[Grml] grml2hd

[Chaitat Pi]

Dear Grml

I have been using Grml as my desktop environement for many years already.
Just recently I got a new computer so I had to set up my new machine. I
downloaded grml 2012.05 and found out that I couldn't find grml2hd anymore.
I went through your FAQ but it only talked about how to install Debian.

What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

- apt-get install grml2hd and use grml2hd as before?
- install Debian and run *some???* script to have all luxury Grml's
super special configurations? How?

Thank you very much.

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[Jason White]

Post by Chaitat Pi
What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

This question was recently asked on the list. Apparently, GRML is now focused
on being a rescue/recovery environment, not a general-purpose Linux
distribution. The recommendation is to install Debian, which you can do after
booting your GRML distribution, of course, by running grml-debootstrap.

[Alexander Wirt]

Post by Jason White

Post by Chaitat Pi
What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

This question was recently asked on the list. Apparently, GRML is now focused
on being a rescue/recovery environment, not a general-purpose Linux
distribution. The recommendation is to install Debian, which you can do after
booting your GRML distribution, of course, by running grml-debootstrap.

in fact we never really supported grml2hd. We never intended to have an
installable distribution.

Alex

[John Magolske]

Post by Jason White
This question was recently asked on the list. Apparently, GRML is now
focused on being a rescue/recovery environment, not a general-purpose
Linux distribution. The recommendation is to install Debian, which you
can do after booting your GRML distribution, of course, by running
grml-debootstrap.

I installed GRML to hardrive on a laptop a while back (grml-version
tells me "grml 2011.05 Release Codename Just Mari [2011.05.29]). I've
been doing the regular `aptitude dist-upgrade` with the official
Debian repository ( http://cdn.debian.net/debian/ ), am currently
running the 3.2.0-3-686-pae kernel, etc...so AFAIK it's more or less
an up-to-date Debian Sid. It's been working fine, but given that
installing grml to hardrive is not recommended or supported, I'm
wondering if I should convert my system over to straight-up Debian and
how complicated that might be. An `aptitude purge grml` will remove
the grml package, but I'm not sure that really does much in this regard.

TIA for any clarification,

John

[Thomas Köhler]

Post by Chaitat Pi
Dear Grml

[...]

Post by Chaitat Pi
What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

I personally build my own version of grml using grml-live (adding
my favorite extra software in the process), then put the
resulting ISO on a USB disk, then I boot from there. If you use
the "toram=grml.squashfs" boot option, you don't loose much
performance (compared to a disk installation).

Ciao,
Thomas
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[Chaitat Pi]

Thanks for your idea.
On Dec 22, 2012 6:31 PM, "Thomas K?hler" <jean-luc at picard.franken.de>

Post by Thomas Köhler

Post by Chaitat Pi
Dear Grml

[...]

Post by Chaitat Pi
What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

I personally build my own version of grml using grml-live (adding
my favorite extra software in the process), then put the
resulting ISO on a USB disk, then I boot from there. If you use
the "toram=grml.squashfs" boot option, you don't loose much
performance (compared to a disk installation).
Ciao,
Thomas
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IRC: tkoehler Freenode: thkoehler
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[Markus Rekkenbeil]

Hello,

if you put a labeled partition on the usb media (keywords: persistency & GRMLCFG) and boot with the right options, it can be feel like a grml desktop. You can combine the self-builded grml-iso with grml-rescueboot to provide it on a hardware system.
Regards,
bionix

Post by Chaitat Pi
Thanks for your idea.
On Dec 22, 2012 6:31 PM, "Thomas K?hler" <jean-luc at picard.franken.de>

Post by Thomas Köhler

Post by Chaitat Pi
Dear Grml

[...]

Post by Chaitat Pi
What should I do to have a Grml desktop?

I personally build my own version of grml using grml-live (adding
my favorite extra software in the process), then put the
resulting ISO on a USB disk, then I boot from there. If you use
the "toram=grml.squashfs" boot option, you don't loose much
performance (compared to a disk installation).
Ciao,
Thomas
--
Thomas K?hler Email: jean-luc at picard.franken.de
<>< WWW: http://gott-gehabt.de
IRC: tkoehler Freenode: thkoehler
PGP public key available from Homepage!
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