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- Changes in Version 1.8:
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- Added /W switch to do a format without erase.
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- Added /Q and /U switches to work like DOS 5 FORMAT.
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- Added /A switch to force only BIOS calls to be used, when switching
- the drive mode.
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- FDFORMAT now displays on the screen, how the drive mode is changed.
-
- Added Volume Serial Number support.
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- Uses DOS switch char to call COMMAND-SHELL and allows switch char to
- select options.
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- A special 8088-Version of FDREAD was added, which is required on some
- XT systems.
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- Full extended Boot-Record as introduced in DOS 4 is now used.
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- Fixed problems with some Diskette-Cache Programs.
-
- FDFORMAT, WIMAGE and READBOOT now output errors through the standard
- error device of DOS.
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- Ctrl-Break ist now trapped.
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- New high loading technique for FDREAD, which allows loading high FDREAD
- on ANY 286 with DOS 5 and the DOS=HIGH option installed in CONFIG.SYS.
-
- FDFORMAT 1.8 still does not support 2.88 MB drives. These will be supported
- in the next version. The next version will also support 2.88 MB drives for
- BIOS-Versions, which do not support 2.88 MB drives.