2013 history

Change Log ››

Version 0.4.4.0                        October 3, 2013



Refreshed all GNU modules included in Grub2Win to the latest build level.





Version 0.4.3.5                        June 25, 2013



Minor updates to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.3.4                        June 10, 2013



Minor updates to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.3.3                        May 8, 2013



Minor fixes to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.3.2                        May 5, 2013



Added support for Spanish language boot time messages and help. The Spanish locale files were missing in previous GNU Grub2 releases but have recently been added. Spanish can now be selected when running the Grub2Win GUI.





Version 0.4.3.1                        April 30, 2013



Minor fixes to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.3.0                        April 11, 2013



Added support for FreeBSD. Grub2Win will now automatically create the grub.cfg code needed to boot FreeBSD using the native Grub kfreebsd function. This has been successfully tested using the PCBSD version 9.1 flavor of FreeBSD using the UFS filesystem.



Booting the ZFS filesystem is not yet supported although it may work by using the chainloader option.


Updates to the documentation, templates and icons for FreeBSD support.





Version 0.4.2.4                        April 7, 2013



Added icons and samples for booting Free BSD using Grub2Win.

Currently this only works if BSD is installed to a UFS2 filesystem.

ZFS support may be added later.


To boot Free BSD, you will need to manually edit the C:\grub2\grub.cfg file and add code to the Grub2Win user section using the samples in the C:\grub2\winhelp directory as a guide.





Version 0.4.2.3                        April 3, 2013



Minor fixes to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.2.2                        April 1, 2013



Minor fixes to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.2.1                        March 29, 2013



Minor changes to the help files and documentation.





Version 0.4.2.0                        March 23, 2013


Added the capability to change the icons displayed at boot time.


Icons can be selected for each OS menu entry.


Revised the help files and documentation for the new icon function.





Version 0.4.1.10                        March 19, 2013


Fixed a couple of problems in the fedset.sh script for Fedora.


Minor revisions to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.9                        March 16, 2013


Revised the writeup for the nomodeset Linux parameter.


Improved the fedset.sh script for Fedora.


Minor revisions to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.8                        March 12, 2013


When you add a new Linux menu entry, the standard Linux parms created now include "nomodeset".

This makes Linux boot much more reliable for a number of video chipsets.

Users can remove the "nomodeset" parm if they find it is not needed.


Fixed the email address to contact me for help.





Version 0.4.1.7                        March 8, 2013


Corrected a problem with the GUI that shows up when entering a partition number.


Fixes to the help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.6                        March 6, 2013


Added the option to boot a partition MBR using Grub's chainloader command.


Previously, you could only boot the sector 0 MBR of a drive using chainloader.





Version 0.4.1.5                        March 4, 2013


Minor fixes to the GUI, help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.4                        March 2, 2013


Added an option to the OS Details screen to specify that Grub should pause before booting the target OS.


This can help when diagnosing problems such as an incorrect partition or missing file.


Minor fixes to the GUI, help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.3                        February 27, 2013


Added the fedset.sh script to help set up links in the Fedora environment.


Minor fixes to the GUI, help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.2                        February 26, 2013


Added the option to boot an OS via Grub's chainloader.


Minor fixes to the GUI, help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.1                        February 24, 2013


Minor fixes to the GUI, help file and documentation.





Version 0.4.1.0                        February 21, 2013


Added Windows help to the install and configuration GUI.

Icon preview images now appear on the menu configuration and edit OS details screens.


Minor fixes to the GUI and documentation.





Version 0.4.0.1                        February 19, 2013


Minor fixes to the GUI and sample files.





Version 0.4.0.0                        February 16, 2013


I have made major changes to Grub2Win. An option was added to automatically generate menu entries using a simple panel.


This shows up when you click the Manage Boot Menu button on the main screen.



Updated documentation for the new functions.





Version 0.3.5.4                        January 5, 2013


Minor changes to the documentation and sample files.




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