XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN ============================================================================== History Legend: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Feature added - Feature removed * Bugfix ! Known Bug # Internal change XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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 XFDisk I Version 0.9.2 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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) XFDisk I Version 0.9.1 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 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 XFDisk I Version 0.9.0 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 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 XFDisk I Version 0.8.5 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * The Bootmanager just warns if the boot block was modified. This is useful because Partition Magic sometimes modifies an unused data area. XFDisk I Version 0.8.4 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Command line parameters /NOWIN9X, /OS2, /WINNT and /LINUX added to allow control over default partition types used by XFDisk XFDisk I Version 0.8.3 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 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... ;-) XFDisk I Version 0.8.2 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + new command line argument /NOINIT disables initialization of new partitions for recovery purposes * free area within extended partitions caused wrong sized partition table entry XFDisk I Version 0.8.1 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 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 XFDisk I Version 0.8.0 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 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 XFDisk I Version 0.7.0 Beta EN - GPL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 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/ XFDisk I Version 0.7.0 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + 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 XFDisk I Version 0.6.0 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! 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) This is the first 'international' version of XFDisk. ==============================================================================