Framework changes

Rewrote OS variant selection code (Fixes some bugs such as image types appearing twice in the installer and acting strangely)
Default Monitor prompts now get silenced on every generated image
Generic Modem drivers no longer get deleted
Installer no longer freaks out when tape streamers or other inconventional media type devices are connected (#17)
Some more unneeded files get removed during image creation (logs, etc)
Driver library changes:
- Surecom NE-34 LAN driver added
- Winbond W89C940 LAN driver added
- Intel E1000 extended to install for T/MT server cards emulated by VirtualBox
- SweetLow's patch for R.Loew's AHCI driver added

Reference image changes:

Rebuilt ALL images
STOCK image debloated a little
Removed excessive SLEEK and MICRO (non-DirectX) images to make maintainance easier
ME image is now of the MICRO variety (honestly surprising how fast it is)
Added SweetLow's patches (fixes CHS and non-LBA48 drives and systems corrupting data, and a lot more, #22 )
Added some important official OS patches (QFEs) to 98SE and ME:
Updated CPU patches to Patcher9x 0.8.0
Hack to speedup hardware detection popups in 98SE
Fixed boot-to-blinking-cursor bug in 98SE STOCK image.
"Default Monitor" install popup no longer appears
CREGFIX added to extras folder (#21)
Fixed some drivers missing that should have been included
Generic Modem drivers reinstated (#18)

Included Operating Systems:

OS-included Patches & Software:

Driver library (https://github.com/oerg866/win98-driver-lib-base)
Important QFEs

Win98SE WinME

Q239696 Q268452
Q239887 Q276602
Q245682 Q278289
Q253697 Q280800
Q253711 Q280127
Q269601 Q290831
Q270063 Q296773
Q273017 Q301453
Q276602 Q301540
Q280448 Q305826
Q281533 Q308236
Q288430 Q314417
Q291362 Q316795
Q293793
Q306453
Microsoft Installer 2.0
RAM patch (R. Loew)
SATA patch (R. Loew)
LBA48 patches (R. Loew)
SweetLow patches:
Patch for RLoew's AHCI.PDR 3.0 - disabled nonfunctional handler of IDE_PASS_THROUGH to prevent BSOD on SMART access
Patch for (the latest version of) APIX.VXD (for Windows 98SE) - disabled special handling for devices on Port Driver ESDI_506.PDR
esdi_506.zip Patches for ESDI_506.PDR from Windows 98SE / RLoew's Terabyte Plus Pack 2.1
smartvsd.zip Patches for SMARTVSD.VXD - works for any combination of ATA channels and devices on these channels and more
WIN98SE_ATAPCIBM.ZIP Right .INF for PCI Bus Master ATA Controllers including those in PCI Native Mode with RLoew's "SATA" Patch/Terabyte Package
Unicode layer
Windows 9x TLB invalidation bug patch (Patcher9x by JHRobotics)
SYSDMCPL hack by oerg866 to speed up HW detection popups

Available on CD:

Extended driver library (https://github.com/oerg866/win98-driver-lib-extra)
Extra system drivers
3DMark 99
3DMark 2000
3DMark 2001 SE
DirectX 8.1
DirectX 9.0c
Directory Services Client
Microsoft Installer
.NET Framework 2.0
Maximus Decím USB Drivers 3.5 & 3.6
Revolutions Pack 9.7 + updates + ext
Paragon NTFS For Windows 98
R. Loew patch set (1TBPLUS, AHCI, CDTOOLS, LBA48, NVIDIA, RAMPATCH, SATA, SYSDMCPL, TRIM)
CREGFIX
CPU-Z
HWINFO32
SuperPI
TCP Optimizer
WinRAR 3.93
TotalCommander
WPCREdit with all known hardware files
Roadkil's Disk Speed
CPUFSB 9
PCIEdit (oerg866)
K6INIT (oerg866)
VGACOPY + CPUCACHE
IrfanView
HDAT2

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22 Oct 08:55

oerg866

v0.9.5

Linux Kernel
- Kernel version is now 5.10.227
- Fix VIA 82C586A IDE DMA error by limiting to PIO4
- Compile kernel with -O2 (~20% copy time improvement)
- Now with RAID support
Installer
- Reboot prompt is now clearer
- File copy now shows which part of the image is copying
- Wait for buffer readahead on underrun to reduce blocking
- Fix bugs with more than 1 HDD installed
Drivers
- Fix HPT3xx driver by removing redundant HPT366 driver
- Add ALi ArtX 1 to extra driver library (DRIVER.EX)
- Fix missing driver files for non-unique CAB names (Fixes 3Com 3C90x, etc.)
Reference ISOs
- Update K6INIT
- Update CPU-Z Vintage Edition
- Update HWINFO32
- Update Total Commander
Framework
- Add pciutils to compilation & image generation (good for diagnostics! :D)
- Fix util-linux library problems (something is really wrong with their configure script)

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08 Sep 19:56

oerg866

v0.9.4

Fix corrupted files with USB images due to broken size calculation
Fix USB image being created without being asked
Fix VLB SCSI / IDE adapters not working
Rework large parts of installer
- Memory leak fixes
- Agressive & Asynchronous readahead to speed up installation
- Rewrite UI with new custom minimal text UI library
- Massively reduced installer size by no longer requiring libdialog/ncurses
- Reworked lsblk interface, HDD scanning is now much faster
Add firmware support to linux kernel to support additional SCSI adapters (e.g. Advansys 3550)
Build process more stabilised and simplified, now buildable with GCC 11+
Better dependency descriptions
Fix sysprep xattr requirement for Windows hosts
Potential improvement on stability for FAST device detection

Assets 3

22 May 21:24

oerg866

v0.9.3

Fixes some UI inconsistencies (OK button on message boxes, crashes when cancelling some prompts)
Duplicate files are stored in image only once
Install media search can now be cancelled as advertised
Fix missing files after installation

Assets 3