History For makebootfat
makebootfat Version 1.5 2008/06
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Added option -l to select LBA partition types
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Added option -H to enforce ?*heads*63 geometry
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Changed number of FATs from 1 to 2
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Added round down of partition size to end at cylinder end
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Added DX register setup before jump 0:7c00 to mbrfat
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Added some checks and warnings about -m, -D, -P and targets
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Bundled FreeDOS boot sectors
makebootfat Version 1.4 2005/03
makebootfat Version 1.3 2005/02
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Minor fixes at the documentation.
makebootfat Version 1.2 2005/02
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Added support for syslinux 3.xx with the new
-Y option. This removes the limitation of 1 GB
on FAT filesystems.
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The Linux version now suggests to switch to root if
searching for usb devices results in "Access Denied"
errors.
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Added a new -Z option to force ZIP-Disk compatibility.
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Added a minimal write cache to speedup the writing process.
makebootfat Version 1.1 2004/12
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The mbrfat sector now prints the type and geometry of
the drive.
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Minor fixes at the documentation.
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Fixed a minor problem in the Windows SetupDiGetProperty()
function.
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Removed the 4GB limit creating FAT32 partition in 32 bit
Linux systems.
makebootfat Version 1.0 2004/06