grml development blog

Gebi and me packaged zfs-fuse for Debian/grml. ZFS is an advanced modern general-purpose filesystem from Sun Microsystems, originally designed for Solaris/OpenSolaris. zfs-fuse is a port of ZFS to the FUSE framework for the Linux operating system. Just get the debian package from grml-testing pool or just wait for grml 1.0. :-)

I just uploaded a new version of grml-debootstrap to the grml-testing pool providing many new features. One nifty feature is setting variables via commandline. This allows you to install Debian with just one command and 2 keystrokes(!) (one 'y' for starting execution of grml-debootstrap and another one for setting the password of user root, this can be automated as well of course if you want to). I just installed a plain Debian system via running:

# grml-debootstrap --target /dev/hda2 --grub hd0 --groot hd0,1

But that's not all. You can install a plain Debian system full automatic(!) via bootoption debian2hd. I just did a full automatic installation with grml-debootstrap 0.7 and grml-autoconfig 0.6.39 running on grml-small via booting with:

debian2hd target=/dev/hda1 grub=hd0 groot=hd0,0 mirror=ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian password=foobar

Not a single keystroke behind the commandline on the bootprompt. Rocking! :-)

I was working very hard the last few days, the result is a bunch of new develreleases. The stable releases are coming closer now, I've just to write the release notes and find artwork for the new releases (want to contribute? let me know!) first. Quoting the main changelog for the new develreleases:

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Main changelog for grml:

  * updated kernel 2.6.20-grml based on 2.6.20.6

  * updated libc6 (2.5)

  * updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15

  * several fixes, including the ones mentioned on
    http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_devel

  * LaTeX: switch from tetex to texlive

  * grml-debootstrap is aware of stages (canceling is possible now),
    supports lenny (additionally to Etch of course) now as well

  * grml-x: use of evdev, please test it with all your mouses and
    report whether it works or not!

  * tons of other nifty updates/addons/... I've to dig through the
    changelogs first.... :)

Removed packages since grml 0.9:

  aircrack classpath classpath-common classpath-gtkpeer cpp-3.3 ddd
  debsig-verify doc-base emacspeak ethereal ethereal-common gcc-2.95
  gcc-3.3 gcc-3.3-base glibc-doc grml-btnet grml-kerneladdons-2.6.18
  grml-sysvinit gs-gpl jamvm java-common kdoc latex-ucs
  libavahi-core4 libbind9-0 libclamav1 libcman1 libdlm1 libdns21
  libexiv2-0.10 libgcj-common libgtk-perl libgulm1 libinklevel3
  libisc11 libisccc0 libisccfg1 liblwres9 libncurses5-dev
  libnet-pcap-perl libnet-perl libnids1.20 libpam-opie libqdbm14
  libreadline5-dev librudiments0.29 libsasl2 libsqlrelay-0.37
  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libtorrent9 libuclibc0
  libxmltok1 linux-wlan-ng linux-wlan-ng-firmware lout lout-common
  lufs-utils lvm-common lvm10 madwifi-doc misdn-utils mutt-ng
  muttprint nxclient olsrd-plugin openafs-client openafs-krb5
  opie-server postgresql-client-8.1 prosper python-clamav
  python-jaxml python2.3 samdump scapy simh tclx8.3 tesseract-ocr
  tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra tethereal tftp-hpa tftpd-hpa
  tk-brief unionfs-utils unzsplit valgrind wellenreiter wmi
  xen-tools xen-utils-common xlibmesa-gl zsplit

Added packages since grml 0.9:

  advchk array-info ascii2binary atftpd blktrace bluetooth-alsa cbm
  clive concalc cryopid dnsproxy dvb-utils fatresize funionfs
  gaffitter gatling gems genisoimage grml-desktop
  grml-kerneladdons-2.6.20 grml-pylib icedax ii imsniff keyutils
  kqemu-common kvm mcabber mtp-tools ncc newsbeuter odt2txt
  olsrd-plugins oss-compat pdfcube perl-tk pnputils podget
  postgresql-client-8.2 python-scapy python-urwid recordmydesktop
  samdump2 scalpel sigit smbnetfs speedometer texlive-base
  texlive-base-bin texlive-common texlive-doc-base
  texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-base
  texlive-latex-recommended treil tss uncrustify urlscan vde2
  vinetto xserver-xorg-input-aiptek xserver-xorg-input-elo2300
  xserver-xorg-input-elographics xserver-xorg-input-evtouch
  xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen xserver-xorg-input-joystick
  xserver-xorg-input-penmount xserver-xorg-input-void xwatchwin zzuf
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Main changelog for grml64:

  * Tons of updates, fixes,.. updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15

  * Added several 32bit compability libs, so now working 64<->32bit
    should work really fine.

  * Removed LaTeX, due to space reasons.
=======================================================================

=======================================================================
Main changelog for grml-small:

  * updated to kernel 2.6.20-grml-small (based on 2.6.20.7)

  * updated libc6 (2.5)

  * tons of fixes.... including the issues ones mentioned on
    http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_devel

  * updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15

  * merged all relevant code from big grml[tm]
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Last chance to take part in the grml user survey. It's running until 15th april 2007. Please help us improving grml!

A new full-featured version of 2.6.20-grml (revision grml.04) is available in the grml-testing pool. It's based on 2.6.20.6 and I plan to use it as stable kernel for the new develrelease grml 0.9-7, the upcoming grml 1.0-rc1 and the final stable version as well if everything works as expected. It's already integrated within my latest devel-ISO and I'm working on the last few issues on the todolist. Expect to get a new develrelease within the next few days.... Same applies to grml64 and grml-small as well... Now going back to work...