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- XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN
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- - Feature removed
- * Bugfix
- ! Known Bug
- # Internal change
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- XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN
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- * reduced Boot Manager size and moved to end of first head (n sectores/head ->
- CHS 0/0/n-13 upto 0/0/n). This should solve the problem with HighPoint/Abit
- IDE adapter cards
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- XFDisk I Version 0.9.2 Beta EN
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- * Boot Manager tried to boot from floppy after timeout if simple menue was
- activated
- # extended INT13-BIOS-functions are only used if more than one additional
- cylinder is availble (hopefully helps to resolve problem with some old
- SCSI systems)
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- XFDisk I Version 0.9.1 Beta EN
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- + Partition Area can be erased completely at users choice
- # /NOINIT switch dropped, functionality moved to menue
- # /PQMAGIC switch dropped, it's now default mode
- # /AUTOHIDE switch set to default in INI file
- ! XFDisk boot manager will be erased by OS/2 Warp 5 Server and BIOS saving
- of HighPoint/Abit IDE adapter cards, because they all use the same "free"
- area of the first hard disk
- Changes in Build 318:
- + XFDisk checks if XFDisks MBR is installed when the Boot Manager is installed
- + XFDisk does not delete Partition Magics settings every time the Boot Manager
- is updated
- * /PQMAGIC mode was inactive
- Changes in Build 319:
- * test of MBR corrected
- * bug in progress bar corrected
- Changes in Build 320:
- * arithmetical overflow during initialization of large partitions fixed
- Changes in Build 321:
- + Boot Manager: additional boot option (F2) added to boot from floppy but
- change partition table as booting selected partition before
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- XFDisk I Version 0.9.0 Beta EN
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- + XFDisk now supports multiple visible primary partitions. In this mode
- the boot manager will not hide primary partitions any more. Using command
- line parameter /AUTOHIDE, XFDisk will act as before and allow only one
- visible primary partition per drive.
- + It is possible to install the boot manager without allowing XFDisk to
- do any changes in the partition table. Changes in the partition table
- can be allowed or rejected for each drive separatly.
- + XFDisk doens not change the order of existing partition table entries.
- Sorting can be forced by using parameter /SORT.
- # The boot manager will be encrypted as in earlier versions to avoid
- Partition Magic using unused space for saving its configuration.
- Changes to Alpha versions:
- * Build 314: the boot manager now should again control the active flag of
- the partition table
- + Build 314: a wrong checksum of the boot manager will not cause XFDisk
- to deinstall it
- * Build 315: fixed assignment of drive letters that caused a message of
- insufficent memory
- * Build 316: unhiding a partition will only hide others in /AUTOHIDE mode
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.5 Beta EN
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- * The Bootmanager just warns if the boot block was modified. This is useful
- because Partition Magic sometimes modifies an unused data area.
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.4 Beta EN
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- + Command line parameters /NOWIN9X, /OS2, /WINNT and /LINUX added to allow
- control over default partition types used by XFDisk
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.3 Beta EN
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- + Command line parameters can be set in the file XFDISK.INI
- + Command line parameter /PQMAGIC activates Power Quest Partition Magic
- compatibility
- + Implemented a menu for the most important partition types
- + Partitioning ad configuration can be saved to/loaded from a file
- + Implemented simple menus for the Bootmanager
- + The partition selected last time in the Bootmanager can be changed with
- XFDisk (together with "Remember choice" this makes possible the choice
- of the partition to boot without changing the entry number)
- + Master and partition password will be asked upon manipulating functions
- of XFDisk once per session
- * The end of an extended partition will be determined by the last logical
- drive and not by the free space that is reserved for logical drives.
- # Changed menu code
- # Changed version scheme... again... ;-)
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.2 Beta EN
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- + new command line argument /NOINIT disables initialization of new partitions
- for recovery purposes
- * free area within extended partitions caused wrong sized partition table
- entry
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.1 Beta EN
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- * logical partitions at the end of the disk were always marked as
- logical partitions with int13x support required
- * corrected chaining within logical partitions with int13x
- * corrected initialisation of logical partitions
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- XFDisk I Version 0.8.0 Beta EN
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- + Support for Harddisks >8 GB through extended INT13-BIOS-functions
- * XFDisk crashed when the extended partition was empty
- * If the extended partition started at cylinder 0, the partition sectors of
- the logical drives were corrupted
- # Changed code to read the partition table
- # Changed code to align new partitions
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- XFDisk I Version 0.7.0 Beta EN - GPL
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- # XFDisk is now distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL.TXT).
- The original version of the GPL is on the Internet at
- http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
- The source of XFDisk is available for download on the Internet at
- http://home.pages.de/~f.painke/
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- XFDisk I Version 0.7.0 Beta EN
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- + The Bootmanager can now remeber the choice in the Boot Menu
- * On activating a partition all other partitions on all other drives were
- deactivated
- * Problems with not correctly initialised partitions should be solved
- * Partitions larger than 2 GB will be FAT32 by default
- # Changed code for writing to/reading from harddisk
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- XFDisk I Version 0.6.0 Beta EN
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- ! XFDisk won't initialise new partitions correctly, so there may be problems
- using DOS format. This only happens when using large harddisks and creating
- partitions of other size at the place of a deleted partition.
- ! XFDisk won't work with harddisk with more than 1024 Cylinders. The limit for
- older BIOSes is 504 MB, for newer systems depending on the BIOS the limit is
- at 1008 MB, 2016 MB, 4032 MB or 8064 MB.
- ! The Bootmanager can't boot some Systems (like QNX or Solaris)
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- This is the first 'international' version of XFDisk.
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