integrity of grml-packages via apt 0.6

Published on July 26, 2005

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

Published on July 20, 2005

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

Published on July 19, 2005

I just packaged minised (a smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation), as usual it’s in the grml-repos.

packaged ncp and nat-traverse

Published on July 18, 2005

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

Published on July 10, 2005

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

Published on July 7, 2005

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

Published on July 7, 2005

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

Published on July 5, 2005

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

Published on July 5, 2005

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

Published on July 3, 2005

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

Published on June 27, 2005

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

Published on June 26, 2005

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

Published on June 25, 2005

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!

delayed grml-small

Published on June 21, 2005

I decided to delay grml-small for a few days. A “light version” of kernel 2.6.12-grml is already part of the grml-small-ISO. I now want to include the new grml-autoconfig framework and therefore I need some more time. Sorry for that, but expect a rocking grml-small. ;-)

kernel 2.6.12-grml