MakeDrivers 0.95

Short:        DOSDrivers, MountList and RDB List Maker.
Author:       sndev@bigfoot.com (Steven Norburn)
Uploader:     sndev bigfoot com (Steven Norburn)
Type:         disk/misc
Version:      0.95
Requires:     Installer and any supported drive.
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

This is part of range of packages designed originally for use with DVD-RAM
drives, which has now become useful for other types of drives.

DVD UDF Bridge support using standard Amiga CD Filesystems.

CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and DVD-Video disc drivers have been tested.

DVD-RAM Versions 1 & 2 (2.6 GB, 4.7 GB) disc drivers have been tested.

The Zip, Jaz and Magneto Optical single partition drivers should remain
fully compatible with most other available drivers.

This released is still a beta version, even though it still works well,
this is to allow for any unforeseen improvement or changes that maybe
needed, which could make these current drivers incompatible with a future
release.


Features:
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· MakeDrivers - RDB List, MountList and DOSDrivers Creator and Installer.

    Supports Multiple FileSystems and Drives, with upto 8 partitions.

    It requires any standard Installer or InstallerNG.

· SetDefaults - This will set MakeDrivers Default Preferences.

    Each type of drive can have it's own Default Preference settings.

· RDBList_Prep - To convert and write RDB Lists into a real RDB.

    It requires hdwrench.library (included with OS 3.5 and above).

· TrackSize - AREXX program used to show good track size values.

· SectorCache - This converts things like sector size reads and writes.

    It also has a cache and allows HDToolBox DVD-RAM access and more.

· DeviceType - A simple program to show what a device supports.

· Uses 100% of the storage available.

· This is still [Freeware] !


MakeDrivers Supported Drives:
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· CD-ROM.

· DVD-ROM.

· DVD-RAM 5.2 GB (2.6 GB per side) Version 1.

· DVD-RAM 9.4 GB (4.7 GB per side) Version 2.

· Zip 100 MB & 250 MB.

· Jaz 1 GB & 2 GB.

· Magneto Optical 3½ & 5¼.

· SanDisk 32MB CompactFlash Card,

· SyQuest 44MB, 88MB & 200MB.

· Ricoh RH5500 50MB.

· 5¼" Iomega Bernoulli 20MB.

MakeDrivers Supported FileSystems:
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Read and Write:

· Fast FileSystem (FFS) and International Mode FFS.

· Professional FileSystem 3 (PFS3) (DVD-RAM using SectorCache).

· Smart [Freeware] FileSystem (SFS).

· Berkeley Fast FileSystem (BFFS) as used by NetBSD.

· CrossDOS MS-DOS compatible FileSystem.

· fat95 Win95/98 compatible [Freeware] FileSystem.

Read Only (CD and DVD UDF discs):

· Allegro CD/DVD UDF FileSystem.

Read Only (CD and DVD ISO 9660 UDF Bridge discs):

· Ami CD [Shareware] FileSystem.

· Asim CD FileSystem.

· Cache CD FileSystem.