This Distribution: ------------------ This is still a beta and may have some bugs that I've missed, but the more time I take trying to find bugs, the longer it takes to get released. Any reported and confirmed bugs will be corrected in a hopefully quickly released next version. The layout is designed to look it's best when using the Glow icons system, which is now standard from OS 3.5 and above. I've also tried to make sure that if your not using this system, it still works well. If you have any suggestions or improvement you would like to see included in the next released version, please feel free to contact me. * MakeDrivers/ ... ; This package will Make your Drivers. Install by moving the drawer to a place of your choice. * Docs/DVD-RAM.guide ; A guide based index to the documentation. * Docs/ReadMe2 ; So, what does all this stuff do. * Docs/Text/About2 ; This, what is it all about. * Docs/Text/Hardware ; Information about DVD-RAM hardware. * Docs/Text/Legal2 ; It's all freeware, but still. * Storage/SourceCode/ ... ; Source Code * Storage/DVD-RAM_2.6/SFS_DOSDrivers/DVD_SFS ; OBSOLETE ! This gives you 1 full disc SFS partition, 2380.8 MB. * Storage/DVD-RAM_2.6/FFS_DOSDrivers/DVD_FFS ; OBSOLETE ! This gives you 1 full disc FFS partition, 2380.8 MB. History: -------- 0.93 (24.09.01) Added LF-D311 4.7GB DVD BURNER hardware information. Split MakeDrivers into an individual package. 0.92 (26.02.01) *New* MakeDrivers Zip 100 MB and Jaz 1 GB drive support. *New* MakeDrivers PFS3 Support (Not for DVD-RAM). *New* Added SetDefaults, MakeDrivers Default Preferences changing. Renamed MakeDrivers DVD-RAM.cfg drawer to MDrivers.cfg. *New* Added MakeDrivers def_Mount and def_RDBList Icons. *New* MakeDrivers DVD UDF Bridge support using CD Filesystems. *New* MakeDrivers AmiCDFS Support. *New* MakeDrivers AsimCDFS Support. *New* MakeDrivers CacheCDFS Support. *New* Added some Information about DVD discs. 0.91 (28.01.01) Version 2 disc size problems fixed (Frédéric Nicolas). Changed MakeDrivers RDB structure. *New* MakeDrivers CrossDOS MSH support. *New* Alternative DOSDriver Glow Icons. *New* MakeDrivers DVD-RAM.cfg configuration drawer. Minor updates and improvements to this documentation. 0.90 (30.12.00) No problems have been reported since 0.80. Added MakeDrivers 'Unable to find Icon' warning. TrackSize, RDB size list is now independent. *New* MakeDrivers can now create a full RDB and MountList file. Split the documentation sections into separate files. *New* Added RDBList_Prep, RDB List into a real RDB writer. *New* MakeDrivers International Mode FFS Support. Updated and split the documentation and added a guide index. 0.80 (01.10.00) No problems have been reported since 0.70. Minor changes to the driver version format. *New* MakeDrivers CrossDOS Support. *New* MakeDrivers AllegroCDFS Support. Updated some more of this documentation. 0.70 (25.09.00) No problems have been reported since 0.50. *New* MakeDrivers, this is my first Installer Script. *New* 4.7 Version 2 (not tested) support. *New* fat95.lha MS FileSystem support, more to hopefully follow. TrackSize, Improved and fixed a problem with the RDB size. Corrected Safe Mask (0x1FFFFC) and MaxTransfer (0xFFFE) values. Updated some of this documentation. 0.50 (11.06.00) First Release. Things to Do !: --------------- Find out why a DVD-RAM Version 2 FFS 45.9 whole disc quick format crashes ! I don't know how much free time I may have in the future, but still feel free to send any ideas or suggestions. Improve the guides and MakeDrivers. A read and write UDF port would be nice. I still have lots of ideas, and things can always be improved, but hopefully most of the major work has now been done. Thanks To: ---------- All the people who have sent encouragement, you know who you are :-). Phil Vedovatti - Nice NewIcons. John Hendrikx - Smart FileSystem. Torsten Jager - Fat95 File System. Jens Troeger - InstallerNG and the fast InstallerNG bug fix. Joanne Dow - HDWrenchTester.lha and hdwrench.library. Frédéric Nicolas - Lots of Version 2 DVD-RAM testing and great feedback. Some useful programs in my opinion ... DiskMonTools 3.13 (18/01/1999) by Jörg Strohmayer Some other great programs in my opinion ... DirII v3.3a © 1995 S.Davies [Freeware]. Visage 39.22 (31/10/1998) - By Magnus Holmgren. cmp V1.7 (25.01.00) © by ALeX Kazik. Some Final Thoughts: -------------------- I like to write programs but I really don't like doing the documentation ! I've have taken a lot of time and trouble to make these the best drivers I could and also to be as accurate as I can with all the information, taken from lots of different sources. If their is anything you could improve or know to be incorrect, please feel free to send any helpful information or corrections for the next update. This is all Freeware, I hope you enjoy it ! If you have any problems, also feel free to contact me. It would optionally be nice to receive any comments, help, or gifts. Best Regards, Steven Norburn