Professional File System III V5.3 ================================ Notes for public domain release =============================== This is the Professional File System III as it was released back in 1999, with the patches from PFS3_5153 applied. Note that the sources, also released on Aminet, will not result in exactly the same binaries, because some minor changes have been made to the source code. Copyright and disclamer notice ============================== Copyright (c) 2011, Michiel Pelt, Peltin BV All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by Michiel Pelt. 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY MICHIEL PELT ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICHIEL PELT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Installation ============ > Install PFS3 using the icon. DO NOT copy files directly from the CD onto you harddrive. Changes since PFS 3 V5.1 (revision 18.3) ======================================== > Shared read-write MODE_FINDOUTPUT is now a fully shared lock. In previous releases it was single writer multiple reader, now it is multiple writer multiple reader. Some programs like Apache had problems with this. > Fixed bug: Deldir date When using list the dates in the deldir were incorrect > Fixed bug: Possible crash when listing deldir If the deldir contains some very large files, PFS3 could crash while listing the deldir. Changes since PFSDoctor V1.3 ============================ > new feature: Undo Format Use 'undo format' to get a partition back that has accidentally been quick formatted. > new feature: Search Filesystem Use 'search filesystem' if your RDB is lost and you don't remember where the partitions are. Search Filesystem searches the specified device for PFS3 partitions. If it finds one you are offered the option to save a mountfile. The mountfile contains all the information needed to rebuild the RDB for that partition or can be used for manual mounting. PFSdocter continues by checking the partition and searching for the next one. > repairing NON DOS disks PFSDoctor now can also repair non-dos disks > improved performance > bugfix: pfsdoctor sometimes left the partition in an invalid state after repair and had to be run two times. Changes since PFSII V4.2 ======================== > Larger delete directory The deldir can now be configured to hold upto 992 deleted files. The default size is 63. This can be changed with the supplied SetDeldir utility. > HDInsttools HDInsttools, written by Olivier Kastl, is now included in the PFS3 package. > PFSDoctor PFSDoctor is a brandnew disk repair program, included on the CD. > Long filenames PFS3 now supports filenames of upto 108 characters > Device name in requesters PFS now shows the devicename in all requesters. This makes it easier to see which disk a requester comes from. > Italian version An italian version is included Changes since PFSII V4.1 ======================== > Read only mode can be disabled with the lock command If the disk is put in read only mode due to errors, it can now be put back in normal read/write mode with the lock command from the c: directory. We recommend to use this only in order to reformat the disk. > Support for TD64 PFS2 now supports TD64 devices. This allows the use of harddisks larger than 4G without using direct scsi. To use TD64 install the standard version on a partition exceeding the 4G border and TD64 will be used automatically. A direct scsi version is still included to support large disks for devices which are not TD64 compatible. > Support for large partitions PFS2 now supports partitions of upto 104G (was 5G). Fixed bugs ---------- 5.1 > 'Beta Warning 1 bug'. This error could occur when a large number of files was changed at once, e.g. setting the archive bit on all files of the disk. > Reserved area full problems. PFS3 volumes can hold more files. > Problems with 1024 byte blocksizes fixed > Hardlink problems fixed. Hardlinks to rollover files failed. Renaming and overwriting hardlinks across directories failed. > Enforcer hit during format fixed 4.2 > Errors when formatting partitions larger than 5G PFS2 didn't check for maximum partition size. Version 4.2 support upto 104G. > 'Read outside partition' errors on Phase 5 boards. fixed. > Crashed if rolloverfile of size 0 was created fixed > The MaxTransfer and the maximum blocksize where stated wrong in the german manual. > The French version showed a wrong version number in the format requester. > The dosdrivers were not on the distribution CD. Diskvalid ========= current revision: 1.19 Changes since 1.14 ------------------ > Added PFS3 support including the long filenames and larger deldir > Added 1024 byte block support Changes since 1.11 ------------------ > Support for direct-scsi and td64 Allows partitions exceeding the 4G border to be checked. > New switch: TD64 If supplied uses TD64 protocol. Otherwise uses direct-scsi to access area above 4G. > Compatible with increased maximum partition size Supports the 104G partitions of PFS2 V4.2