Re: [Grml] Problem with grml autoconfig

2011-09-05 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Bojan Sukalo wrote [05.09.11 15:50]: Is there a workaroud. bootoption ssh:mysecret does not seem to start the sshd or to change password for grml user. The bootoption is ssh=mysecret (not : but =) Even if it does, will I abe able to change from grml to root without knowing the root

Re: [Grml] Boot grml without CD ends with No init found

2011-06-22 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Fog_Watch wrote [22.06.11 04:44]: Hi, I have a Proliant DL380G3 that I would like to boot without a CD. The instructions (http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=tipss=tohd#boot_grml_without_cd) seem clear enough, but alas I'm not successful yet. Please consider using grml-rescueboot. You just

Re: [Grml] Custom user configs on grml

2011-05-23 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Richard Hartmann wrote [22.05.11 11:03]: Hi, Thus, my question: Is it worthwhile to include some user configs in grml? I am aware of the size constraints grml is facing, but RC files tend to be tiny and compress well. mrud is not sure if it's worth the trade-off, I think it is. Yes, i

Re: [Grml] grml64-small upgrade error

2011-04-11 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Xi Shen wrote [08.04.11 13:27]: Hi, Hi, See http://blog.grml.org/archives/353-Grml-kernels-cant-be-installed-with-dpkg-1.16.0.html for the problem description. But you seem to have two different kind of problems. One is the dpkg warning message. You can get rid of it with installing the

Re: [Grml] grml64-small upgrade error

2011-04-11 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Xi Shen wrote [11.04.11 12:32]: Hi, Please always reply to the list (reply to all/list reply) as others may also help you and need the information you provided to me. Yes, I am using a USB pen drive, and I have persistent setup. So, updating grub on usb pen drive is not supposed to work?

Re: [Grml] Creating Live USB with grml2usb

2011-03-16 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Roman Gelfand wrote [16.03.11 17:34]: Hi, I would like to put grml live cd on usb drive. I created bootable w96 fat32 partition and formatted it using mkfs.vfat. I ran grml2sub grml.iso /dev/sdb1. I am getting boot error. I am sorry to hear that. What was exactly the problem? Can you

Re: [Grml] Grub2 install behavior changed? Grml LiveCD 2010.12

2011-02-16 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* hans...@gmail.com wrote [16.02.11 10:30]: Hi, OT - Do you (or anyone) know of a tool (other than boot-info-script) that parses all block device bootloaders and reports what type they are and where they're pointing to? Maybe not exactly what you need or want, but maybe linux-boot-prober

Re: [Grml] dupmerge - : Value too large for defined data type

2011-02-09 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* hans...@gmail.com wrote [09.02.11 20:22]: I've been doing some scripting based on dupmerge, so please also let us know whether that will be updated or replaced by rdfind. rdfind is already included in grml-full. It should be also in the daily images. Im not sure if dupmerge will be dropped

Re: [Grml] How to switch from dynamic IP to static IP in grml

2011-02-07 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [07.02.11 21:59]: Hi Tong, How can I switch from dynamic IP to static IP now? $ grep -i network /etc/grml/autoconfig CONFIG_DEBNET='yes' # search for /etc/network/interfaces on partitions and set up network afterwards That's the one, is it? Grml 2010.12

Re: [Grml] [solved] Libvirt and grml

2011-02-06 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [07.02.11 01:43]: Hi, just a little bit nitpicking: Is libvirt supported by grml out of box? $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.36-grml64/kernel/drivers/virtio virtio.ko virtio_balloon.ko virtio_pci.ko virtio_ring.ko JFTR libvirt does not need virtio. libvirt is just a toolkit/api

Re: [Grml] disk partition encryption roadmap

2011-01-27 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [25.01.11 18:02]: Hi, Question about disk encryption There is also a thread on reddit about a similar topic. http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/f9mtk/recommended_full_disk_encryption/ BTW, I just need a mini how-to about disk encryption, it does not need to be in-depth

Re: [Grml] mdadm error during boot

2010-12-14 Thread Ulrich Dangel
suggestions? How do I deactivate the software RAID? This is not an error just an info messsage. But if you dont use sowftware raid you just uninstall the software raid (mdadm) package via: sudo aptitude remove mdadm Ulrich Dangel -- twitter: @mr_ud | identica: @mru IRCNet: mru | freenode

Re: [Grml] grml autoconfig and kvm network

2010-09-24 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [25.09.10 05:04]: Hi, Is it my kvm problem or grml autoconfig's? Most probably it's kvm. Still probing why The nic specification is missing. So its neither kvm nor grml-autoconfig problem but incorrect/missing commandline options. Some examples: , | -net

Re: [Grml] GRML HD Install is receiving DHCP address, though static is assigned.

2010-09-24 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Brandon McGinty wrote [25.09.10 05:32]: Hi, List, I've installed GRML on two machines, now. Just as a side comment, this is not really supported. Best way is to install debian and add the corresponding grml packages. In the /var/log/messages file, I noticed a line about Pump being used,

Re: [Grml] grml-live and passwords

2010-08-09 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [09.08.10 05:26]: Hi, Hi, What's the password for root and user grml by default in the system built by grml-live? None. ,[ ./templates/GRML/README.txt ] | Security considerations for grml | | | | | 2.) There are no default

Re: [Grml] grml-live and passwords

2010-08-09 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [10.08.10 00:25]: Hi, Ok, then I guess the following is only done half the way, right? $ grep -B1 ROOTPW class/GRMLBASE.var # root password for the new installed linux system; md5 and crypt are possible ROOTPW='x' AFAIK it is just copied from FAIBASE.var. As the variable

Re: [Grml] Using grml to build a stacked Debian Live system

2010-07-31 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [31.07.10 05:17]: Hi Tong, On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:44:13 +0200, Ulrich Dangel wrote: 4. Install the next layer. This time grml-debootstrap is used instead, to install all grml-medium packages on top of the current chroot system. grml-debootstrap --verbose --arch

Re: [Grml] Using grml to build a stacked Debian Live system

2010-07-30 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [29.07.10 06:21]: Hi, 4. Install the next layer. This time grml-debootstrap is used instead, to install all grml-medium packages on top of the current chroot system. grml-debootstrap --verbose --arch amd64 --target /grml/grml-live/grml_chroot/ . . . Just to be sure,

Re: [Grml] About grml bootid

2010-07-22 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Thursday 22 July 2010 01:04:06 T o n g wrote: Sorry I still don't get it. Say when grml2usb installing grml-small and generates a bootid of grml- small-123. Then when grml2usb installing my own flavour of grml, it generates another bootid of my-own-456. Now grml-small expect that the

Re: [Grml] About grml bootid

2010-07-22 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [23.07.10 01:50]: However, IMHO, it only goes half the way. It still isn't able to solve the problem that I want to boot two different version of grml-medium off the same device. I think a better approach is to use, say boot-signature, which is per boot folder, not per disk.

Re: [Grml] get source package from unstable

2010-06-19 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [19.06.10 06:11]: How can I get source package from unstable when in squeeze? $ apt-get source util-linux /t unstable Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done W: Ignore unavailable target release 'grml' of package

Re: [Grml] grml2usb installation structure consideration

2010-06-19 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [17.06.10 19:08]: Hi, [ Other directory layout for grml2usb] use directories instead of defined locations, e.g. /os/some-thing vs /{live,boot}... First of all good idea, but this is hard to implement at least with isolinux, you would still need at least one isolinux directory

Re: [Grml] About grml bootid

2010-06-13 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T o n g wrote [13.06.10 18:50]: Hi, I mean to ask, - what exactly does the bootid stand for? An id identifying the correct boot device. - how does the file /conf/bootid.txt generated? grml-live, like everything else. - how would bootid work with integrating multiple-grml on the same

Re: [Grml] [Grml-devel] bug report from grml-medium

2010-06-09 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Michael Gebetsroither wrote [09.06.10 20:05]: Hi, Adding lynx would consume 5,288kB additional disk space. So from my POV it's not really worth adding. What do other users/devs say? Not worth 5MB of space, imho, so nack If you can use lynx the chance is really high that you also can

Re: [Grml] can't mount squashfs

2010-05-25 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* John G. Heim wrote [19.05.10 23:44]: Hi, Hi, I am trying to modify the grml CD to allow me to include the Dell open management tools. This is so that I can boot from a grml CD and configure the RAID controller on a Dell server. I am trying to follow the instructions on the wiki but I

Re: [Grml] hwclock in UTC vs. local time

2010-04-28 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Darshaka Pathirana wrote [29.04.10 02:10]: Hi, Okay.. after taking a few seconds to really check what was going on the solution is as simple as: % hwclock -s --localtime I've added a localtime module to grml-quickconfig and attached the patch. Hopefully it will find it's way to

Re: [Grml] Timezone problem

2010-04-19 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Monday 19 April 2010 11:06:51 Darshaka Pathirana wrote: When booting grml on a system where Windows is installed and the hardware-clock is set to local time I often get annoyed when finding out that the timestamps are all wrong because grml assumes the system is set to UTC. There might

Re: [Grml] Call for Help: Grml's Download webpage

2010-04-11 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Sunday 11 April 2010 18:29:02 Chaitat Pattana wrote: Hmm... a drop down which will bring user to a mirror download link? I am a web programmer so I should be able to help you ... if noone helps you already ... : ) IMHO it should really be more like a wizard, e.g. select 32/64bit, the

Re: [Grml] Probleme, und kein Licht

2010-03-10 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 22:04:05 Thomas Schmidt wrote: Hi! [german] I replied to Thomas privately. Please note that this is a english mailinglist, as documented in http://grml.org/mailinglist/ Ulrich ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at

Re: [Grml] GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- linux-headers-generic obsolete.

2009-11-17 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 20:05:50 Vivek Sharma wrote: Hi, Please reply to the mailing list as other may have the same problem or someone else could answer your questions. On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Ulrich Dangel sch...@grml.org wrote: On Saturday 14 November 2009 18:17:21 Vivek

Re: [Grml] GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- linux-headers-generic obsolete.

2009-11-14 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Saturday 14 November 2009 18:17:21 Vivek Sharma wrote: I have installed grml-medium 2009.10 in VirtualBox on windows7. I am not able to share-folder on host machine, a step before i am not able to install Guest-Addition on my guest-os, i click devicesinstall guest addition, nothing shows

Re: [Grml] X11 forwarding

2009-01-27 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 17:37:10 Maurice McCarthy wrote: Hi, I must have a misconfiguration somewhere on the PII. You just have to enable X11Forwarding in your sshd_config. Just put , | X11Forwarding yes ` in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and reload the ssh daemon. Uli

Re: [Grml] X11 forwarding

2009-01-27 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 20:10:00 m...@mythic-beasts.com wrote: Thank you. I tried this just now but stil the $DISPLAY is not set on PII. Do you have xauth installed on the server? Its needed for correct X11Forwarding. Can you please connect via ssh -vX and provide the output? Uli

Re: [Grml] Re: Booting with grub on usb-flash-pen

2007-07-04 Thread Ulrich Dangel
On Wednesday 04 July 2007 23:20:57 Morten Christensen wrote: Because of that problem, I tried an grml2hd install on the flashpen, and now I have en ordinary grub bootmanager to work with and not syslinux. To have grub on a boot cd just read

Re: [Grml] Re: Sugestion - zsh logout

2006-11-25 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Mark wrote [26.11.06 04:28]: Small suggestion : in the /etc/zsh/logout I added the small word reset which automatically leaves a clean console when logging out. I like that and nobody nosing around. also security concern. clear should be the right way, because reset resets

Re: [Grml] Re: Starting domain name service bind failed

2006-10-31 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T wrote [01.11.06 00:48]: Hi, If I restart it again, I get back the same error: % /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service...: bindrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol, this

Re: [Grml] Re: ndiswrapper in grml-small?

2006-10-13 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* Celejar wrote [13.10.06 17:59]: Hi, If you use the scripts boot para, this is pretty easy. Create a directory called scripts in the top of the cdrom, and put a shell script named grml.sh on it. You can now install packages or other stuff from this shell script. You can also put the .deb

Re: [Grml] Re: Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024)

2006-10-08 Thread Ulrich Dangel
* T wrote [08.10.06 16:50]: Hi, PS. So far I think the conclusion is the x11 video driver (-vo x11), is w to slow. Hope we can get -vo xvidix fixed soon... Try -vo xv thanks HTH Uli ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at