Date:  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 07:52:20 -0500
From:  madodel at ptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: DFSee version 6.16 released


From: "Jan van Wijk" <jvwDESPAM at dfsee.com> 

DFSee version 6.16 has been released today, with enhancements for recovery
and analysis, more consistent number-format for command and option values
and quite a few bug-fixes.

There are also specific "SMALL" downloads per operating system now, for
people on slower internet connections like dial-up ...

DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. More details at:

  http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm

Direct download links:

  http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee6xx.zip

Just the 'dfsee' Linux distribution with documentation:

  http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee6xx_linux.tgz

Several "SMALL package" ZIPs are available now per platform:

  http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm#dfseedos
  http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm#dfseeos2

  and so on ...


Most important functional changes since 6.15:

 - FDISK    auto-set commands like 'LVM' now forces a base of 0
 - FIXBOOT  -s, FAT32 force copy spare sectors, even when invalid
 - FileDlg  Fix Linux TxTree/TxTrueName for files > 2Gb
 - FileDlg  Enhanced size/<directory> and fname in footer line
 - GEO      Added new -Sync option and display usage on -?
 - IM       Set correct image size and geometry on open RAW file
 - LSN      New command to display an LSN, specified as mcs-number
 - LVM / PL Fix BMGR-list in menu-items empty after <Escape>
 - LVM 1,r  Support relative partition-numbers to be used
 - MENU     Mode=FAT, fix bootsector, specify sector type (OS)
 - MENU     DFSDISK, try harder, allow alternate geometry input
 - Output   Automatic timestamping when a logfile is active
 - PART     Improved invalid EBR ERROR messages, better reference
 - PART     Added cylinder numbers to many ERROR messages
 - PART     Overlapping partitions changed from warning to ERROR
 - PART     New ERROR reported on multiple links/logicals in EBR
 - PATH     In HPFS and NTFS, fixed incorrect output and trap
 - Params   Updated many commands to allow mcs-number format input
 - Screen   Repaint whole screen on Ctrl-L (Linux standard key)
 - Startup  switch -d- surpresses add physical disks to devicemap
 - Startup  switch -H:[x] sets HEX/DEC default for mcs-numbers
 - Usage    Text standardized for many of the FDISK commands
 - VREMOVE  Reset forced/last geometry for next VIRT disk created
 - Linux    Shell scripts enhanced to find executable automatically


Note:
There is a design change in the Linux 2.6 kernel for disk-translation that
affects many disk-tools including DFSee. The effect is that the geometry
used will be DIFFERENT from what the BIOS uses. Using disk-tools
(including Suse 9.1 and Fedore core-2 install!) that are not aware of
these changes may lead to problems on multi-boot systems. (Windows not
booting, OS/2 or eCS loosing LVM info)

Creating partitions using DFSee, then PSAVE before installing Linux allows
you to get Linux installed, and a PRESTORE after installation will make
the other operating systems happy again ...


Regards, JvW

=========================================================================
DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk;  Author of DFSee -
infoDESPAM at dfsee.com



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