HISTORY.TXT
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- Revision History of FIPS
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-
- Version 1.5 - august 22, 1995
-
- - Moved some of the special topics (use with OS/2, OnTrack, Stacker) from
- FIPS.DOC to SPECIAL.DOC
-
- - Revised the doc, added some info and tips
-
- - Changed -d<num> switch to -n<num>
-
-
- Version 1.4 - january 18, 1995 (not publicly released)
-
- - FIPS can now correct a number of errors and inconsistencies on-the-fly
-
- - Support for drives with configurable address translation - this should
- finally eliminiate the 'inconsistent partition table' error.
-
-
- Version 1.3 - january 6, 1995 (not publicly released)
-
- - Replaced override switches by questions in the program
-
- - Some errors of the hard disk structure can now be corrected by FIPS,
- especially wrong end cylinder/head/sector numbers in the partition
- table
-
- - Revised error messages, minor corrections in the doc
-
- - Added information about the common problem of 'invalid start/end head'
- or 'inconsistent/corrupt partition table' to the file FIPS.FAQ.
-
- - Cylinder numbers above 1024 are now shown without the 1024 modulus in
- the partition table
-
-
- Version 1.2 - october 20, 1994
-
- - Added information about OnTrack Disk Manager to the doc.
-
- - Added file FIPS.FAQ that covers frequently asked questions.
-
-
- Version 1.1.1 - october 13, 1994 (not publicly released)
-
- - Added support for hard disks with > 1024 logical cylinders.
-
-
- Version 1.1 - may 26, 1994
-
- - Bugfix: Removed the code for detecting the Linux DOS Emulator because
- it caused a hangup on some machines.
-
-
- Version 1.0 - may 3, 1994
-
- - Added code to detect the OS FIPS is running under (thanks to Dave
- McCaldon). This is to make sure that FIPS is not run in a multitasking
- OS. Does not yet detect OS/2 and Novell Task Manager.
-
- - First official release. There have been few bug reports in the test phase
- and only one serious problem (with OS/2 dual boot). It is addressed in
- detail in the doc.
-
-
- Version 0.9.3 beta - march 31, 1994 (not publicly released)
-
- - Some minor corrections for compatibility with Borland C++ 4.0
-
- - Bugfix: "FAT too small" error with some configurations corrected
-
-
- Version 0.9.2 beta - march 25, 1994 (not publicly released)
-
- - Documentation revised, information about use with OS/2 added, features
- of DOS 6.x taken into account
-
- - -quiet and -s switches removed
-
- - Drive detection code changed, this hopefully solves the problem with
- the 'Too many drives found' error
-
-
- Version 0.9.1 beta - january 21, 1994 (not publicly released)
-
- - Select the start cylinder for the new partition with the cursor keys
-
- - Automatically check for free space even before prompting for the
- new start sector
-
- - A nasty bug in the partition reordering procedure that caused FIPS to
- fail in some cases was removed
-
- - Slight bug in class definition corrected
-
-
- Version 0.9 beta - november 7, 1993
-
- - Save files on floppy (root and boot sector) are not overwritten -
- there may be up to ten save files on a disk.
-
- - Verbose error messages are now displayed by default, -verbose switch
- has been removed.
-
- - A minor error resulting in a 'division by zero' error with some invalid
- bootsectors has been corrected
-
-
- Version 0.8 beta - july 23, 1993
-
- - A minor correction to the documentation
-
- - No changes in the program from version 0.3. This is the first beta re-
- lease. It is intended to be available to a wider audience.
-
-
- Version 0.3 alpha - june 8, 1993
-
- - FIPS is now completely translated to C++ (for easier maintenance and
- programming experience)
-
- - Explanation of the calculation of the new starting cylinder improved
-
- - FIPS was reported to work with Stacker and SuperStor
-
-
- Version 0.2.2 alpha - may 26, 1993 (not publicly released)
-
- - partition table reordering improved - non-dos partitions remain in their
- slots
-
- - all necessary header files now included (sorry about that, my compiler
- does not complain about missing prototypes)
-
-
- Version 0.2.1 alpha - may 5, 1993 (not publicly released)
-
- - bugfix: minimal cylinder number for start of new partition now calculated
- correctly on drives with 16 sectors per cluster
-
- - some improvements/simplifications to the code
-
-
- Version 0.2 alpha - april 27, 1993
-
- - added commandline switches to override certain error messages and
- use FIPS non-interactively
-
- - test mode without writing added
-
- - debug mode added (writes a session transcript + additional info to a file)
-
- - more informative error messages
-
- - display of verbose error messages may be selected
-
- - error checking is now more 'dos-like' (more unusual configurations
- accepted)
-
- - possibility to reedit the partition table without restarting the program
-
- - added the number of megabytes to the partition table display
-
- - now works correctly with drives that only have one free partition
-
- - now supports more than two harddisks on a PC
-
- - some minor fixes
-
-
- Version 0.1 alpha - april 12, 1993
-
- - Initial Release