Ultimate Boot CD 5.1.1 - Changelog

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1.1:

August 8th, 2011

· Updated Parted Magic to V6.6.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1:

July 31st, 2011

· Added IBM Disk Manager V9.57.
· Added AleGr MEMTEST V2.00.
· Added DIMM_ID V3.57. This is a special UBCD-only contribution.
· Added Dsrfix V3.12.
· Added HDShredder V3.8.0 (Free Edition).
· Added HWiNFO V5.5.2.
· Added Kon-Boot V1.1.
· Added older version of HDAT2 (V4.5.3).
· Added Partinfo V1.11.
· Added Video Memory Stress Test V1.7.
· Added wdidle3 V1.05.
· Deprecated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
· Substitute econfig.c32 with whichsys.c32 and removed ubcd\menus\isolinux\main.cfg.
· Temporarily point cpustress kernel image to /pmagic/bzImage to alleviate lockup problems.
· Updated ES-Tool to V3.01p. Added historical info about ES-Tool help text.
· Updated Seagate DiscWizard to V11.0.8326.
· Updated ASTRA to V5.50. Thanks to ady for the update.
· Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.6 beta (rebuilt with isolinux V3.86 to improve compatibility).
· Updated DiskCheck to V4.0.6. Thanks to ady for the update.
· Updated EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3.1. The launch method has been changed to memdisk.
· Updated ES-Tool to V3.01v.
· Updated syslinux to V4.0.4.
· Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5b (2010-09-22) to support syslinux V4.
· Updated Gujin to V2.8.4.
· Updated HDAT2 to V4.8.1.
· Updated HDClone to V4.0.6.
· Updated HDShredder to V3.8.1.
· Updated HDT to V0.5.0. Fixed double APPEND and switch to using gzipped version of pci.ids. Also modified syslinux2grub4dos.sed to make special provision when translating HDT entry.
· Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.32.
· Updated MBRtool to V2.3.200.
· Updated MBRWork to V1.08.
· Updated Memtest86 to V4.0.
· Updated Memtest86+ to V4.20.
· Updated NSSI to V0.60.45.
· Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v110511.
· Updated Parted Magic to V6.3. Also updated pccmoscleaner-2.0.txz, pcdiskeraser-5.0.txz, pcloginnow-2.0.txz, pcregedit-2.0.txz. grub4dos booting support is dropped. Updated F-Prot to V6.0.3. Update XFPROT to V2.4.
· Updated Partition Saving to V3.90.
· Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.12.
· Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.23.
· Updated shsucdx.com in UBCD FreeDOS lib\shsucdx.cab to V3.05.
· Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V1.98s1.
· Updated to SPFDisk to 2000-03v.
· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.44. Updated AUTOEXEC.BAT and added "-n" to mdiskchk.com to avoid hanging on certain BIOSes. Removed "MOUSE_NCFG=0" in etc\global.set. Introduced "nolbacache" parameter (in memdisk and config.sys) to launch without LBACACHE. Optimized format of image. Shortened keybrd_ncfg and mouse_ncfg in config.sys to kb_ncfg and mse_ncfg respectively to fit everything into environment space. Updated bin\7za.exe in UBCD FreeDOS to 9.13beta. Updated level1\freedos.cab\MORE.COM to V4.3. Updated XCOPY to V1.4a. Updated SYS.COM from FreeDOS kernel 2039. Updated LOWDMA.SYS and UMBPCI.SYS to V3.81. Changed help.bat in level1\help.bat to test for MORE.EXE instead of MORE.COM. Updated FreeDOS kernel to 2040 and SYS.COM (in level1\freedos.cab) from the same package.
· Updated ubcd2iso and ubcd2usb to remove "boot.images" subdirectory (created by IZArc) before image creation.
· Updated ubcd2iso.cmd to support optional "/g" parameter to use grub4dos as the bootloader.
· Updated ubcd\tools\linux\ubcd2usb\readme.txt and added instructions to make created partition active.
· Updated ubcd\tools\unxutils\bin\xz.exe to V5.0.3.
· Updated ubcd\tools\win32\unxutils\bin\7z.exe+dll to V9.22beta.
· Updated WD DLG Diagnostic to V5.19.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1 Beta 1:

June 22nd, 2011

· Disabled FDUBCD menu for WDIDLE3 and DIMM_ID in ubcd.ini.
· Re-added missing aida16.cab to fdubcd.iso.gz.
· Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v110511.
· Updated ASTRA to V5.50.
· Updated to SPFDisk to 2000-03v.
· Filter away Parted Magic entries in grub4dos menus.
· Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.31.
· Updated Parted Magic to V6.2. Updated F-Prot to V6.0.3. Update XFPROT to V2.4.
· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.43. Updated XCOPY to V1.4a. Updated SYS.COM from FreeDOS kernel 2039. Updated LOWDMA.SYS and UMBPCI.SYS to V3.81. Changed help.bat in level1\help.bat to test for MORE.EXE instead of MORE.COM.
· Updated ubcd\tools\unxutils\bin\xz.exe to V5.0.3.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1 Alpha 3:

April 28th, 2011

· Updated version label of EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3.1 and removed extra ISO image.
· Updated HDT to V0.5.0. Fixed double APPEND and switch to using gzipped version of pci.ids. Also modified syslinux2grub4dos.sed to make special provision when translating HDT entry.
· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.42. Optimized format of image. Shortened keybrd_ncfg and mouse_ncfg in config.sys to kb_ncfg and mse_ncfg respectively to fit everything into environment space. Updated bin\7za.exe in UBCD FreeDOS to 9.13beta. Updated level1\freedos.cab\more.com to V4.3.
· Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.12. Thanks to IceCube for the update.
· Temporarily point cpustress kernel image to /pmagic/bzImage to alleviate lockup problems.
· Move startup.bat command to ubcd.ini for DIMM_ID, AleGr MEMTEST and WDIDLE3.
· Pipe Partinfo output to "more". Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
· Updated entry for Dsrfix in ubcd.ini to drop to command prompt after launch.
· Updated files from syslinux 4.0.4.
· Updated Parted Magic to V6.0. grub4dos booting support is dropped.
· Updated ubcd\tools\win32\unxutils\bin\7z.exe+dll to V9.22beta.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1 Alpha 2:

April 11th, 2011

· Updated shsucdx.com in UBCD FreeDOS lib\shsucdx.cab to V3.05.
· Updated ubcd\tools\linux\ubcd2usb\readme.txt and added instructions to make created partition active.
· Added Video Memory Stress Test V1.7.
· Added wdidle3 V1.05.
· Updated some help text.
· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.41. Introduced "nolbacache" parameter (in memdisk and config.sys) to launch without LBACACHE.
· Corrected Kon-Boot version to V1.0
· Added HWiNFO V5.5.2.
· Added Partinfo V1.11.
· Deprecated AVG Rescue CD, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
· Deprecated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
· Fixed launch parameters of stand-alone FDUBCD (fdubcd.iso.gz instead of fdubcd.img.gz).
· Fixed missing launch parameters.
· Reinclude manufacturer's name for HDD utils.
· Retained Memtest86 V3.5b that has certain features that are missing in the new Memtest86 V4.0.
· Updated ASTRA to V5.48.
· Updated DiskCheck to V3.9.2.
· Updated EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3. The launch method has been changed to memdisk.
· Updated ES-Tool to V3.01v.
· Updated files from syslinux 4.0.3.
· Updated Gujin to V2.8.3.
· Updated HDClone to V4.0.4c.
· Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.30.
· Updated MBRtool to V2.3.200.
· Updated MBRWork to V1.08.
· Updated Memtest86 to V4.0.
· Updated Memtest86+ to V4.20
· Updated Parted Magic to V5.10. Also updated pccmoscleaner-2.0.txz, pcdiskeraser-5.0.txz, pcloginnow-2.0.txz, pcregedit-2.0.txz
· Updated Partition Saving to V3.90.
· Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.11-2.
· Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.23.
· Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V1.98s1.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.1 Alpha 1:

April 11th, 2011

· Added Kon-Boot V1.1
· Added Dsrfix V3.12
· Update ES-Tool to V3.01p. Added historical info about ES-Tool help text.
· Added AleGr MEMTEST V2.00
· Added DIMM_ID V3.57. This is a special UBCD-only contribution.
· Add IBM Disk Manager V9.57.
· Added AVG Rescue {V9.0.100}.
· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.40. Updated AUTOEXEC.BAT and added "-n" to mdiskchk.com to avoid hanging on certain BIOSes. Removed "MOUSE_NCFG=0" in etc\global.set.
· Updated HDAT2 to V4.8.1.
· Updated ASTRA to V5.46.
· Added older version of HDAT2 (V4.5.3).
· Updated ubcd2iso and ubcd2usb to remove "boot.images" subdirectory (created by IZArc) before image creation.
· Added HWiNFO V5.5.0. Thanks to Johannes Hauber for suggesting this.
· Substitute econfig.c32 with whichsys.c32 and removed ubcd\menus\isolinux\main.cfg.
· Update Seagate DiscWizard to V11.0.8326.
· Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.6beta (rebuilt with isolinux V3.86 to improve compatibility).
· Updated files from syslinux 4.0.2.
· Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5b (2010-09-22) to support syslinux V4.
· Updated Hardware Detection Tool to V0.3.6.1 (from Syslinux 4.02).
· Updated HDClone to V3.9.4.
· Updated NSSI to V0.60.45.
· Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v100627.
· Updated Parted Magic to V5.5.
· Updated ubcd2iso.cmd to support optional "/g" parameter to use grub4dos as the bootloader.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0.3:

August 25th, 2010

· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.39. Updated eltorito.sys/mdiskchk.com from syslinux 4.0.2. Enable mouse config dialog due to report that mouse driver causes Acer Aspire One to hang.
· Fixed ISO filename in pmagic\boot\grub4dos\grub4dos.lst.
· Fixed tools\linux\antivirus\clamav.sh, which stopped working due to a change in URL.
· Fixed ubcd2iso.sh (-R to -r; wordings of success status).
· Updated memdisk from syslinux 4.0.2.
· Updated tools\linux\readme.txt (added "chmod a+x ../../../antivir/antivir").
· Updated antivirus databases to most recent.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0.2:

June 7th, 2010

· Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.38. Fixed support for ZIP and 7Z archive formats.
· Fixed wording of success status messages in ubcd2iso.cmd/ubcd2usb.cmd.
· Fixed wrong image file for DFT in V5.0.1.
· Fixed wrong image file for IBM Feature Tool in V5.0.1.
· Fixed missing fjerase.cab.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0.1:

May 24th, 2010

· Updated HDClone to V3.9.2.
· Fixed bug in ubcd2iso.cmd.
· Removed bootdisk.exe from Active@ KillDisk V4.1 to save space.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0.0:

May 11th, 2010

· Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.10.
· Updated Memtest86+ to V4.10.
· Updated HDClone to V3.8.5.
· Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.17.
· Updated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System V3.6.9-20100509220907.
· Updated help and error text in ubcd2usb.cmd.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0 Beta 10:

January 21st, 2009

· Bug Fixes from Beta 9

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0 Beta 8 / 4.1.1:

December 31st, 2008

· - Change launch parameters for AIDA16.
· - Updated Memtest86+ to V2.11.
· - UPdated DFT to V4.15.
· - Updated IBM Feature Tool to V2.12.
· - Updated Avira AntiVir Rescue System to V3.5.5-20081221195634.
· - Updated Parted Magic to V3.4.

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD 5.0 Beta 4:

July 29th, 2008

· updated "/bin/modboot.cab"
· - added umbchk.bat - checks status of UMB; echoes "MEM: UMA(n) where n=1(enabled) or 0(unavailable)
· - updated modboot.bat (now calls umbchk.bat during boot)
· removed tsrhigh from "/bin/modboot.cab"
· updated tsrload/devload from "/bin/modboot.cab"
· - each script intelligently loads a given device/tsr program
· - automatically determines if UMA available for high load (forces low if UMA unavailable)
· - gracefully aborts load if given device/tsr already resident
· - usage: "devload [-l] %ramdrv%libdriver.sys /1 /2 /etc"
· - pass "-l" parameter to force load into conventional

· updated lbacache (freeDOS diskcache) to 2008apr07

· updated "/level3/autorun3.cab"
· - any modboot varaible "*_NCFG" parameter is erased post-boot from "/etc/global.set"
· - same applies to global set (if exist)
· - why? so you can now freely access any required modboot if booting from option "0 Default (silent)" from config.sys (e.g. usbaspi, udma, etc)

· removed split.exe, vmode.exe, batt.exe from "/bin/supp.cab"
· removed share.exe, more.exe, undelete.com from "/level1/freedos.cab"
· added "power.bat" in "/level2/idle.cab"
· - invokes FdApm INFO (check AC, battery level)
· added "vmode.bat" to "/bin/supp.cab"
· - toggles screen between 25, 35 and 50 (43 EGA) line modes
· - type "vmode" at command prompt to toggle OR add parameters -25,-36,-50 to set
· updated "/bin/supp.cab"
· - added sleep.exe (pause batch files for pre-determined time)
· - replaced calc.exe with calc387.exe ( 386 only)
· reboot command now defaults to cold boot (type "reboot /?" for options)