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content/post/1-Welcome-to-the-grml-devel-blog.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:02:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 1-Welcome-to-the-grml-devel-blog
+title: Welcome to the grml-devel-blog
+
+---
+Finally I decided to create a new blog for my activities on [grml](http://grml.org/).

content/post/10-create-a-perl-debian-package.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:02:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 10-create-a-perl-debian-package
+title: create a perl debian package
+
+---
+I wanted to add ACME::Bleach, ACME::EyeDrops and ACME::Smirch to grml. So I had to create my first perl debian packages.
+
+It couldn't be easier:
+
+    % dh-make-perl --cpan Acme::Smirch --build

content/post/100-package-grml-fixes.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:59:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 100-package-grml-fixes
+title: package grml-fixes
+
+---
+I just created a package namend grml\-fixes. From the package description:
+
+> This package includes some fixes for the grml system.
+> There are for example some problems with (upstream/debian)
+> shell scripts and the zsh. Therefor this package fixes
+> them until they are fixes upstream.
+Now we are again a step closer to the big goal to be once able to run 'apt\-get install grml' on a plain Debian system and get a full\-featured grml\-system out of it. :\-)

content/post/101-install-plain-Debian-via-grml.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:59:28 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 101-install-plain-Debian-via-grml
+title: install plain Debian via grml
+
+---
+I just created a new tip named "Install (plain) Debian via grml" [in the grml\-wiki on the tips\-page](http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=tips). It's a short (example) guide how to install a plain(!) Debian system via grml and debootstrap. I just tested it on my box using the current grml\-small\-snapshot. Rocks :\-)

content/post/102-Live-Usability-Tests.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- events
+date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:52:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 102-Live-Usability-Tests
+title: Live Usability Tests
+
+---
+I'm planning to run "live usability tests" with the grml\-system within the next few weeks. grml is mainly used by sysadmins and texttool\-freaks (as those users are the target audience ;\-)). But it seems that a lot of people use grml because "it just works" even though they are neither sysadmins nor texttool\-geeks.grml shouldn't be only a distribution with good hardware recognition and "lots of the right tools" but also be comfortable to use. Running usability tests should help us to improve handling of grml.
+I'm interested in your opinion regarding what kind of tests might be useful for grml. I already wrote down some basic steps but would like to get your feedback.
+Last but not least: I'm searching for people in Graz/Styria who would like to be part of the usability study. It does not matter whether you are a sysadmin or texttool\-user, I'm searching for people from all kinds of background. It won't take longer than 30 minutes per person and you will get one of the limited special\-edition CDs of the grml 0\.5\-release for free.
+Don't hesitate [to contact me](http://grml.org/contact/).

content/post/103-grml-laptop-optimization-grml-laptop.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:49:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 103-grml-laptop-optimization-grml-laptop
+title: 'grml: laptop optimization - grml-laptop'
+
+---
+
+Hardware recognition of grml is quite stable. But there exist are some laptops which require deep woodo and magic to work as intented to. Some laptops provide additional hotkeys and specific resolutions which might not work right out\-of\-the\-box. Therefore I just created the package grml\-laptop:
+
+> grml provides a hardware recognition system right out  
+>  of the box. But some laptops provide special functions  
+>  like hotkeys and specific resolutions. This package  
+>  provides scripts for improving the grml system on such  
+>  laptops.  
+>  .  
+>  If you would like to see some more script(s) as part of  
+>  the package please contribute them!  
+>  http://grml.org/contact/
+I will add a cheatcode laptop\=... for using those scripts. So if you would like to see a script for a specific/your laptop: please contribute!

content/post/104-2.6.13-grml-working-with-unionfs.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- kernel
+date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:51:36 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 104-2.6.13-grml-working-with-unionfs
+title: 2.6.13-grml working with unionfs
+
+---
+Good news! I just booted 2\.6\.13\-grml with unionfs working. Thanks to Dave Quigley and the other unionfs\-guys for their work! That was a very important step for current state of grml. Today (14th of september) we will have a developer meeting in Graz and a new devel\-release should be available really soon now. There's only one release\-stopper left, that's the new config\-framework. People out there: we are coming closer to grml 0\.5\. :)

content/post/105-grml2hd-with-reiser4-support.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:35:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 105-grml2hd-with-reiser4-support
+title: grml2hd with reiser4-support
+
+---
+
+    root@grml ~ # mount
+    /dev/hda1 on / type reiser4 (rw)  
+
+
+Yes, that's grml running on a reiser4\-partition. I had some problems with lilo out\-of\-the\-box but I'm looking forward to get a full working version into grml2hd. :\-)

content/post/106-fullautomatic-grml-installation.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:06:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 106-fullautomatic-grml-installation
+title: fullautomatic grml-installation
+
+---
+I just implemented the code for running grml2hd in full automized mode. This means you can run:
+
+    # GRML2HD_NONINTERACTIVE=yes grml2hd
+
+... drink some coffee and some minutes later \- without any further interaction \- you have a full functional linux system on your harddisk. Configuration of grml2hd is possible via /etc/grml2hd/config. You can even run pre\- and post\-commands to partition your harddisk automatically, run upgrades without interaction or whatever you like.
+Now I will implement a bootoption 'grml2hd' which allows booting and installing grml without any further interaction right out of the box. This means it will be possible to set up a cluster of \- let's say for example \- 30 computers in a computer lab without any further interaction just via using grml with grml2hd and grml\-terminalserver.

content/post/107-grml-vpn.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:44:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 107-grml-vpn
+title: grml-vpn
+
+---
+We just have a developer meeting in Graz and Gebi wrote a script
+namend grml\-vpn. grml\-vpn is a program to establish encrypted
+communication channels in a network. We just tested it and it really
+rocks. :\-) It's very easy to use, take a look at the usage example:
+Gebi (root@gebi) starts grml\-vpn on his laptop with key/passphrase 'test' and uses his and my ip for the encrypted communication channel:
+
+```
+root@gebi # grml-vpn -k test add 1000 192.168.1.104 192.168.1.101
+```
+I (root@mika) am using the same command line on my laptop:
+
+```
+root@mika # grml-vpn -k test add 1000 192.168.1.104 192.168.1.101
+```
+
+To demonstrate that it's working let's use IPsec's setkey command:
+
+```
+root@mika # setkey -D
+192.168.1.101 192.168.1.104  
+        esp mode=transport spi=1000(0x000003e8) reqid=0(0x00000000)  
+        E: aes-cbc  d8e8fca2 dc0f896f d7cb4cb0 031ba249  
+        seq=0x00000000 replay=0 flags=0x00000000 state=mature  
+        created: Sep 22 15:15:02 2005   current: Sep 22 15:19:40 2005  
+        diff: 278(s)    hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)  
+        last: Sep 22 15:15:14 2005      hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)  
+        current: 1488(bytes)    hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)  
+        allocated: 12   hard: 0 soft: 0  
+        sadb_seq=1 pid=20148 refcnt=0  
+192.168.1.104 192.168.1.101  
+        esp mode=transport spi=1001(0x000003e9) reqid=0(0x00000000)  
+        E: aes-cbc  d8e8fca2 dc0f896f d7cb4cb0 031ba249  
+        seq=0x00000000 replay=0 flags=0x00000000 state=mature  
+        created: Sep 22 15:15:02 2005   current: Sep 22 15:19:40 2005  
+        diff: 278(s)    hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)  
+        last: Sep 22 15:15:14 2005      hard: 0(s)      soft: 0(s)  
+        current: 768(bytes)     hard: 0(bytes)  soft: 0(bytes)  
+        allocated: 12   hard: 0 soft: 0  
+        sadb_seq=0 pid=20148 refcnt=0
+```
+
+
+Now let's check whether it's really encrypted:
+
+```
+root@mika # ping 192.168.1.104  
+[...]  
+root@gebi # tcpdump  
+15:16:26.066885 IP 192.168.1.101 > 192.168.1.104: ESP(spi=0x000003e8, seq=0xa)  
+15:16:26.067040 IP 192.168.1.104 > 192.168.1.101: ESP(spi=0x000003e9, seq=0xa)
+```
+
+Bingo! :\-)

content/post/108-request-for-help-SCSI.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:38:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 108-request-for-help-SCSI
+title: 'request for help: SCSI'
+
+---
+I'm preparing the development release for the upcoming grml 0\.5 release. As we have a kernel upgrade in this release (using 2\.6\.13\-grml) and I'm still lacking hardware using SCSI\-controllers for booting I request your help. If you have access to a computer which is able to **boot via SCSI** please help me. You just have to send me the file '/proc/pci' and which module is used for the device (if you don't know which one is used just send me output of 'lsmod' and the kernel configuration). Just [drop me a mail](http://grml.org/contact/) (mika \[at] grml.org), your help is appreciated!

content/post/109-grml-and-Robocup.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:37:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 109-grml-and-Robocup
+title: grml and Robocup
+
+---
+Great news. Now I'm part of the [Robocup team "Mostly Harmless"](http://www.robocup.tugraz.at/index.php) at [Graz University of Technology, Austria.](http://www.tugraz.at/) I will be working on kernelstuff, building debian packages and doing hardware recognition using grml technologies. An embedded system will be used with hardware like a [CAN Dongle](http://www.peak-system.com/db/de/pcandongle.html), compact flash cards, WLAN, serial connection and so on. This means I will work on grml as part of my studies at university at least for this semester.
+
+Thanks to [Mabu](http://chaosfactory.org/) for his investigations!

content/post/11-removed-packages.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:53:42 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 11-removed-packages
+title: removed packages
+
+---
+I added several packages since release 0.2 to my `grml-chroot`. As usual I try to create an ISO with exactly 700 MB. My last ISO had 710MB.
+
+    # apt-get remove --purge printconf foomatic-db-gimp-print
+
+The result was an ISO with still about 705MB. So:
+
+    # apt-get remove --purge autotrace libautotrace3 libmagick++6 libplot2 libpstoedit0
+
+I hope to get a 700MB version now. Notice: If you have any special wishes on software which should be removed/included please let me know, last chance for grml 0\.3\. :\-)

content/post/110-grml-ized-debian-apt-get-install-grml.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:07:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 110-grml-ized-debian-apt-get-install-grml
+title: 'grml-ized debian: apt-get install grml'
+
+---
+[![](/images/grml_debian.serendipityThumb.png)](/images/grml_debian.png)
+
+Yesterday I installed a plain Debian sarge system, added the grml\-repository to apt's sources.list and did an "apt\-get install grml". And it worked :\-)
+
+The debian system now uses grml's hardware recognition system. Even grml\-x works right out of the box with Debian's XFree86 (grml provides X.org). I will create a script which does all the necessary steps to get a "debian system grml\-ized". The "create a grml system out of a debian system" was a long time goal, but we are already very close to it. :\-)

content/post/111-zsh-geeks-out-there-zsh-glob-qualifiers-explained-by-Oliver.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- links
+date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:22:13 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 111-zsh-geeks-out-there-zsh-glob-qualifiers-explained-by-Oliver
+title: 'zsh geeks out there: zsh glob qualifiers explained by Oliver'
+
+---
+Thanks for [the hint, Clint](http://xana.scru.org/quanks/oliversarmy.html): "Oliver wrote an article about file metadata, including some tips about zsh glob qualifiers. Registration required." I can recommend [the article](http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2168/2333/) also. :\-)

content/post/112-Timeline-for-grml-0.5.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:40:59 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 112-Timeline-for-grml-0.5
+title: Timeline for grml 0.5
+
+---
+The latest build of the grml\-kernel (2\.6\.13\-grml) has been integrated in the grml\-ISO. Currently I'm updating all software packages, finish work on grml2hd and the config\-fw. And of course I'm bugfixing and updating documentation.
+
+The timeline for the upcoming release (if everything works like intended):
+
+* \~15th of october: pre\-release grml 0\.4\-9: available for beta\-testers and developers; freeze of packages (no more updates, only fixes for grml\-packages); Notice: last chance to get your software and updates into the upcoming release!
+* \~24th of october: grml 0\.5 will be released

content/post/113-zsh-lovers-in-universe-pool-of-Ubuntu.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- links
+date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:23:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 113-zsh-lovers-in-universe-pool-of-Ubuntu
+title: zsh-lovers in universe pool of Ubuntu
+
+---
+[![](/images/ubuntu_zsh-lovers.serendipityThumb.jpg)](/images/ubuntu_zsh-lovers.jpg)
+
+I just took a look at [ubuntu\-5\.10](http://www.ubuntu.com/newsitems/release510) live\-cd. Our [zsh\-lovers](http://grml.org/zsh/#zshlovers) Debian package is part of the universe pool of Ubuntu (thanks to Reinhard Tartler!). :\-)  

content/post/114-Many-updates....md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- packages
+date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:58:43 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 114-Many-updates...
+title: Many updates...
+
+---
+Today I updated all my packages to latest upstream version. The following packages got up2date:
+
+```
+csync2, ded, dupseek, dmraid, ex, gateguardian, heirloom-sh, libacme-eyedrops-perl  
+md5deep, mwcollect, pmtools-acpi, shadowsfs, sudosh, yersinia
+```
+grml 0\.5 is definitely coming closer. ;\-) Now I'll update documentation, finish work on the new config framework and then the prerelease will be available for beta\-testers. A few more days of bughunting and grml 0\.5 will be available. :\-)

content/post/115-grml-0.5-is-coming....md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:01:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 115-grml-0.5-is-coming...
+title: grml 0.5 is coming...
+
+---
+We are "in the freeze phase" since sunday with pre\-release grml 0\.4\-9\. I fixed some minor stuff in the last few days and now I'm bringing documentation up to date and running some final checks. Tomorrow (friday) will be a last develmeeting before the new release is going to be published (planned for 24th of october). There have been so many improvements since grml 0\.4 that writing the changelog is a really heavy task. :\-)
+BTW: Using the latest unionfs\-release provides a working module\-assistant even on live\-CD. This means that you will be able to build your own kernelmodules in live\-cd\-mode of grml 0\.5 now. :\-)
+Ok, probably and hopefully this was the last status message before grml 0\.5 will be available \- so stay tuned! :\-)

content/post/116-grml-0.5-codename-Tokolytika-available.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:36:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 116-grml-0.5-codename-Tokolytika-available
+title: grml 0.5 - codename Tokolytika - available
+
+---
+grml.grml.There we go: grml 0\.5 is available. To keep it short ([a more detailed, but german announcement is availble in my private blog](http://www.michael-prokop.at/blog/?p=432)): lots of new features! Take a look at [the official release announcment](http://grml.org/files/README-0.5.txt) for more details.  

content/post/117-grml-on-soekris.md

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+---
+author: Michael Prokop
+categories:
+- general
+date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:05:00 +0000
+layout: post
+slug: 117-grml-on-soekris
+title: grml on soekris
+
+---
+Kevin Krammer just let me know that he is running grml on [his Soekris box](http://www.soekris.com/net4801.htm):
+
+    grml@grml ~ % cat /proc/cpuinfo  
+    processor : 0  
+    vendor_id : Geode by NSC  
+    cpu family : 5  
+    model : 9  
+    model name : Unknown  
+    stepping : 1  
+    cpu MHz : 266.695  
+    fdiv_bug : no  
+    hlt_bug : no  
+    f00f_bug : no  
+    coma_bug : no  
+    fpu : yes  
+    fpu_exception : yes  
+    cpuid level : 2  
+    wp : yes  
+    flags : fpu tsc msr cx8 cmov mmx cxmmx  
+    bogomips : 534.63  
+
+    grml@grml ~ % uname -a  
+    Linux grml 2.6.13-grml #1 Sat Oct 22 11:05:29 CEST 2005 i586 GNU/Linux  
+    grml@grml ~ % grml-version  
+    0.5 Release Codename Tokolytika [2005-10-24]  
+    grml@grml ~ %
+
+Rocking :-)