Version history for Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD)

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Changes for v5.3.6 - v5.3.7

• FDUBCD: UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.53.
• FDUBCD: Updated FreeDOS kernel version to 2042. Also updated HIMEMX.EXE, JEMM386.EXE and MEM.EXE from FreeDOS 1.2.
• Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.3.0.
• Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.27.
• Updated HDAT2 to V5.3.
• Updated HDClone to V6.0.7.
• Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.30.
• Updated Partition Saving to V4.30.
• Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.15.
• Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V2.00s8.

Changes for v5.3.5 - v5.3.6

• Updated f-prot.sh script as the parsing of database path has changed.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.40.
• Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.25.
• Added Q&D Unit Clone V1.1p.
• Added Q&D Vital Data Manager V1.4g.

Changes for v5.3.2 - v5.3.3

• Updated ASTRA to V6.22. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Disabled mouse driver in Drive Fitness Test due to report of the driver freezing on some systems during bootup.
• Updated HDClone to V5.1.4. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated CPUStress to V2.5.4 (2 Nov 2014). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
• Updated PhotoRec to 7.0-WIP (Oct 2014).
• Updated TestDisk to latest 7.0-WIP (Oct 2014).

Changes for v5.3.1 - v5.3.2

• Fixed certain files under "tools/win32/" having Unix-style line endings.
• Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.00. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated CPUStress to V2.5.2 (7 Sep 2014). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
• Updated HDClone to V5.1.3. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Added Enhanced Keyboard Checker. Thanks to silicon83 for the suggestion.
• Added AT-Keyboard Tester. Thanks to silicon83 for the suggestion.

Changes for v5.3.0 - v5.3.1

• Updated "ubcd/tools/linux/antivirus/clamav.sh" to make database version change detection work again.
• Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.22.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.20.
• Updated HWiNFO to V5.5.5.
• Updated partinfo to 1.14.
• Updated HDClone to V5.0.7.
• Updated photorec, testdisk and fidentify to v7.0 through new module.

Changes for v5.2.8 - v5.2.9

• Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.21. Thanks to Phoenix48 for the update.
• Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.80. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.13. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated HDAT2 to V5.0. Thanks to fryedsoft for the update.
• Updated HDClone to V4.3.7. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated CPUStress to V2.4.0 (24 Feb 2014). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
• Updated Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark to V11.1.2 (in CPUStress V2.4.0). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
• Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v140201. Thanks to ady for the update.

Changes for v5.2.4 - v5.2.5

• Fixed spelling errors in "ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/readme.txt".
• Updated Parted Magic to 2013_06_15_i586.
• FDUBCD: Previously jemm386.exe (FDUBCD/bin) was not updated to V5.78. This has been fixed.
• UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.50.
• Updated HDClone to V4.3.4.
• Updated HDShredder to V4.0.1.
• Updated Partition Saving to V4.10.

Changes for v5.2.1 - v5.2.2

• Updated Parted Magic help text. Thanks to Explorer09 for the suggestion.
• Prefixed "Included in CPUstress" for all CPUStress entries.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.03. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated HDClone to V4.2.4. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.60. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated Memtest86 to V4.2.0. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Updated CPUstress image to V2.2. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update
• Updated script to remove "Press F1 for more information" in grub4dos CPUstress entry.

Changes for v5.2.0 - v5.2.1

• Added F-Prot and ClamAV databases, which were missing from the 5.2.0 release.
• Removed unnecessary "APPEND -" from all entries. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Updated syslinux2grub4dos scripts to deal with absent "APPEND -" statements.
• Updated CPUstress image to V2.1expl6, added help text and added a separate entry that launches it main menu. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update and suggestion.
• Removed /ubcd/boot/cpustress/bzImage, which is no longer used.

Changes for v5.1 Alpha 3 - v5.2.0

• Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5c (2012-11-17).
• Added BOOTMGR 05-AUG-2012.
• Remove diskcheck.pdf because it is not available.
• Removed CD Index because it cannot be made to work with FreeDOS in its current form.
• Use one level "/pmagic" instead of two-level "/pmagic/pmagic" to better facilitate integration with other multi-boot distro. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Adopted Explorer09's patch for F-Prot virus def update script.
• Updated CPUStress image to V2.1expl4. Thanks to Explorer09 for updating what was originally contributed by IceCube.
• Updated Stress to V1.04.
• Added TAFT V1.2.
• V:\ubcd\root\ubcd\tools\linux\mkfdubcd\mkfdubcd.sh. Thanks to Reinhard Biegel for pointing this out.
• Fixed tools\linux\antivirus\clamav.sh, which stopped working due to various external changes. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Moved "/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin" to "/boot/syslinux" and make both syslinux/isolinux use the same "/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg" config file. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Moved boot.kernel.org (BKO) to "Others" category.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.01.
• Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.7.
• Updated DISKMAN4 to V4.2A3, the last release for this app.
• Updated DOSLFN in FDUBCD to V0.41c.
• Updated FDUBCD to use HimemX and JEMM386.
• Updated files from syslinux 4.0.6.
• Updated g4u to V2.5.
• Updated IBM Disk Manager to V9.61.
• Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.55. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated Partition Saving to V4.00.
• Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.14.
• Updated SeaTools for DOS (Text) to V1.12. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated UMBPCI in FDUBCD to V3.83.
• Added PCISniffer manual to /ubcd/images.
• Changed to using "linux.c32" instead of "LINUX" command because the former can deal with memory holes better. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Added comments about UBCD2ISO_ARGS to ubcd2iso.cmd and ubcd2iso.sh.
• Added support for "kblang" parameter in UBCD FreeDOS at Don Manuel's request for the OmniBoot project. \level1\keybrd.cab\bin\Keybrd.bat was modified for this purpose.
• Fixed Mersenne Prime Test "ubcdcmd" to "mprime27".
• Moved !BIOS to a boot image of its own because it can't be made to work with FDUBCD.
• Updated FDUBCD KERNEL.SYS to Build 2041.
• Updated DLG Diagnostic to V5.20. Thanks to drizzle for the suggestion.
• Updated HDClone to V4.2.2. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated ASTRA to V6.02. Thanks to ady for the update.
• Updated UBCD FreeDOS to to reside in a 16MB superfloppy image supplied by ady.
• FDUBCD: Fixed AUTOEXEC.BAT at ady's request.
• FDUBCD: Updated bin\7za.exe to 9.20.1 at ady's request.
• Removed "/boot/syslinux/" from all COM32 entries in syslinux menus.
• Updated Gujin to V2.8.7. Thanks to Don Manuel for the update.
• Removed mkfdubcd script.
• Updated "ubcd\tools\linux\syslinux2grub4dos\main.sed" and fixed conversion for hdt.c32.
• Updated Memtest86 to V4.1.0. This version includes V3,5b and V4.0b, so the menu entry for the previous version is removed. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Changed syntax of syslinux cfg files and updated syslinux2sed.sed to support the change. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
• Updated Parted Magic to 2013_01_29_i586.
• Updated F-Prot Antivirus to V6.2.3 and X-FProt to V2.4expl4. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
• Renamed DLG Diagnostic to "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS". Thanks to su.ar for the suggestion.
• Updated Mersenne Prime Test to V27.9. Thanks to Don Manuel for helping with this.
• Updated "boot\syslinux\syslinux.cfg" to use CONFIG directive.
• Use internal LINUX command for launching boot.kernel.org.
• Updated help text of Memtest86+.

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