release-decisions, packaged kexec-tools and several updates
We decided to release grml 0.5 as soon as the config-framework is “finished” (I’m still working on it). In the meanwhile kernel 2.6.13 should be released. 2.6.12-grml is working quite well on grml-small, (the still unreleased) grml-usb and grml(-large). SMP is causing some troubles with cpufreq and ACPI :-(( - so it will be deactivated in the next release. BTW: Tobias is doing a great job with packaging udev (currently version 0.065) for the grml-system, thanks to him! Yesterday I packaged kexec-tools so we can test it with 2.6.13 as soon it is available. As usual it’s available in the grml-repos.
Yesterday I wrote a small script named grml2usb to install a grml-iso to an usb-stick. The script should work on any linux-system and reduces the necessary manual steps. Testing and feedback welcome! Several updates, bugfixes and improvements have taken place in grml-autoconfig, grml-scripts and grml-etc. And I just implemented the bootoption ‘startx’ so grml can boot directly into the X window system using grml-x.
grml2hd-utils 0.1 available
grml2hd-utils is a collection of some scripts which might be useful for people who installed grml to harddisk. For example remove-packages-server is a script which will remove server packages on your grml-system, useful for people who want to use grml as a plain workstation-system. grml2hd-utils itself is a frontend for the provided scripts. Just take a look at it (it’s available via the grml-repos) and report feedback. Suggestions for additional scripts you would like to see are welcome too of course.
integrity of grml-packages via apt 0.6
I just activated the integrity-testing of grml-packages via the apt-0.6-mechanism. See the debian-section in the grml-wiki for further information.
plans for upcoming releases
I’m busy working on the new grml-config-framework. As soon as it’s finished and work on 2.6.12-grml too I’ll release grml 0.5. To make the progress more transparent I created a new page in the grml-wiki: ‘Plans for upcoming releases’ - there you will also find a list of packages which will be removed in the upcoming release. Please let us know if you think a package should not be removed. If you have any special wishes just write it down in the wiki-wishlist-page.
packaged minised
I just packaged minised (a smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation), as usual it’s in the grml-repos.
packaged ncp and nat-traverse
I packaged ncp (a utility for copying files in a LAN) on request by wuehlmaus a few days ago. Today I packaged nat-traverse (establish connections between nodes behind NAT gateway). You can find them in the grml-repos.
working on grml-usb
grml-small (the 50MB-ISO) is already available, now I’m working on grml-usb. The goal is to provide a grml-ISO with less than 250MB which fits on a 256MB usb stick. Please provide feedback which tools you would like to see on grml-usb. Take a look at the package list to see what’s current status.
some more modules for 2.6.12-grml
While doing kernelrelated work I just built packages for lufs, fuser, eagle-usb, thinkpad and vaiostat against 2.6.12-grml. Again, get them from the usual place. (BTW: I just created a new category for the develblog named kernel.)
ivtv-module and utils for 2.6.12-grml
Someone requested the ivtv-kernelmodule for grml-kernel and I just built the necessary packages (thanks to Eduard Bloch for his source-packages). As I do not have the necessary hardware any testing is welcome of course. Get the ivtv-package at the usual place.
grml-small 0.1 available
I’m proud to be able to announce ‘grml-small 0.1’ with codename ‘Zugschlus’ (because it was inspired by Marc ‘Zugschlus’ Haber.) It’s a ~50MB-ISO which fits on a business card CD-ROM. For more details take a look at the release announcement. Please report feeedback!
wiki available
Thanks to Jimmy, we now have the grml-wiki available online (wiki.grml.org). Please share you knowledge and contribute!
devel release grml 0.4-2
We have another devel release for grml-developers and beta-testers: grml 0.4-2. Main features are:
- kernel 2.6.12-grml including several additional modules (see grml.org/kernel-devel/) and an updated udev-package (version 060) [thanks to Tobias!]
- replaced hotplug with hotplug-light
- new grml-autoconfig infrastructure Now I’ll finish my work on grml-small and hope to be able to upload grml-small 0.1 really soon…. (hmpf)
kernel 2.6.12-grml up and running
Release 0.4-1d is running here with kernel 2.6.12-grml now. The patchset includes:
iteraid.allinone
reiser4_2.6.12_allinone
patch-2.6.12.1
squashfs2.1-patch
linux-2.6.11-mppe-mppc-1.3.patch
1900_pci-driver-typo.patch
1905_mm-BUG.patch
2100_e1000-spinlock.patch
4900_speakup-20050622-dsd.patch
4901_speakup-parport.patch
4505_vesafb-tng-0.9-rc6-r2.patch
4330_svw-broadcom.patch
4325_promise-pdc20619.patch
4320_promise-pdc2037x.patch
4305_dm-bbr.patch
4300_via-vt6410.patch
3c509-device-support.patch
2300_qla2xxx-initialization.patch
2305_sata-bridge-lockup.patch
grml_logo.diff
Kernel 2.6.12-grml and several modules are available online.
packaged heirloom-sh
I just packaged heirloom-sh - a portable variant of the traditional Unix shell. It has been derived fromOpenSolaris code and thus implements the SVR4/SVID3 level of the shell.As usual it’s available in the grml-repos, feedback welcome.
new grml-autoconfig, several other updates
I uploaded the new grml-autoconfig-framework to the grml-repos. The configuration itself (/etc/grml/autoconfig) provides documentation, some more docs might follow. Now grml-firefox is a seperate package for /etc/skel/.mozilla which provides a preconfigured firefox-environment with some useful extensions (new added: ShowIP and ConQuery). Several other updates as usual in grml-etc, grml-scripts,…
BTW: The current snapshot of grml-small (grml 50MB-ISO) works quite well so far (running with kernel 2.6.12-grml), I’m locking forward to be able to publish it soon. grml-usb (grml ~240MB-ISO) is also coming closer. Please let me know which software you would like to see in grml-usb!