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1.08 |
Minor fixes, maintenance release, it is not
necessary to update unless you prefer to. |
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1.07 |
Support for Linspire 5 officially added, minor fixes, maintenance release, it is not
necessary to update unless you prefer to. |
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1.06 |
Minor fixes, maintenance release, it is not
necessary to update unless you prefer to. |
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1.05 |
Fixed a couple of small items to make Linspire
installations go more smoothly. |
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|
1.04 |
Ability to fix the start lba offset in a boot
sector to help partitions boot properly.
Added warning not to update boot sectors for
protection partitions.
Code for bootable CD-ROM tweaked for wider
system support. |
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|
1.03 |
Backup and Restore now uses a file on a FAT
formatted 1.44mb disk instead of the entire disk. PBM can also perform these
1.44mb disks: format, delete, rename, backup, and restore.
Custom MBR’s can now be backed up and
restored as well.
Disk Builder has been improved to
automatically format the disk if necessary.
PBM Setup’s loader has now been improved and
will operate properly even in high capacity floppy drives such as 2.88mb or
LS-120.
A bug with protection partitions when 4
active partitions were used has been corrected.
Users are no longer prompted to check for an
extra cylinder.
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1.02e |
Improvements have been made to the PBM code loader.
PBM will not ask the user to choose an active
partition if one is not marked active. This will make sure that any
Custom MBR, Custom Ordering, and Included Partitions are processed for an
operating system even if it is not marked active.
PBM Setup will now always display a list of
partitions to make sure that what the user expects PBM to recognize for
partitions are actually recognized properly. Disk translation software can
relocate the traditional partition table and in this case PBM was not
recognizing any partitions and installing over top of them by mistake.
An issue that caused the user to choose
Accept twice when backing up to a diskette has now been corrected. |
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| 1.02d |
The way the extra disk cylinder is checked has
changed to a prompt to make the software more compatible with all systems.
User
interface problem corrected. |
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| 1.02c |
The encryption process has been enhanced to
check its own integrity to ensure the encrypted data can be decrypted properly.
Initialize
is now available in PBM Setup when a user does not login in case the administrator
password was lost.
A problem that prevented PBM from exiting maintenance mode has been fixed.
User interface corrections.
An issue when using some CMD Technology controllers has now been corrected. |
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| 1.02b |
An issue when using some Promise ATA100
controllers has now been corrected. Fixed a small user interface issue. |
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| 1.02a |
Support for special operating systems that
require their custom MBR to actually be on disk has been added. This was done for
supporting SCO Unix, but will work for any other operating systems that requires it. A
warning has been added indicating when an os is booted with this option. The warning can
be disabled in the miscellaneous options.
Option has been added to remove the logout
option from being displayed in the main menu. It will still function even if not
displayed.
Uninstall doesn't get the correct partition when earlier partitions were deleted and
the user chose to keep all bug fixed.
Documentation has been merged into a single manual and sections added or SCO and
generic operating system installation.
Some UI corrections have been made. |
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| 1.01r |
A bug in the mouse driver that would prevent the
user from Starting PBM directly from the setup program has now been fixed. |
|
| 1.01q |
Fixed a bug during partition change processing
that could cause partition loss. |
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| 1.01p |
Fixed a serious bug that occurs in complex
partition configurations that loses a boot sector. |
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| 1.01o |
Bug fixed in copy partition percent complete
status. Bug fixed that would start the menu timeout again if user chose cancel at the
unprotected warning. |
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| 1.01n |
Partition copy feature has been added.
Partition
changes can now be reviewed before accepting or cancelling them.
Added drive map to the partitions configure dialog.
Added drive map to the partitions configure dialog.
Added registration info to the about dialog.
The Unprotected Warning logic has been corrected to repair a bug that didn't always
report the warning properly.
Vastly improved memory handling. |
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| 1.01m |
An issue with partition ordering has been
corrected. Other small improvements. |
|
| 1.01k |
An issue when using HighPoint HPT370 UDMA/ATA100
RAID Controller has been corrected. Other small improvements. |
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| 1.01i |
Bug fixed that would lose the included
partitions when a partition was being modified using partition modification mode and NOT
using a maintenance partition. Users will still be allowed to boot a partition if their
trial license has expire after waiting 30 minutes.
Main menu option renamed to Configure instead of Setup to avoid confusion between it
and PBM Setup. |
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| 1.01h |
Linux installation instructions added to the
Getting Started Manual. Help Custom Partition Number has been improved to use freespace
if necessary resulting in higher OS boot success.
Added support for detecting and installing NT4.0 FAT non service pack boot sector.
Extra warning added when a protection partition is deleted or modified. |
|
| 1.01g |
Fixed
a bug that would ignore the Speed Letter assigned when adding a new partition.
Added support for operating systems that
create partitions with a Cylinder Head Sector type that alters the head and sector value
as well when the cylinder is greater than 1023. This new type is called Maximum All and
can be set in partition properties. |
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| 1.01f |
Manuals
have been split up into a Getting Started Manual and an Advanced Manual.
Download distributions now include manuals
as well.
Adjusted trial warning to being warning
the user at the 15 day point, as well as displaying more warning about an expired trial.
Trial warning added to setup program about
changing the system time.
PBM Setup Restore should include a warning
that existing configuration and pbm version will be written over, restore should also copy
the last partition table to the traditional partition table.
PBM Setup Initialize includes a stronger
warning. |
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| 1.01e |
Support
has been added to analyze and update these boot sectors.
This feature is available at Setup,
Partitions, Choose a partition, Modify, Boot Sectors.
FAT (Dos 6.22)
FAT (Dos 6.22 Improved for 7.8 Gb boot support)
FAT (Windows 95 OSR1 and earlier)
FAT (Windows 95 OSR2 and later)
FAT (Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME)
FAT (Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000)
FAT (Windows XP)
FAT32 (Windows 95 OSR2 and later, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME)
FAT32 (Windows 2000)
FAT32 (Windows XP)
NTFS (Windows NT 4.0)
NTFS (Windows 2000 and Windows XP) |
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| 1.01d |
Custom MBR Dialog
Bug Fixed.
Deleting an include partition now changes custom partition
protection positions less for more compatibility. |
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| 1.01c |
Suggestion when partition changes are applied that
the user should Setup and create an up to date backup disk.
Post
installation warning added for installations with existing partitions.
Uninstallation warning added to recommend boot.ini for
Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP is set correctly before uninstalling. |
|
| 1.01b
|
PBM and PBM Setup
are now smart enough to recognize when a bootable CD-ROM has been used and will correctly
read/write backup disks to the floppy drive now. PBM also disables bootable CD-ROM
mode before loading operating systems.
Option in PBM to backup to diskette added in the setup menu.
Suggestion when
partition changes are applied that they should go to configure and have an up to date
backup disk. |
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| 1.01a |
Minor changes, version update necessary. |
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| 1.00w
|
Extended partitions can now be booted. The MBR
Type has now become Boot Type and includes support for Skip MBR which will boot the
bootsector directly. In the case of an extended partition it will boot the boot sector of
the first partition in the extended partition.
Linux support improved. Linux often puts
its partitions in a Linux Extended partition and can load the boot loader in it as well.
This is now automatically supported.
Stylish curved menu corners have been added. An option in Display Options can return to
the regular square corners if preferred.
SpeedLetters look better on main menu.
Test feature in setup removed as it doesn't represent the actual environment in PBM. It
is better to install PBM and test within it. If it doesn't work, PBM can be uninstalled.
After installation is complete in PBM Setup, it no longer automatically launches PBM.
It returns to the PBM Setup main menu and defaults to the Start PBM Now option. |
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| 1.00v
|
Much improved memory handling should make PBM
more stable that previous versions. Some help added to the PBM Setup program.
Problem with Promise Fasttrack RAID adapters has been resolved. |
|
| 1.00u
|
When switching a partition to a custom order,
the default order listed is now sorted by partition position on disk.
Cosmetic
improvements to some dialogs.
Error codes put in. |
|
| 1.00t
|
Help Custom
Partition Number feature has been added.
Create Paritition Mouse Bugs Fixed
Partition Properties now displays the Start LBA, Sectors,
Start CHS and End CHS.
Partition Properties now displays and allows the partition
type to be changed.
Partition Properties now displays and allows the Custom MBR
setting to be changed.
Two new options Partition Protection Mode and Unprotected
Warning have been added to partition properties.
(These can be set to Use Default which will use the global
setting, or a specific setting for the specific partition.)
Modified Trial Expiration Warning for 10 days or less
instead of just 5. |
|
| 1.00s |
Setup didn't recognize newer style signatures.. |
|
| 1.00r |
Bootsectors have been improved for booting off
of some older bios. |
|
| 1.00q |
Bug in new code from 1.00p fixed. |
|
| 1.00p |
Serious bug fixed in custom boot sector code.
UPGRADE TO THIS VERSION IMMEDIATELY.
Bug fixed in new partition with custom
order. |
|
| 1.00n |
Bug fix to work with some raid drives that do
not end on an even cylinder. |
|
| 1.00m
|
Imported Partitions will default to be custom
and load in the spot they were originally.
Help Custom Partition Number feature has been
added.
Setup improved to test partitions before installing. |
|
| 1.00k |
A warning for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and
Windows XP installations without a System Root of C: was added to PBM Setup.
General
fixes. |
|
| 1.00h |
During setup, if skipping the final setup screen
within 1 second, the trial period could possibly expire too soon. |
|
| 1.00g |
General fixes. |
|
| 1.00f |
There has been a big improvement in the way that
PBM handles partition table order. You can now specify whether each partition should
use a default partition order (partitions are sorted by location), or a custom order.
Should you need to specify a custom partition order you can now specify exactly
where the main partition, include partitions, and any created protection partitions will
be placed. If you are upgrading from a previous installation, all your partitions
will be left as "custom" for compatibility. Many of these can be changed
to Default. When creating a new partition, the create unformatted partition option has
now been added. |
|
| 1.00e |
The partition erase feature has been added. |
|
| 1.00d |
The unhide hidden partitions automatically
feature has been added. |
|
| 1.00c |
Diagnostics partition support has been improved.
The
partition protection boot sector bug has been fixed. |
|
| 1.00b |
Diagnostic partition support has been added.
Setup
no longer prompts for password if the Administrator account is enabled, has setup access,
and has no password.
FDISK warning added.
General fixes. |
|
| 1.00a |
Initial release. |
