrors for a few hours. All our checksum files as well as the signature files are OK, just the file grml96-full_2013.02.iso has a few different bits, resulting in a file which doesn't correspond to the expected checksum. Note: the broken ISO doesn't do any harm (it even boots) but you should still grab the correct one. We've updated the grml96-full_2013.02.iso file but it might take a few hours until it's propagated to all our mirrors. To check whether you're affected execute 'md5sum -c grml96-full_2013.02.iso.md5' or 'sha1sum -c grml96-full_2013.02.iso.sha1'. The broken file is: % md5sum grml96-full_2013.02.iso b2ae41161908751c4ba6ac4db0855a70 grml96-full_2013.02.iso % sha1sum grml96-full_2013.02.iso f61a87223ca02482f7f7e8d674c444c40ca91b3a grml96-full_2013.02.iso The known-to-be-good file should return: % md5sum grml96-full_2013.02.iso ceaec04b29f9263e384a54cda8c3bab0 grml96-full_2013.02.iso % sha1sum grml96-full_2013.02.iso c95df860f1c08cd7e82ddeac4918bb29cb3f0b7d grml96-full_2013.02.iso Sorry for the annoyance. Thanks to zeldor for bringing this issue to our attention. Thursday, February 28. 2013
Grml - new stable release 2013.02 ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Grml - new stable release 2013.02 availableWe just released Grml 2013.02 - Grumpy Grinch. This release brings the Grml tools towards the upcoming Debian stable release (AKA wheezy), provides up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. More information is available in the release notes of Grml 2013.02. Grab the latest Grml ISO(s) and spread the word! Thanks everyone involved and happy grml-ing! Monday, February 18. 2013First Release Candidate of Grml version 2013.02 releasedWe are proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming version 2013.02, code-named 'Grumpy Grinch'! This release brings the Grml tools towards the upcoming Debian stable release (AKA wheezy), provides up2date hardware support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml release. For detailed information about the changes between 2012.05 and 2013.02 have a look at the official release announcement. 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 February. Wednesday, June 6. 2012New Grml developer: Markus Rekkenbeil
We're proud to be able to announce that Markus 'bionix' Rekkenbeil just joined the Grml team. Welcome in the team, Markus!
Tuesday, May 29. 2012
Grml - new stable release 2012.05 ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comment (1) Trackbacks (0) Grml - new stable release 2012.05 availableWe just released Grml 2012.05 - Ponyhof. Thanks for all the feedback we received for our 2011.12 release, we took it serious and hope that everyone finds 2012.05 such a wonderful release as we consider it to be. There were some changes between 2012.05-rc1 and the new stable release. The most important ones are:
As you might notice the grml-small flavour came back. So it's two flavours (grml-full + grml-small) and two architectures (x86 + amd64) now. The grml96 option - which provides the x86 and the amd64 version on one single ISO (grml96 = grml32 + grml64) - is available for your service as well. We want to thank all the people involved in this magnificent and awesome release. The Grml Developers, our Contributors and all the other people involved in this release. More information is available in the release notes of Grml 2012.05. Now download the latest Grml ISO and spread the word! Thursday, May 17. 2012First Release Candidate of Grml version 2012.05 releasedWe are proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming version 2012.05, code-named 'Ponyhof'! For detailed information about the changes between 2011.12 and 2012.05 have a look at the official release announcement. 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. Wednesday, May 16. 2012
New Grml developer: Evgeni Golov Posted by Michael Prokop
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We're proud to be able to announce that Evgeni 'Zhenech' Golov joined the Grml team as developer. Welcome in the team, Evgeni!
Thursday, February 23. 2012
Grml featured in Linux User 03/2012 Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Grml featured in Linux User 03/2012
The german Linux User magazine provides an article about Grml, including an interview with Grml developer Mika and the Grml 2011.12 release shipped on DVD. Grab the Linux User 03/2012 edition while it's fresh! :)
Tuesday, January 17. 2012We want you!Recently two Grml developers sadly left our development team. Christian Hofstaedtler and Gerfried Fuchs, we wish you all the best - thanks for all your work within the Grml community! Now you might be wondering how you could become a Grml developer. We're happy to announce grml.github.com, a place which should get interested people ready to contribute without much headaches. Please help us making Grml an even better kick ass solution! Tuesday, December 27. 2011
10 reasons why you should use Grml ... Posted by Ulrich Dangel
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Comments (10) Trackbacks (0) 10 reasons why you should use Grml instead of …With the release of Grml 2011.12 we were regularly asked what distinguishes Grml from other Live-CDs. The following items lists some reasons why you should consider using Grml instead of another Distribution for Installation&Rescue :
What are your reasons using Grml instead of other Live CDs? What are you missing from Grml? Friday, December 23. 2011
Grml - new stable release 2011.12 ... Posted by Ulrich Dangel
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Grml - new stable release 2011.12 availableI am proud to announce our Christmas Gift to the community. We just released Grml 2011.12 - Knecht Rootrecht, just in time to put it under the Christmas tree. Download the latest Grml ISO and spread the word. There were quite a lot of changes between RC1 and the new stable release. The most important ones are:
One flavour, two architectures, three options (grml32, grml64, and grml96). I want to thank all the people involved in this magnificent and awesome release. The Grml Developers, our Contributors and all the other people involved in this release. Friday, December 23. 2011
Create a Grml ISO image with your ... Posted by Ulrich Dangel
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Create a Grml ISO image with your own ssh keys for password less loginIn this article we will show you how you can leverage grml-autoconfig to create a Grml ISO which will automatically start an ssh server and use your own ssh keys instead of the traditional password based login. This allows Grml to be used not only for interactive rescue operations but also for remote or automated setups. Starting with Grml 2009.05 we streamlined the support of hooking into our boot-process in grml-autoconfig thanks to the patches from Marc 'Zugschlus' Haber. Now it is possible to execute arbitrary scripts, unpack archives or install packages at startup not only directly from the Live CD but also from partitions. This allows you to create customized Grml Images with ease without the need to modify the squashfs image (usually known as remastering). In this example we will add the necessary files directly onto the ISO image but you can also use a USB stick instead. Please make sure you read the grml-autoconfig manpage The first step is to create a directory which will contain all the additional files to be copied onto the ISO image. In this example we use /tmp/grml_overlay/ mkdir /tmp/grml_overlay The next step is to create an archive containing the ssh keys. For this step you need either fakeroot or run the commands as root. This will create an archive named /tmp/grml_overlay/config.tbz containing all the files we created in our directory. Please make sure to replace the cp command with your own ssh keys. As we used fakeroot in this example you can manipulate file permissions without the need to run these commands as root.TMPDIR="/tmp/grml_config" cd "$TMPDIR" || mkdir "$TMPDIR" && cd "$TMPDIR" fakeroot mkdir --parent root/.ssh home/grml/.ssh chmod 0700 root/.ssh home/grml/.ssh cp /home/uli/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root/.ssh/authorized_keys cp /home/uli/.ssh/id_rsa.pub home/grml/.ssh/authorized_keys chown -R 1000:1000 home/grml tar --numeric-owner -j -c -f /tmp/grml_overlay/config.tbz . Now we have everything what's needed prepared and can just run grml2iso and specify the additional boot parameters as well as the overlay directory. This will create a modified Grml ISO named my_grml.iso and add the bootparameters config ssh to all the existing boot-entries and copy all files from the /tmp/grml_overlay directory onto your modified ISO image. With the config parameter grml-autoconfig will automatically unpack config.tbz at bootup which contains our ssh keys. The ssh parameter will automatically start the ssh server and set a random password for the grml user. But as we deployed our ssh keys we don't care about the password anyway. For a list of all boot parameters have a look at the Grml cheatcodes.grml2iso -b "config ssh" -c /tmp/grml_overlay -o my-grml.iso ./grml64_2011.12.iso During startup of Grml you will notice some additional log messages indicating the unpacking of your created archive. This shows that everything works like intended. Combining different boot parameters in Grml like config and ssh allows you to create customized and tailored distributions for your own needs without having to dig into the remastering process. With the availability of tools like grml2usb and grml2iso you can easily create customized tools based on Grml without the need to develop everything from scratch. We showed how you can leverage grml2iso to create a Rescue CD based on Grml with ssh keys for remote login. |
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