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GNU mtools 4.0.19 released
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Alain Knaff |
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GNU mtools 4.0.19 released |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:38:16 +0200 |
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Hello,
I am pleased to announce the release of GNU mtools version 4.0.19
GNU mtools is available for download from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools and the mirror sites worldwide (see
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html for the list of those).
The signed sources can be obtained from ftp.gnu.org and its world-wide
mirrors:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.19.tar.gz (534K)
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.19.tar.bz2 (436K)
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.19.tar.lz (361K)
The same directory also contains pre-compiled Debian and RPM packages.
Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from GNU
and Unix without mounting them, to change FAT-specific file attributes
(hidden, archive, system), and to format FAT media.
Mtools supports W32 style long file names, FAT32, OS/2 Xdf disks and
2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). Mtools also
includes mpartition, a simple partitioning programing. It is also a
convenient tool to work with disk image files (thanks to the -i flag).
For more information on mtools, including links to file downloads,
please see the mtools web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools
Please email bugs or suggestions to <address@hidden>.
Improvements since the 4.0.18 release are:
- Fix for short file names starting with character 0xE5
(by remapping it to 0x5)
- mpartition: Partition types closer to what Microsoft uses
- mformat: figure out LBA geometry as last resort if geometry
is neither specified in config and/or command line, nor can be
queried from the device
- mformat: use same default cluster size by size as Microsoft
for FAT32
- additional sanity checks
- document how cluster size is picked in mformat.c man page
- document how partition types are picked in mpartition.c man page
Many thanks to Pali Rohár who contributed most of these changes.
Regards,
Alain
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