=============================================================================== FlashWizard PRO History - coded by MusicBob =============================================================================== Release 6.2 20/01/2006 - Select devices to use (Multiboot) You can use all your devices or disable some of these in Configuration and Utilities Window. Disabled devices are not used and not scanned for images in Multiboot window (but the FW boot menu will always scan for all devices). Warning: if you disable some devices, then FlashWizard will not use them for saving temp files too. This means that enabled devices must have enough free space for installing images and, expecially, while saving or restoring backups. Tip: backups make large use of temp files, so if you disable fast devices (i.e. hard disk) this will result in a slow down of the backup/restore processes. - Images InfoWizard: add sounds/musics to your backups! (*.mid, *.mp3, *.wav) The Images InfoWizard gets more powerful: you can now add a background music, played while saving and restoring backups (both flash and multiboot). Tip: use midi or mp3 files, do not increase too much your backups file size. - GO file finally fixed Hopefully working on all dreamboxes now ;-) - Boot menu transparency fixed, according to new cvs framebuffer changes. - Better handling of FW2 files =============================================================================== Release 6.01 16/01/2006 - Fixed small bug on FLASH backup/restore - Added Nederland, Greek and Turkish locales, a big thanks to translators. =============================================================================== Release 6 FINAL 14/01/2006 - NEW backup file format *.FW2 Smaller, better compression, Saving over 30% of space. Totally configurable and upgradable for future expansions. - 100% compatible with old *.fwz format (no need to convert files). - 100% compatible with *.jbk files (no need to convert them). - All backups can be installed on 7000 and 7020, as ever - IMAGES INFOWIZARD Starting with FW 6, a new powerful tool is born: Image InfoWizard It is a complete editor for backups distribution infos, maybe for images too in the future. You can add texts and graphics, plus a background picture, plus a sponsored link too. Texts are in Rich Text Format, you can edit/write them with WordPad (you can run it direct from InfoWizard tool Window). The background picture (optional) is a BMP bitmap file. The "sponsored" link (optional) can be input on InfoWizard window, and will show on your distributed backup, a click will open your browser on linked page. Image InfoWizard can be used both for flash and multiboot backups, generating a *.FW2 file. - Other fixes and improvements, new GO file - Italian, English, Deutsch, Francaise locales included. German translation by Lapidis, updated by Jo Squillo French translation by Mimi74 =============================================================================== Release 6 RC1 09/10/2005 - THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-) http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28 Thanks to all contributed to grow-up this program. - DM7020: added compatibility with new DM7000's squashfs2.2-LZMA compressed images (multiboot install). You can now install all 7000's images, both if LZMA compressed or standard squashfs2-2. The old squashfs.ko and the new LZMA-squashfs.ko modules are NOT compatible each one with the other. Make sure to choose the right option when installing a DM7000 images, else you may need to restart the dreambox before you can retry to install (as the squashfs.ko module may lock-up if incompatible image is provided, and cannot be removed from the kernel without a complete reboot). - DM7020: fixed rcS bug of latest CVS images. The hard disk was no mounted anymore at boot, if image is run on 7020. @ DMM developers: you should fix it in rcS, as 7000 images can perfectly be run on 7020 too. - DM7020: always write "go" file in image when installing a dm7000 one. The "go" file it is no longer used on 7020 multiboot procedure, but, by doing that way, it is gave back the capabilty to exchange external devices between 7000 and 7020, sharing the same dm7000 installed images, that can be booted on both dreambox models. - Boot menu 1.9, never umount devices. This caused problems with some bugged 7000/7020 images. ==== - FAQ: What can I install with current FlashWizard, and where? on DM 7020, on multiboot install (CF-USB-HDD-NFS): - NFI images, with OpenEmbedded structure - NFI images, with Tuxbox-CVS (dm7000-like) structure (i.e.: Neutrino) - IMG images, built for dm7000 with new LZMA compression - IMG images, built for dm7000 (all previous images, from 107.4 to 1.09) - FWZ backups of 7020 NFI images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS - FWZ backups of 7000 IMG images WARNING: - on 7020, you *must* have in flash a true OpenEmbedded image (no 7000 cvs-tuxbox like!). Make sure before installing FlashWizard on your 7020 to have an OE image in flash. on DM 7000, on flash and multiboot install (CF-HDD-USB-NFS): - all known DM7000 IMG images, from 107.4 to 1.09 Just make sure to have a compatible image in flash when you install a new one. In example, to install a new LZMA compressed image, you must have a LZMA image in flash too. - all FWZ backups of 7000 images (both on flash and multiboot) FWZ backups can be saved and restored with ALL images in flash, as they don't care of the flash image's kernel/squashfs version. on other dreamboxes, images on flash and on multiboot on supported external devices. =============================================================================== Release 7o2o BETA 3 01/10/2005 - THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-) http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28 Thanks to all contributed to grow-up this program. This is basically a bug-fixes release, built on the basis of users reports. Thanks. - Fixed mount of hard disk when the image is started on hard disk too. However, this was not a bug in FlashWizard, but it's probably busybox's mount command bug. Now recording works on hdd installed images too ;-) - Fixed boot menu install bug. - Fixed syncing trouble between FTP and Telnet clients included in FlashWizard, which sometimes resulted in lost files during install on slow devices. That's all for the moment, next release will include flash backup. Note for translators: Thanks a lot to all! It's really amazing for me to find out that FW is almost everywhere worldwide used!! Please note: This beta_3 release share the same locale file of previous betas, so don't waste your time on a new translation yet, previous ones fits well for the moment. :-) =============================================================================== Release 7o2o BETA 2 30/09/2005 - THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA Every comment or bug report is highly appreciated, best for me if posted on the official support forum, where I daily hang around :-) http://www.satnews.it/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=28 Warning, please read: -> PLEASE UNINSTALL Beta_1 from your flash image before installing present release. -> To uninstall, you must use FW beta_1 itself, NOT this beta_2 release. Thanks. :-) What is supported? ================== - DM7020: To make it clear: :-) * On Flash: you can use *any* true OpenEmbedded .nfi image (MUST have an OpenEmbedded image in flash, no old fashioned 7000-like images are supported in flash). * On Multiboot (USB/HDD/CF/NFS) you can install; 1) all known .NFI images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS (yes, old 7000's style too, like Neutrino); 2) all known .IMG images, built for DM7000 from 1.074 to 1.09 (!!); 3) .FWZ backups of any DM7000 images 4) .FWZ backups of DM7020 images, both OpenEmbedded and Tuxbox-CVS old fashioned. - DM7000/5620/500: All is still supported: you can install and run every image/backup from 1.074 to 1.09 both in flash and multiboot on USB/CF/HDD/NFS (only on models that support these devices). What is new? ============ - DM7020: Totally rewritten image startup logic Fixed network startup, Telnet server is now always working for multiboot images. Warning: PLEASE UNINSTALL Beta_1 from your flash image before installing present release. - DM7020: Get rid of GO file, both for .NFI and .IMG images and backups. The GO file will no more be present on images installed on DM7020. Warning: this means that you can't swap anymore an usb stick or CF card from DM7000 to DM7020 and vice-versa to use the same installed images. Please make a backup and then restore it on the target machine to be full compatible. Swapping Usb Sticks and CF cards between dreamboxes sharing the same model name will of course still work perfectly as before. - DM7020: Nameserver address fixed on SmartSettings copy - DM7000: Rewritten GO file, updated and fixed for latest images All .ko modules are now FULL removed before starting a multiboot image. The kernel modules aren't belonging to flash image any more (if an image of same kernel version is to be started, of course). Multiboot images will use their own modules. - DM7000: Fixed patches on rcS file of latest CVS (no remark lines as unique statement inside if..then..fi conditional, as ash shell scripts don't like it... ;-) - New Boot menu 1.8 - Sm...
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