AiR-BOOT - History

2009/05/25, Version 1.06

I just released v1.06 there including full GPL source.

1.04 - 27 Nov 2004 [WARP]

• Improved CHS-LBA access switching

• Undocumented /4 now supported via OS/2 setaboot
• NTFS was detected as HPFS on LVMified drives. Now fixed
• os2.txt contains more information

• Imperialismn sucks
• Being closed source again...
• LVM Support - Dynamic changing of bootdrive letter, partition names are taken from LVM
• Matching is now even more forgiving
• Floppy and Resume-BIOS may be used for default selection and timed boot
• SETABOOT (OS/2): Small changes
• SETABOOT (DOS): New utility to control AiR-BOOT under bare DOS
• Linux kernel support dropped

• My feelings go to Iraqi civilians
• License change: If you are or were working indirectly or directly for american (US) government and/or military, then you are NOT allowed to use this software in any case and you are supposed to delete it NOW. Any downloads from .gov are now blocked.
• Issue with NTFS detected as being HPFS fixed
• Broken partition table error message instead of "LOAD ERROR" on startup
• Minor changes
• This will be the last version in the near future, Goodbye

1.00 - 7 Jan 2003 [WARP]

• Official Release
• New option to enforce exclusive LBA API usage for some really bad BIOSes
• Bad BIOS INT 10h compatibility fix

0.94b - 27 Nov 2002 [RC-4]

• Release Candidate 4
• Now official NETLABS-project (Open-Source, but NOT YET GPL)
• Cyrillic support
• Localized version in Russian
• Translation changes
• AiR-BOOT InstallDisc Maker (makedisk) rewritten (now much smaller)
• Native OS/2 Installer now available
• SETABOOT for OS/2 / eCS included (including support for XWorkPlace)
• Smooth scrolling added (Cooper Bars)
• Sometimes immediate timed boot fixed
• OS/2 / eCS didnt boot, when L-flag and H-flag got used on the same partition
• Typo in developer information fixed

0.93b - 21 Sep 2002 [RC-3]

• Release Candidate 3
• In some cases INT13X-signature wasn't written, so OS/2 / eCS didn't boot, when partition was above 8 GB.
• Matching mechanism changed internally
• Documentation got split up
• Developer information included

0.92b - 02 Aug 2002 [RC-2]

• Release Candidate 2
• Logical booting OS/2 / eCS now works, Byte-Change must be memory-only
• Slightly changed Stealth-MBR Virii detection, because of strange BIOSes
• BootMenu no longer freezes when Timer got set to 255
• Official homepage changed

0.91b - 17 May 2002 [RC-1]

• Release Candidate 1
• Bootmenu can be switched to detailed mode
• Setup can be entered additionally from within Bootmenu
• Freeze in BASIC OPTIONS, when no partition had bootable flag
• Change-Boot Password Protection occured at wrong times
• Tiny translation related changes

0.28b - 26 Apr 2002 [BETA]

• Localized versions in Dutch, German, French & Italian (Thanx to the translators)
• Installer improvements (version and language display)
• Option for CD-ROM / ZIP / Network to resume boot process via BIOS
• OS/2 / eCS boot >8GB fix, IBM has their own way to detect Int13 Extensions
• Workaround against Partition Magic's *WRONG* way of filling out Begin-CHS on LBA partitions resulting in AiR-BOOT ignoring those. :-(
• A primary partition is marked active, even if none is booted to make some BIOSes happy
• FAT-16 support for booting Linux Kernels
• Linux Kernel Partition removed
• Cooper-Bars FX

0.27b - 29 Jan 2002 [BETA]

• New feature: Select OS/2 boot-drive-letter
• Delay for entering setup fix for some current BIOSes that DONT SUPPORT standard BIOS functions. Great
• Changed Notice within AiR-BOOT Setup to match actual terms and conditions, that are: AiR-BOOT is free-of-charge for anyone *not* using it commercially *nor* distributing it for any amount of money in *any* form *nor* including it in *any* commercial

0.26b - 12 Jan 2002 [BETA]

• Partition Setup 100% functional
• Configuration area enlarged. This had to be done for the new Hide-Partition feature.
• Hide Partitions Support
• Partition Name changing possible
• Partition X-Ref routine rewritten
• Made my MBR compliant to the pseudo standard that Mickeysoft invented (more information in Q/A part)

0.25b - 31 Dec 2001 [BETA]

• Have-A-Happy-New-Year Release
• Fixed stupid left-over in the rebuilt boot-menu that caused wrong partition to be booted when Include Floppy was deactivated
• Systems >15 partitions do not get Save Error anymore
• Install now accepts upcased input
• Implemented Pre-Hide partition support. Any hidden partition will be unhidden on every boot

0.24b - 27 Dec 2001 [BETA]

• EZ-SETUP Detection
• Delay for entering Setup got expanded
• Documentation now up-to-date
• GetFloppyVolumeLabel and 2-Seconds Timed-Get now implemented
• You may run AIRBSET from Floppy, but it will trash itself and you will be able to run it just one time
• Scrolling in Boot-Menu now possible

0.23b - 25 Aug 2000 [BETA]

• This version is released as PUBLIC BETA, available via os2.org and got into the Warpcast mailing list.
• Moved AiR-BOOT signature, so AiR-BOOT is able to see, that Windoze98 broke the MBR...