ArcaOS(TM) 5.0 RELEASE NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This README contains up-to-date issue resolution in the current ISO release of ArcaOS 5.0. The companion to this README is the ArcaOS support wiki on the Arca Noae website, located at https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RELEASE HISTORY --------------- 2021-12-07 - 5.0.7. 2020-08-31 - 5.0.6. 2020-06-06 - 5.0.5. 2019-07-25 - 5.0.4. 2018-07-30 - 5.0.3. 2018-02-10 - 5.0.2. 2017-07-08 - 5.0.1. 2017-05-15 - Initial release. Summary of changes 5.0.7 - Updated ACPI to 3.23.16. - Updated kernel files 14.203 SMP, 14.201 W4, 14.104c SMP debug. - Updated AHCI to 2.08. - Updated JFS to 1.9.9. - Updsted FAT32 to 5.0.4. - Updated pcidevs.txt to 2021.07.20. - Updated ANPM to 1.0.7, eCoRT to 2020-10-16, Archive Tool to 1.04.0, DVD Tools to 1.08. - Updated MultiMac. - Updated Uniaud to 3.01.03. - Added NVME 1.01. - Added MMJME 1.1.1. - Updated Panorama to 1.17. - Updated ANXWP to 1.0.14. - Updated OS2LDR/OS2LDR.BIN/HD4DISK.ADD to v1.24. - Updated OS2DUMP to v2.24. - Updated USB to 12.10. - Updated testlog.exe to 3.46. - Updated Samba client to 4.11.6 LTS. - Updated YUM/RPM bootstrap to 2021-10-23 and on-disc repo content. - Updated ASwitch to 1.0. - Updated TIMESET timezone info to 2021-H1. - (Installer) Update timezone info to 2021-H1. - (Installer) Updated MemDisk to 2021.08.12. - (Installer) Updated preboot verbose boot option for Alt-F2 functionality. - (Updater) Added USBMOS drivers to updater. - (Updater) Various fixes to improve experience and reduce after-update tasks. - (Updater) Prevent WPI packages from being backleveled. Summary of changes 5.0.6 - Updated JFS to 1.9.8. - Updated brlaser CUPS print driver. - Updated NetDrive Samba plugin to 3.7.1. - Updated VirtualBox Additions to 6.1.12; improved packaging. - Updated FAT32 to 5.0.3. - Updated ACPI to 3.23.14. - Updated eCo Runtime Base & Win to 20200525. - Updated NAPS help (minor). - Updated Panorama to 1.16. - Updated TestLog to 3.32. - Updated PRINTMAN to 0.8.6 (proper filtering of non-current-codepage PPD strings). - Updated CUPSWIZ to 1.20 (proper filtering of non-current-codepage PPD strings). - Fixed repeating "EPSON" string in generated printer driver list. - (Installer) Various minor layout fixes. - (Installer) Moved Media Folder creation to phase 2 to avoid potential hang in phase 3. Summary of changes 5.0.5 - Updated ArcaMapper GUI to build 20200603 - Updated USB stack v12.06 - Updated MINILVM.HLP - Updated FAT32 5.0.2 - Updated SLPR help - Updated ArcaMapper help - Updated ANRDC to v2.0.2 - Added SETRESET - Updated bootstrap to 2020-05-18 and on-disc repo to 2020-02-09 plus newer updates in netlabs-rel - Updated Uniaud32 to 2.02.06 - Updated MOZ_INFO.HTML for 5.0.5 release - Updated kernel symbol/debug files - Updated reseller URL objects in Web Sites folder - Updated Disk Utility to v1.39 - Added ANTurbo utility - Updated Mozilla apps to latest pentium4 builds; no Run! objects - Updated DSSaver to 2.4 (20200421 build) - Updated FreeType/2 IFI to v1.3.6 - Updated Samba and Heimdal to 4.11.5-0 and 7.7.0-3; update plugin to 3.7 - Updated HiDisk, IFX, Dynamic Icons, ANDT - Updated ISOFS to 1.12.2 - Updated testlog.exe - Updated keytables to fix a few minor layout errors - Updated %ETC%\services to 2020-02-24 - Updated pcidevs.txt to 2020-02-16 - Removed all snoopers from SNOOP.LST - Updated ACPI to 3.23.13 - Updated OS2LDR to v1.15 - Added OS2LDR and OS2DUMP documentation - Updated ANXWP to 20200223 - Updated NAPS to 1.17 - Updated ASPIROUT to 1.1.10-6 - Updated LVM wrapper to version 1.5 - Updated STPM.EXE to allow switching between alternate audio devices without the AmpMix page visible - Updated timezone lists for TIMESET - Updated Sigma to 3.02; updated maintenance page menu references - Updated Thunderbird zip to include repackaged multi-language Lightning calendar - Updated DBCSMAP to v1.61 (better NLS); updated icon - NewView: widen product information dialog for better NLS support - Updated SNAP - Updated ArcaBar help - Updated PNGIO to 1.09.2 (same BLDLEVEL, later date) - Updated Panorama to 1.15 release build - Updated AHCI to v2.07 release build - Updated Archive Tool to 1.03.03 - Updated DVDTools to 1.07.01 - Updated CUPSWIZ to v1.1.9 - Removed extraneous PR1UTIL and rxunlock DLLs from DOC directory - Updated gradd.sys to v2.02 - Updated VCOM.SYS to v5.01 - (Installer) Create ASWITCHSETUP desktop object - (Installer) Added ASWITCH.EXE and ASWITCHSETUP.CMD to MMBASE - (Installer) Updated installer to v1.36 - (Installer) Added USBMOS to preboot NIC list - (Installer) Fixed GENMAC driver wrapper file locations - (Installer) Improved logging and diagnostic output during install - (Installer) Updated preboot hardware type text for vintage hardware - (Installer) Updated GUI hardware type selections - (Installer) Ensure user is created in master.passwd - (Installer) Ensure all ArcaOS documentation is installed - (Installer) Added USBAUD2 and add USB Audio as installation selection - (Installer) Added new OS2DUMP for all install types - (Installer) AOSLDR now selected for all install types - (Installer) Updated installer help - (Installer) Updated some desktop text - (Installer) Only put changed settings into inetcfg.ini - (Installer) Added hardware type options to install GUI hardware selections - (Installer) Make SMP kernel selectable in GUI - (Installer) Add rxu and DrCtl RPMs to on-disc repo; remove SMBRXLIB.ZIP - (Installer) Fixed ArcaMapper WPI to not install old Samba client - (Installer) Removed RXU.DLL from ArcaMapper; install rxu RPM as prerequisite - (Installer) Added VirtualBox additions and integrated into install - (Installer) Added Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG device ID to detection database - (Installer) Set Uniaud for ThinkPad T42 AC'97 Audio (detector r36) - (Installer) Updated detector to extend UniAud fallback to class 04:01 device. - (Installer) Updated timezone list to latest - (Installer) Fixed Panorama SVGADATA copy - (Installer) Fixed inclusion of panopmi.dll in AltBoot zip - (Installer) Fixed broken updating of PRDESC.LST during install - (Installer) Revamped preboot hardware type: now only two options (Modern/ACPI and Older/APM) - (Installer) Updated MemDisk and OS2CSM to address memory corruption issue - (Installer) Enable USB XHCI driver installation (hardware tree updated) - (Installer) Make sure all variable instances are updated in AUTOEXEC.BAT - (Installer) Enabled preboot support (menu, help, env var) for USB xHCI - (Updater) Don't recreate Installed Features shadow - (Updater) Updated updater supplement - (Updater) Implemented workaround for nonstandard COMSPEC/OS2_SHELL - (Updater) Handle lack of trailing semicolon on PATH/LIBPATH/DPATH/HELP/BOOKSHELF - (Updater) Ensure shell is sane, that SHELLHANDLESINC=40, and that log/response file cleanup is logged - (Updater) Fixed error copying SNAP text file - (Updater) Re-run update checker if installer is restarted; improved logging - (Updater) Disable Update radiobutton instead of hiding when operation is not available Summary of changes 5.0.4 - New feature: Updater - New feature: 2GBFIX for DOS & Win-OS/2 sessions - Updated NewView to 2.19.7 - Updated ANXWP to 1.0.12.1 - updated ITHEME to v2.22 - Updated samba-client to 4.9.5-2 - Updated heimdal and heimdal-libs to 7.6.0-0 - Updated Samba and Heimdal in maintenance/install environment to 4.9.5 and 7.5.0 - Updated Samba plugin to 3.5 - Updated TestLog - Updated autoreboot - Updated Styler to 1.1.201 - Updated SMBPDR package to include readme and changelog - Improved FAT32.IFS placement in CONFIG.SYS - Set default SHELLHANDLESINC to 40 - Updated CfgApps icon and documentation - Updated YUM/RPM bootstrap to 2019-05-22 and on-disc repo content - Added bootstrap and on-disc repo content for pentium4 arch - Added BRLaser CUPS RPM to on-disc repo - Updated ANPM to 1.0.4 - Updated 4OS2 to 3.09 - Updated Lucide to 1.5.0 GA - Added missing shutdown.exe to Styler package - Added RWINI 1.20 - Added support for new Japanese era name in install-time generated user locale - Fixed Japanese era-based date display (year now renders correctly when %EY used) - Removed nonexistent background bitmaps in URL folders - Updated resellers in Web Sites folder - Updated MOZ_INFO.HTML - Fixed AltBoot to allow VGA booting without hang - Updated Installation Volume Manager to v2.43 - Updated DFSee OEM engine to 16.0 - Install PDF manuals to hard disk - Updated ACPI to 3.23.11 - Updated Dynamic Icons to 2.5.1 - Updated CUBE to v3.0 - Updated eCo runtime to 20190214 - Updated ConfigApps to v1.2.0 with NLS support - Updated PRINTMAN to 0.85 - Updated CUPSWIZ to 1.18 (now supports EPSONINK) - Added "Don't reboot automatically" checkbox to installer copying page - Updated Panorama to v1.13 - Updated Installer help - Updated Disk Utility help - Updated RXULS.DLL to 0.06.1 - Don't install APM if no power management is selected - Updated NAPS to v1.15 - Updated AN PNG Icons to 2019-01-31 - Updated Installer to 1.33 r531 - (Installer) Response file install: phase 2 countdown now works as expected - (Installer) Keyboard selection dropdown now works - (Installer) Keyboard selection from preboot properly matched - (Installer) Pass font size to utilities on System Management pages - (Installer) Make font selection combobox on first page taller - (Installer) Updated locale page timezone lists - (Installer) Preserve installer font size selection in phase 2+ - (Installer) Select None for IDE driver if no driver is detected or set - (Installer) Set default keyboard and codepage passthrough from preboot - (Installer) Reverted NewView to View on install media - (Installer) Locales corrected for Canary Islands - (Installer) Added Send TestLog item to System Management menu - Updated HiDisk to 1.10 - Updated IFX to 1.23 - Updated MEMLIMIT to 1.10 - Updated ISOFS to 1.1.1 - Various dialog enhancement updates - Installer applets now respect font setting, and other minor UI tweaks - Updated WarpIN to 1.0.23 - Updated Droid Fonts package (new version of Droid Sans Combined with kerning fixes). - Updated LMSYNC to 1.21 - Updated to MEM.EXE to 1.1 - Corrected preboot menu list misspellings on keyboard dropdown - Updated preboot help - Updated Archive Tool to 1.03 - Make sure XCenter (if installed) is set to auto-open after final reboot - Corrected BWW folder ID - Updated VROBJEX.DLL to v1.33 - Corrected TZ standard vs dst zone names - Improved master volume setting logic - Added suite.xqs to SeaMonkey package - Updated GRADD.SYS to 2.1 - Added USBAUDIO.WPI - Added missing UNIAUD support files - Updated MultiMac drivers to latest release builds - Updated AMouse to 3.01.03 - Resynced EN timezone database - Updated PNGIO to 1.09.2 - Updated MINILVM (Logical Volume Manager - Simple) to 2.42 - Fixed timezone variable Export syntax - Disk Utility language resource fixes - Updated Archive Viewer to 2.24 - Fixed EURO locale names - Rename Macedonia-FYR to North Macedonia in preboot menu - Improved time synchronization startup object parameters - Updated PSPRINT to 30.907 - Replaced TESTCFG[2].SYS with new unified version 5.2 - Set correct text file associations on Text Editor - Updated PREGUI.EXE - Fixed (by preventing) spurious logged error from attrib on non-DBCS systems - Fixed incorrect DBCS Win-OS/2 entries, fixes bad video driver configuration when C: drive not used. - Updated TIMESET to 1.13 - Turn on Digital Transfer in CD-Audio devices by default - Updated CALL_EXE.SYS messages - Updated Resizer message files - Updated ISOFS WPI to 1.1.1 - Automatically filter memory drive from PMFORMAT and PMCHKSEL when run from install media - Fixed abend in PMCHKSEL when run in non-install mode - Updated AOSLDR to 1.08 - Updated USB to 12.01 Summary of changes 5.0.3 - Updated IFX to 1.21 - Updated 4OS2 to 3.08.4 - Updated autoreboot - Added MOZ_INFO.HTML document and WPS objects - Fix autostart disabling logic - Fixed MMPM Compact Disc device creation for phase 2 - Removed GBM.DLL from \OS2\DLL; MMPM installs GBMDLL from RPM - Updated TestLog - Added UniAud association for 10DE:0059 device - Update DFSee OEM engine to 15.2 (addresses DiskUtil edge case where partition could appear to extend beyond boundary but no notice given) - Moved TOP.TXT to bin directory - Implemented special maintenance page for Phase 2 - Updated HiDisk to 1.0.2 - Fixed bad characters in MPEG player object titles - Updated ANPM to 1.0.3 - Updated Samba libraries to 4.7.7 - Updated Heimdal packages in local repo to latest i686 release - Updated Samba plugin to 3.3 - Added readme.smb and ndrexx.txt docs for NetDrive - Added Mozilla prerequisites (FF 45.9) to on-disc repo (hunspell; libvpx) - Rebuilt and refreshed SNAP to pickup any recent changes - Updated installer help - Updated YUM/RPM bootstrap to 2018-05-29 - Updated on-disc repo to latest available packages, obsoleting wpi4rpm and removing already-updated poppler packages; perl packages added to satisfy dependencies - Added host.exe to ISO files - Updated TIMSET to 1.13 - Assigned UniAud to 8086:266e - Updated AHCI driver to v2.05 - Unified GRADD driver install wrapper - Updated Panorama to v1.11 - Updated NAPS - Updated XMAKEINI with DBCS string fix - Updated ACPI to 3.23.09 - Added MEM.EXE - Make sure mpts_update.cmd exists before running it - Added nVidia MCP51 Ethernet Controller to database - Updated Disk Utility - Updated preboot menu help for first HAB and NIC - Updated Testlog - Updated CARDBUS drivers to 10.148 - Rename 'safe mode' boot option - Add new boot mode for automatic testlog upload - Video driver install script updates - Update included versions of VROBJEX and DBCSMAP - New installer status messages - Various installer page updates (mnemonics, text, buttons) - Update MultiMac drivers - Added NELITE to SYSTOOLS package (required by RESMGR) - Updated ITHEME and DBCSMAP - Updated RXUTILEX.DLL - Various dialog resource updates - Updated installer tree bitmaps - Updated FreeType/2 configuration GUI - Updated MINILVM - Make sure kernel files are set +s +h +r even on non-SMP systems - Rebuild FreeType.DLL as non-debug version - Updated FreeType IFI to 1.3.5 (works around problems with certain broken Hangul fonts) - Updated mksupzip.cmd - Locale page layout improvements - Enable detection for VBox Intel AC97 - Added soundcard detection (PnP models only) Summary of changes 5.0.2 - (Installer) remove DST from Western Australian timezone - Updated USBMMON (SHL changes to logging) - Updated Warp 4 icon theme files - Fixed net names in IBMLS.RSP when interface numbers are non-contiguous - Updated ArcaMapper - Updated Uniaud32 to v2.02.04 - Updated TOP to 2.14 (adds support for force kill via CADH.SYS) - Updated DFSee to 15.0 (scripting enhancements necessary for USB imaging) - Updated testlog.exe - Updated Panorama to 1.10 - Updated DiskUtil v1.34 - Added MMMSK IDs to device database - Added resources for INFRARED.PDR - Moved USBWARN to memory disk - Removed (temporarily) ISOMNT.CMD and UNISOMNT.CMD files - Updated ENDPHASE.CMD to avoid ISOFSDMN.EXE conflict with ISOFS.WPI - Updated MINILVM (fixed cosmetic issue in API error reporting) - Deleted unused CALC.HLP (app is not shipped) - Fixed disk number for unsupported partitioning error - Changed LVM wrapper return code for unsupported partitioning scheme (was 70, now 0x01xx) to include the disk number and to accept Large Floppy devices <= 2GB; updated MINILVM and DISKUTIL accordingly - Enabled ISOFS WPI installation by default - Updated certificate bundles - Updated AHCI - Added MKSUPZIP.CMD - Updated ANXWP to build 2017-11-28 - Try to avoid text clipping at medium font on single-vol LAN options page - Updated bootstrap and on-disc repo (fixes #1230) - Updated spelling of 'removable' - Updated ANPM, FAT32, ftconfig - Fixed LAN books install - Better validation of Moz apps install path - Updated AiR-Boot to v1.1.4; added manual - Updated dump formatter to latest versions - Updated LVM wrapper to detect non-MBR format disks - Corrected UPM objects to point to boot drive @@fixes 1532 - Fixed File and Print Client install image (requester and server versions of some files were mixed up) @@fixes 1358 - Removed unused klibccfg.dll - Updated Source Serif Pro (now includes Cyrillic) and Source Code Pro - Updated PMDCALCP to latest (now has proper folder icon) - Updated MPTS syslevel to WR_8709 - Added MNTISO files to systools package - Added AOSBoot (AltBoot) to build - Tweaked logon dialog resources - Selective install cleanup (removes some additional junk files) - Updated MPTN protocol files to PJ30659 plus socketsk from ACPI package - Updated NAPS, LMSYNC and CUPSWIZ builds - Updated MultiMac drivers to 20171019 - Updated DVD Tools, Archive Tool, eCoRT - New USB 11.17 - Set dialog border on product information box, @@fixes 1016 - Added known third-party SCSI drivers to installer GUI and backend - Updated Samba (Heimdal packages) to 4.4.13; updated repodata - Updated REXXLIB and ENDPHASE from AltBoot package (necessary for USB stick boot) - Adjusted name & location of LVM desktop objects - Added mtools to tools directory - Changed boot menu version string to show ArcaOS version - Improved Wifi NIC detection for some T61 models (possibly others) - Don't add AMouse directory to PATH - Updated ACPI 3.23.07 - Updated missing acpistat command - Added find.exe to DVD boot environment - Updated SMP retail kernel to 14.201 - Updated SMP debug kernel to 14.104b - Update PrintMan to 0.70 - Updated testlog to V3.03 - Removed 10ec:8139 wildcard detection entry Summary of changes 5.0.1 - Updated FAT32 to r288 - Updated testlog.exe - Don't add /EAS to CACHEF32.EXE by default - Install OS2AHCI files from WPI - Add OS2LOGO to SMPFILES & ensure it gets copied to hard disk even in verbose boot mode - Added AHCI.WPI package - Add GPLv3 license file to ArcaMapper package - Updated ArcaMapper help file (English) - Move WPDrive2 class replacement to end of phase 2 (to avoid breaking XWPDrives subclassing) - Disable NetDrive volume persistence by default - Add MOZ_PLUG to FF and SM packages, with README - Updated Uniaud - Updated Samba plugin - Fixed DVD boot Samba plugin location - Disabled IcedTea plugin - Updated readme files for multimac - Fix for ticket 1208 (crash when prdesc.lst contains unexpected data) - Add AICU320.ADD SCSI driver - Set SMOUSE by default when VirtualPC detected. - Add MMBGE driver & device IDs to detection database, minor additions - (MiniLVM) Add check for LVM 'corrupt' flag on disk 1 when deciding whether to en abling/disabling the AirBoot install menuitem (ticket 1215). - Updated MultiMac drivers - Updated Lucide 1.4.0 (cosmetic issue) - Updated USB - (Install-backend) Fix problem installing non-UniAUD sound drivers on certain systems - (Install-backend) Fix error installing more than two of the same NIC driver - (Install-backend) Make sure USBCOM.SYS comes after PSCOM.SYS (1138) - (Drivers) Updates to IBM-shipped NIC drivers (1163) - (NAPS) Fix bogus output when adding protocol in NAPS - Updated AHCI driver 2.02 - Fixed install where there is a delay after dfsee command such as large HPFS disks - Remove browser history and cookies from conf; do not overwrite browser conf if it already exists (ticket #'s 1073, 1074)