Version 5.5 from October 27, 2008

One of the last version that was delivered with Slackware from 14.1 and up to 14.2.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.5.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 2b8b65f52378158a4a21e455566b456d
Originated-URL: http://www.fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.5.tar.gz

Originated-by: fdutils-5.5-20081027.diff.gz
Originated-md5: 5babc93625d13a860d1b4a93bf24020b
Originated-URL: http://www.fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.5-20081027.diff.gz

Changes since 5.5:

v20081027

• Add "first-sector-number" flag.

v20060227

• Fixed "zero-based" flag

Version 5.5 from February 27, 2006

One of the last version that was delivered with Debian 4.0 (Etch), Debian 5.0 (Lenny), Debian 6 (Squeeze), Debian 7 (Wheezy), Debian 8 (Jessie), Debian 9 (Stretch), and Debian 10 (Buster).

Originated-by: fdutils-5.5.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 2b8b65f52378158a4a21e455566b456d
Originated-URL: http://www.fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.5.tar.gz

Originated-by: fdutils-5.5-20060227.diff.gz
Originated-md5: e13410bc193053eee2cab4b837407865
Originated-URL: http://www.fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.5-20060227.diff.gz

Originated-by: fdutils_5.5-20060227.orig.tar.gz
Originated-md5: cccab0f580659b91810a590436f688ee
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian/pool/main/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.5-20060227.orig.tar.gz

Changes since 5.5:

v20060227

• Fixed "zero-based" flag

Version 5.5 from March 3, 2005

One of the last version that was never delivered with any stabel distribution, only tested by Debian unstable inbetween 3.1 (Sarge) and 4.0 (Etch).

20050303-comp.os.linux.announce-fdutils-5.5.txt

• https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.linux.announce/bGVZjZzOZ4g/UcYqWwfznIAJ

... The fdutils package contains utilities for configuring and debugging the Linux floppy driver, for formatting extra capacity disks, and for sending raw commands to the floppy controller.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.5.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 2b8b65f52378158a4a21e455566b456d
Originated-URL: http://www.fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.5.tar.gz

Changes since 5.4:

This is mainly a bug fix release, addressing the following issues:

• Superformat disk verification works again in "verify after each track" mode
• Misc minor fixes, especially compatibility with newer kernels
• File-descriptor handling

v20050303 (v5.5)

• 5.5 Released.
• Fixed instant verification in superformat (now based on FDRAWCMD, rather than VFS' read which is plagued by excessive read-ahead).
• Fixed two filedescriptor leaks in parsing the media and drive parameter files.

v20050213

• Fixed diskd (did not work if noisy_dcl_clear was set)
• Fixed close condition in fdrawcmd (invalid file descriptors are -1, not 0).

v20040228

• Fix format for CBM 1581 ; added definition for CMDFD2M.

v20030718

• Fix xdfcopy to correctly handle existing files.

v20030531

• Fix doc for diskd.

v20030527

• Fix the -3 format (tried it out, and tried to re-read disk).

v20030525

• Use a more appropriate skew for 3 1/2 XDF disks (20% performance increase).

v20021121

• Makefile fixes for installation in non-standard root directory.

v20021102

• Added cleanup for uppercase filenames to doc directory.
• Fixed typos.
• Added media parameters for color computer (to be confirmed).
• Added stdlib.h include to texi-linearize and skews.c.

v20020203

• Fix fdmount and superformat bugs.

v20020203

• Create /dev/fd0 before testing for existence of /dev/fd0.

v20011002

• Fix floppycontrol.c printf conditional on FD_DISK_CHANGED, so that it works with gcc3 which apparently considers printf as a macro...

v20000612

• Explicitly include sysmacros.h, apparently this is needed in certain environments.

Version 5.4 from February 28, 2004

Maintainers patched 5.4 version that was delivered with Debian 3.1 (Sarge). This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.x kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils_5.4-20040228.orig.tar.gz
Originated-md5: b2c70b3f96ecfd99d4c160f99af07bbf
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian-archive/debian/pool/main/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.4-20040228.orig.tar.gz

Changes since 5.4:

v20040228

• Fix format for CBM 1581 ; added definition for CMDFD2M.

v20030718

• Fix xdfcopy to correctly handle existing files.

v20030531

• Fix doc for diskd.

v20030527

• Fix the -3 format (tried it out, and tried to re-read disk).

v20030525

• Use a more appropriate skew for 3 1/2 XDF disks (20% performance increase).

v20021121

• Makefile fixes for installation in non-standard root directory.

v20021102

• Added cleanup for uppercase filenames to doc directory.
• Fixed typos.
• Added media parameters for color computer (to be confirmed).
• Added stdlib.h include to texi-linearize and skews.c.

v20020203

• Fix fdmount and superformat bugs.

v20020203

• Create /dev/fd0 before testing for existence of /dev/fd0.

v20011002

• Fix floppycontrol.c printf conditional on FD_DISK_CHANGED, so that it works with gcc3 which apparently considers printf as a macro...

v20000612

• Explicitly include sysmacros.h, apparently this is needed in certain environments.

Version 5.4 from February 22, 2002

Maintainers 5.4 version patch that was delivered with Slackware 14.0. This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.x kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 17c1df04b1e524078ee52825a5ef5e56
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz

Originated-by: fdutils-5.4-20020222.diff.gz
Originated-md5: 8160f7ac93f949f2436c35eadbe46ccf
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4-20020222.diff.gz

Changes since 5.4:

v20020203

• Fix fdmount and superformat bugs.

v20020203

• Create /dev/fd0 before testing for existence of /dev/fd0.

v20011002

• Fix floppycontrol.c printf conditional on FD_DISK_CHANGED, so that it works with gcc3 which apparently considers printf as a macro...

v20000612

• Explicitly include sysmacros.h, apparently this is needed in certain environments.

Version 5.4 from January 12, 2001

Maintainers 5.4 version patch that was delivered with Slackware 8.0. This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.x kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 17c1df04b1e524078ee52825a5ef5e56
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz

Originated-by: fdutils-5.4-20010112.diff.gz
Originated-md5: 129e43f18fca6ccd17bdc5c5ebbd02c3
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4-20010112.diff.gz

Changes since 5.4:

v20000612

• Explicitly include sysmacros.h, apparently this is needed in certain environments.

Version 5.4 from June 3, 2000

The 5.4 version that was delivered with Slackware 7.1 and 14.0. This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.x kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 17c1df04b1e524078ee52825a5ef5e56
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.4.tar.gz

Changes since 5.3:

v20000603 (v5.4)

• 5.4 Released.

v20000527

• Fixed a couple of buffer overrun exploits and other cleanup.
• Made fdutils compilable with Linux 2.3/2.4 kernels.
• Documentation fixes.

Version 5.3 from July 3, 1999

The 5.3 version that was delivered with Slackware 7.1, Debian 2.2 (Potato) and Debian 3.0 (Woody). This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.x kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils-5.3.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 0cea751d7895eaa7dbf3dea0528fd979
Originated-URL: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-7.1/source/a/floppy/fdutils-5.3.tar.gz

Originated-by: fdutils_5.3.orig.tar.gz
Originated-md5: 0cea751d7895eaa7dbf3dea0528fd979
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian-archive/debian/pool/main/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.3.orig.tar.gz
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian-archive/debian/dists/potato/main/source/utils/fdutils_5.3.orig.tar.gz

Changes since 5.2:

v19990703 (v5.3)

• 5.3 Released.
• Install info files.
• Add "no-mt" flag to disable MT (multitrack) mode.

Version 5.2 from July 1, 1998

Maintainers patched 5.2 version that was delivered with Debian 2.1 (Slink). This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.0 kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils_5.2.0.1998-07-01.orig.tar.gz
Originated-md5: afafd9f51ed675a92a99ea9331e7ebcb
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian-archive/debian/dists/slink/main/source/utils/fdutils_5.2.0.1998-07-01.orig.tar.gz

Changes since 5.2:

v19980104

• Fixed a few bugs listed in the Debian buglist posted to linux.debian.bugs.dis:
  1. Lessen dependancy of superformat on mtools by not failing if mformat cannot be called: low-level verify will still be done, but mbadblocks will be skipped.
  2. Fixed a few instances where the return value of getopt was misdeclared as a char instead of an integer.
  3. Fixed device names in fd.4.

v19970411

• Added error check to capacity measurement.
• Corrected documentation Makefile bug.

v19970629

• Added vfat support to fdmount.

v19970609

• Fixed bug where a skew was erroneously applied to a 2m track.
• Fixed typo in printfdprm.

v19970604

• Added vfat option for fdmount.

Version 5.2 from November 4, 1997

Maintainers patched 5.2 version that was delivered with Debian 2.0 (Hamm). This release is for historical reasons only. The source code depends on very first Linux 2.0 kernel sources.

Originated-by: fdutils_5.2pl4.orig.tar.gz
Originated-md5: a391362824a5ad7d4e43433ccec7a0e4
Originated-URL: http://debian.inet.de/debian-archive/debian/dists/hamm/main/source/utils/fdutils_5.2pl4.orig.tar.gz

Changes since 5.2:

v19970411

• Added error check to capacity measurement.
• Corrected documentation Makefile bug.

v19970629

• Added vfat support to fdmount.

v19970609

• Fixed bug where a skew was erroneously applied to a 2m track.
• Fixed typo in printfdprm.

v19970604

• Added vfat option for fdmount.