What's new in GeekDOS 19.04
Apr 14, 2010
- Games are now listed in a folder called GAMES.
- The installer supports (but does not require) the ability to format a hard disk partition before it installs.
- An unformat utility was added to GeekDOS 19.04 to allow you to unformat a drive you accidentally formatted.
- There is now two new color schemes for the menus in the DOS navigator GUI included with GeekDOS, blue menus and pink fever.
- Junk files such as files.bbs and file_id.diz have been removed from this release.
- There is a more beautiful CD boot sequence that shows the word GeekDOS in ASCII art.
- Since the CD says welcome to GeekDOS, the boot sequence now says "Starting GeekDOS..." with more details below.
- Some pre-set aliases allow you to do some tasks faster and easier. To shut down you system, instead of typing "C:\shutdown s" you would type halt or poweroff like in a Linux based machine. You can also type reboot to restart the machine. paint can now be invoked from any directory at the prompt, and so can mpxplay. Instead of having to type the non-sensicle "dn" to get back into the GUI, you can now type "gui" or "ui". I feel this to be a feature that should have been added many releases ago. I waited because it is not possible to use these aliases in other command interpreters or when you relaunch "command.com".
- Sets partition label to GEEKDOS when formatting during install.
New in GeekDOS 18.12 SR1 (Mar 7, 2010)
- Since the GeekDOS autoexec.bat is very crowded and not recomended for editing, I created a feature that allows for a second one called gdexec.bat. The second improvement simply lets the installer use switches without the "/" before them.
New in GeekDOS 18.11 (Feb 10, 2010)
- Fficial FreeDOS kernel restored, partitoner better with FAT32 added
- New partitioner does not have issues working on select disks without an existing partition table, as did the old one
- Drivers now loaded all at one place, autoexec.bat via devload
- Floppy version was given this driver loading way as well
- Installer now supports installing to drive E: via /e switch, for example, at the command prompt, "install /e". Installer also displays individual version via /a switch and help via /? switch
- Floppy maker now formats floppy for you
New in GeekDOS 17.01 (Jan 4, 2010)
- New Paint program (VGA Paint)
- Notebook PC battery meter, command line undelete util, floppy image writer, re-added gdver.bat (gone since 11.01),
- Slight change in gdabout.bat, and more.
New in GeekDOS 15.04 (Dec 4, 2009)
- Slightly more verbose boot screen
- Improved installer
- Open source MP3 player (MPXPLAY)
- Mostly a bug fix for 14.14
New in GeekDOS 11.01 (Oct 10, 2009)
- Includes a new simpified boot screen, with the old gdver.bat script removed in favor of the version being shown when the GUI is exited.